You are here:
Home / Archives for downtown Grass Valley
Posted by jeffpelline on October 20, 2017 · Leave a Comment
SMITH VINEYARD 30th ANNIVERSARY IN 1980, DR. WAYNE SMITH FULFILLED his desire to farm when he planted a vineyard in Grass Valley. The winery, housed in a restored red barn, opened in 1987. Nowadays, Wayne’s grandsons, the third generation, work alongside their parents, Gary and Chris, at the winery. Gary and Chris honored the fourth […]
Filed under Wine & Beer · Tagged with bent metal fall open house, bent metal wine, Chris Smith, Cornish Christmas, downtown Grass Valley, downtown Grass Valley wine tasting, Dr. Wayne Smith, estate bottled four generations strong, Gary Smith, halloween wine walk, Jeff Pelline, julianne henry, Mark Foster, Mark Henry, Montoliva, montoliva birds, montoliva wineyard and wine, Nevada City Winery, nevada city winery premium wine, Nevada County event, Nevada County wine, nevada county wine event, Nevada County wine tasting, Rylie's Red, sierra starr jewelry trunk show, Sierra Starr thanksgiving, Sierra Starr Vineyard, smith estate grown, Smith Vineyard, smith vineyard 30th anniversary, szabo estate grown, szabo vineyard, Victorian Christmas, Wine, Wine 174, Wyatt's White
Posted by jeffpelline on October 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment
IN THE EARLY ELIZABETHAN ERA, English acting troupes performed in inns, college halls and private homes. Then along came London’s Globe Theater in 1599, showcasing Shakespeare’s best-known plays. Theater became a popular pastime. Good performing arts have always been good for the economy. In September, we visited Ashland, OR, jokingly called the “town that Shakespeare […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with All the world's a stage, arts and culture sierra foothills, Ashland Oregon, downtown Grass Valley, InConcert Sierra, Jeff Pelline, Julia Morgan NorthStar House, KVMR Community Radio, live theater, main theater, Miners Foundry Cultural Center, Nevada County, Nevada Theatre Commission, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Penn Valley Cultural Center, performing arts, Shakespeare Festival, Sierra Master Chorale, Tahoe Regional Arts Foundation, The Center for the Arts, The Center for the arts capital campaign, The Stages at Northstar
Posted by jeffpelline on October 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment
“There’s something about having a great bottle of wine and a great cigar. Nothing compares to it.” — D.L. HUGHLEY CIGAR SMOKING BECAME POPULAR WITH the masses in the 1870s and is now a popular pastime. Global cigar sales are expected to surge to 19.9 billion “sticks” annually by 2020, and the United States is […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with cigar, cigar 101, cigar humidor, cigar humidor foothills, cuban cigars, downtown Grass Valley, Grass Valley, humidor, James Arbaugh, Jeff Pelline, JMG international, lake tahoe cigar Co., nat sherman townhouse, Nicole Arbaugh, Phoenix humidor, spanish cedar, Stucki Jewelers, Tobacco Republic, winston churchill cigar
Posted by jeffpelline on August 12, 2017 · Leave a Comment
GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OF OLIVE OIL has almost doubled over the past 25 years, largely driven by the health benefits. “From lowering the risk of heart disease to delivering cancer-fighting antioxidants, the health benefits associated with extra virgin olive oil continue to grow,” according to the California Olive Oil Council. Our region is home to olive […]
Filed under Food · Tagged with California Olive Oil Council, Christina West, downtown Grass Valley, fustis, Grass Valley, Jake West, Jeff Pelline, Nevada City woodcarver, olive oil, olive oil soap, Raymond Kinman, sierra foothills olive oil, smoked salts, The Olive Groove, UC Davis Olive Center, Walt Disney
Posted by jeffpelline on April 26, 2017 · Leave a Comment
ALICE WATERS HAS BEEN A CHAMPION of the farm-to-table movement for over four decades. She is a national treasure, as is her Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley. We’ve admired Waters since our college days at UC Berkeley in the late ’70s: We’ve eaten at her restaurant on Shattuck Ave. (upstairs and downstairs), interviewed her in […]
Filed under Food · Tagged with Alan Tangren, Alice Waters, Berkeley, BriarPatch Food Coop, chef, Chef's Table, Chez Panisse, Chez Panisse Fruit, culinary, downtown Grass Valley, farm-to-fork, forager, Gay Columbel, Grass Valley, grass-fed lamb, Ike's Quarter Cafe, Jeff Pelline, Lance Columbel, Michael Pollan, Mother Truckers, National Humanities Medal, Natural Selection, Nevada County Growers Market, New Moon Cafe, Penn Valley, Polly's Paladar, sustainable, Tess Kitchen Store, The Center for the Arts, The James Ranch, Thursday Night Market, Waterboy
Posted by jeffpelline on March 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
DINNER AND A MOVIE HAS BEEN AN American entertainment tradition for decades. Now the quintessential “night out” is getting a makeover: dinner at the movies, with fresh, made-to-order food, friendly service, craft beer, and eclectic wine lists. Dine-in theaters, where guests can nibble on small plates and sip wine or beer while watching a flick, […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Azriel LaMarca, Barbara Getz, CineBistro, CineCafe, craft beer, dine-in movie theater, dinner at the movies, downtown Grass Valley, Emily's Catering and Cakes, Frontier Amber, Grass Valley, Jeff Pelline, Michael LaMarca, Mike Getz, movie cafe, movie theater, Ol' Republic Brewery, Sierra Cinemas, Studio Movie Grill
Posted by jeffpelline on March 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
VINTAGE MOVIE THEATERS HAVE helped define the charm of Gold Country towns for decades, including ones in Angels Camp, Colfax, Auburn and Grass Valley. But in an era of Netflix, Hulu and Apple TV, movie theater owners face challenging times. Few have done a better job of upgrading their theaters to attract the iGeneration and […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Azriel LaMarca, Barbara Getz, CineCafe, Del Oro, Del Oro Theatre, downtown Grass Valley, first run movie theater, Grass Valley, Jeff Pelline, john pugh, London's National Theatre, Michael LaMarca, Mike Getz, motion pictures, movie theater, movies, mural, New York Met Opera, Sierra foothill movie theater, Sierra Theaters, South Yuba River Citizens League, SYRCL, trompe l'oeil, visit Grass Valley
Posted by jeffpelline on March 4, 2017 · Leave a Comment
FOOTHILLS CELEBRATION Now in its 16th year, the Foothills Celebration in downtown Grass Valley is one of the region’s premier wine and food tasting events. Participants gather on Saturday, March 4, from 1-4 p.m., to sip wine from more than 20 foothills wineries while sampling delicacies from local restaurants, including favorite nibbles from their menus. […]
Filed under Wine & Beer · Tagged with Amador County, Amador County events, Avangaurdia Wines, Bent Metal Winery, concrete egg vat, dessert wine, Diamond Peak, downtown Grass Valley, Dulcinea, Dungeness crab, Foothills Celebration, Grass Valley, Incline Village, Jeff Pelline, L'edonista, methode champenoise, Nevada City, Nevada City Winery, Nevada County events, Plymouth, Rob Chrisman, Rockhouse Red, Sierra Starr Winery, Snowflake Lodge, solar, wedding vowes, Wheyward Grild Creamery, Wine, Wine tasting
Posted by jeffpelline on January 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment
INDY 500 WINNING TEAM INTO CALIFORNIA WINE Nevada City native Alexander Rossi won the 100th Indianapolis 500 for Andretti Autosport this summer. He was the first Californian to win the race since 1955. As it turns out, the winning Indy 500 team is into California wine, not just race cars. Andretti Winery in Napa was […]
Filed under Wine & Beer · Tagged with Alexander Rossi, Amador County, Andis Winery, Andis Wines, Andretti Autosport, basecamp, Bent Metal Winery, Chris Smith, Constitution Day Parade, Dekker's Duo, downtown Grass Valley, Dr. Wayne Smith, egg-shaped tank, fermenting egg, Gary Smith, Gold Miners Inn Holiday Inn Express, Grass Valley, Indy 500, Jeff Pelline, John Callender, Mario Andretti, Nevada City, Nevada City native, Nevada City Winery, Nevada County, Nevada County Fair, Pine Hill winery, Rae Callender, Redneck BBQ Bash, Rod Byers, Rylie's Red, sauvignon blanc, Sierra Starr Winery, Sierra Vintners, Smith Vineyards, Tasting Notes, tasting room, Vintage 1978 Petite Sirah, wineries
Posted by jeffpelline on December 3, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“THE CENTER FOR THE ARTS is the focal point of the new arts movement—one that can be traced from the emigration of hipsters and hippies to the high country in the 1960s and ’70s,” the San Francisco Examiner wrote in 1999, in an article titled “The arts boom in Grass Valley.” Nevada County is no […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Art, art gallery, Art with Hear, Art Works Gallery, Artists Studio in the Foothills, basecamp, ceramic, David Wong, Dori Greenbaum, downtown Grass Valley, Ellu Gallery, fiber art, furniture, Gary Snyder, glass, Grass Valley, Jane Markham, jewelry, Kathryn Wronski, KCRA A-list, Linda Kaneko, local art by local artists, Lori Humphrey, metal, mixed media, mosaic, Nevada County, new arts movement, painting, photography, Priscilla Alden Roach, Rosemary Stokes, sculpture, Susan Lobb Porter, Suzanne Himmler, The Center for the Arts, Tom Killion, tribute guidars, woodturning
« Previous Page — Next Page »
Follow us on Pinterest