Gold Rush towns: Pairing food and wine with winter sports
Posted by jeffpelline on February 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
THOUGH MOUNTAIN RESORTS ARE appealing, some people would rather stay out of the deep snow and take easy day-trips to the slopes. In Colorado, Après Ski Denver now has a following. Here’s a locals’ secret in the Sierra foothills—historic towns such as Nevada City, Grass Valley, Auburn, Sutter Creek and Plymouth are all less congested […]
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Amador Vintners hosts “Behind the Cellar Door” March 3-5
Posted by jeffpelline on February 8, 2017 · Leave a Comment
AMADOR COUNTY’S MICROCLIMATES are as diverse as any in California, ranging from oak-studded hillsides at 900 feet to Sierra peaks that top 9,000 feet. Besides offering a year round playground—or cycling, hiking, fishing and other activities— the county’s terroir, climate and soils are ideal for growing premium wine grapes. The majority of Amador’s 3,700 vine […]
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Amador Vintners
Posted by jeffpelline on January 14, 2017 · Leave a Comment
AMADOR COUNTY’S MICRO-CLIMATES are as diverse as any in California, ranging from oak- studded hillsides at 900 feet to Sierra peaks that top 9,000 feet. Besides offering a year ‘round playground—for “leaf peeping,” cycling, hiking, skiing and other activities—the county’s terroir, climate and soils are ideal for growing premium wine grapes. The majority of Amador’s […]
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Exploring Amador Wine Country
Posted by jeffpelline on November 16, 2016 · Leave a Comment
AMADOR COUNTY’S MICROCLIMATES are as diverse as any in California, ranging from oak-studded hillsides at 900 feet to Sierra peaks that top 9,000 feet. Besides offering a year ‘round playground—for “leaf peeping,” cycling, hiking, skiing and other activities—the county’s terroir, climate and soils are ideal for growing premium wine grapes. The majority of Amador’s 3,700 […]
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“Cooked”: Exploring culinary experiences in the Sierra Foothills
Posted by jeffpelline on October 5, 2016 · Leave a Comment
AWARD-WINNING FOOD AUTHOR Michael Pollan and Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney are receiving widespread praise for their Netflix documentary Cooked. In Cooked, Pollan explores how cooking transforms food and shapes our world. Each episode examines one of the physical elements used throughout the ages for cooking: fire (barbecue), water (pot cooking), air (bread making), and earth […]
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2nd annual Barbera Festival is June 9
Posted by jeffpelline on January 20, 2012 · Leave a Comment
(PLYMOUTH, California) – Wine aficionados take note. Tickets for the 2nd Annual Barbera Festival, scheduled for Saturday, June 9 at Cooper Ranch in Plymouth, California (Amador County), will go on sale March 1. The inaugural event was a complete sellout with more than 1,800 attendees taking part, and raised more than $10,000 in net proceeds […]
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