13 November, 2019

Bodegas LAN Winery: Rioja in Three Letters … and Seven Wines!

Posted in : Alvarinho / Albarino, Dining in San Francisco - CA, Red Wine, Tempranillo, Wine on November 13, 2019 by : The Gourmez

Tags: bellota, Bodegas LAN, organic wine, spanish wine, wine dinner, wine lunch, wine tasting, winery, xtreme

My introduction to the Bodegas LAN winery came over churros and chuleton. I was invited to meet the winery’s CEO, Enrique Abiega, and USA export director, Trinidad Villegas, at Bellota, a Spanish restaurant that’s part of San Francisco’s Absinthe Group. Obligatory disclaimer: This was a new media lunch, so the food and drink I’m about
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19 June, 2013

Triangle Foodie Happenings

Posted in : Events, Restaurants on June 19, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: an, andrea edith moore, antonia's, bull city burger and brew, cary, donatos, durham, elizabeth spencer, Events, food, foodie, hillsborough, king's daughters inn, mystery brewing, opera, paul saginaw, pop up, raleigh, research triangle park, rose, seaboard station, steven devereaux greene, triangle, triangle foodie happenings, washington duke inn, wine dinner, zely & ritz, zingerman's

The exciting events for Triangle-based foodies are piling up yet again! Honestly, I’m not sure they ever stop piling — we seem to support an awful lot of delishness for a relatively small metro area. I think that means all us eaters deserve a round of applause … or of digestives. Ouzo, anyone? I’ve cherry-picked
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29 April, 2013

Triangle Foodie Happenings

Posted in : Events on April 29, 2013 by : The Gourmez

Tags: artisan series, chapel hill, charlie deal, derby day, durham, Events, fairview dining room, farmers' market, food, foodie, jujube, kentucky derby, laurence vuelta, research triangle, spanish wines, straw valley cafe, taste carolina tours, triangle, washington duke inn, wine dinner

Time for another installment of Triangle Foodie Happenings! These are events coming up in the next week that I wish I could make, but hopefully you can! We really do have a ridiculous amount of foodie fun options in this area. Spanish Wine Dinner with Laurence Vuelta at Jujube! 4/30, 7 pm, $47. Jujube’s wine
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15 April, 2010

Jujube’s Semler Wine Dinner

Comments : 1 Posted in : Cabernet Sauvignon, Dining in Chapel Hill - NC, Pinot Noir, Restaurants, Sauvignon Blanc, Shiraz / Syrah on April 15, 2010 by : The Gourmez

Tags: chapel hill, crab salad roll, duck hoisin crepe, jujube, pork shoulder, saddlerock, semler, syrah, vietnamese coffee ice cream, wine dinner

Jujube’s Semler Wine Dinner There are few things I like more than wine dinners at Jujube. For $42 per person with four courses and four glasses of wine, they really aren’t a bad deal at all. Tuesday night, I went to one with my husband and a pair of foodie friends that was hosted by
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