Food & Wine Festivals this summer in the Sierra Foothills and High Sierra

Posted by jeffpelline on July 14, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Here’s a sampling of food and wine festivals in our region this summer: SIERRA VINTNERS SUMMER REGIONAL WINE TRAIL JULY 16 & SEPT. 24 A premier wine tasting experience from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on scenic backroads in Nevada and Placer Counties. The trail includes wineries that are relatively near one another, reducing the driving time. […]

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Drought encourages Tahoe to focus on year-round activities

Posted by jeffpelline on July 28, 2015 · Leave a Comment

WE LOVE CELEBRATING OUR REGION’S year-round lifestyle centered around farm-fresh food, fine dining, local wine and beer, art and music and outdoor recreation — and it’s becoming a bigger draw for vacations, staycations and relocations. Tahoe and Truckee have deep roots in winter sports, going back to Sugar Bowl in the ’30s and the 1960 […]

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Artisan cheese in the foothills: Dedrick’s, Wheyward Girl, Shaft’s

Posted by jeffpelline on July 8, 2015 · Leave a Comment

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HAS A storied cheese making history. Marin’s historic Rouge & Noire cheese company, now Marin French Cheese, has roots that go back 150 years. In the 1930s Gaetano Vella started Vella Cheese Company in Sonoma at the urging of local dairymen. And in the ‘90s, longtime friends Sue Conley and Peggy Smith founded […]

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Food & Wine Festivals this summer in the Sierra Foothills and High Sierra

Drought encourages Tahoe to focus on year-round activities

Artisan cheese in the foothills: Dedrick’s, Wheyward Girl, Shaft’s

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