In Part 2 of this week’s column, Laurie Love tabs a local chardonnay as her Wine of the Week, answers a reader question on dealing with wax seals on wine bottles and goes gifting in Wine 101.
Laurie Love
Laurie Love is a professional wine educator and writer based in Santa Cruz, where she has lived for 34 years. She shares her wine passion, knowledge and experience with Lookout readers as Lookout’s wine correspondent. Laurie specializes in French wine and the Santa Cruz Mountains American Viticultural Area (AVA), our local appellation that has been making world-class wines for more than 140 years.Laurie’s background is wide-reaching. She teaches wine classes at the Cabrillo College Wine Program and for Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Global. Laurie also wrote the course content for online wine education website,wine-ed.com, a companion to the Cabrillo College Wine Program. She teaches private wine classes and leads private tastings. For the past several years, she’s been a Santa Cruz Mountains AVA contributing writer for the Slow Wine Guide USA, featuring wineries that are sourcing from sustainable vineyards. In addition, she works locally in wine production with Bottle Jack Wines in Santa Cruz.Laurie holds several professional wine certifications: WSET Level 3 with Distinction, French Wine Scholar with Highest Honors (FWS), Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW) and sommelier, in addition to earning three Cabrillo College wine certificates. She is currently a candidate for the Bourgogne master-level certification through the Wine Scholar Guild. You can follow her wine blog, laurieloveswine.wordpress.com, and on Instagram at @LaurieLoveOnWine.Laurie is thrilled to join the Lookout team and to share the bounty of our local wine region with Lookout readers.
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Laurie Love on Wine: Inside Cabrillo’s new wine studies program & holiday wine events to tempt your palate
In the first installment of her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love outlines the groundbreaking new wine studies program coming to Cabrillo College and highlights upcoming events for any oenophile’s calendar.
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Laurie Love on Wine: ‘Grand Cru’ project cabernet is Wine of the Week, plus shopping local for the holidays
In Part 2 of her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love picks her Wine of the Week and fills readers in on where to shop for wine around Santa Cruz County.
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Laurie Love on Wine: Cab and views at Premier Cruz, Wine Enthusiast honors locals and events aplenty
Editor’s note: This is Part 1 of this week’s Laurie Love on Wine column, covering wine news and events. Click here for Part 2, with Laurie’s Wine of the Week pick and her Wine 101 lesson. Welcome to Laurie Love on Wine! I am Laurie Love, a professional wine writer and educator based in Santa […]
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Laurie Love on Wine: My Wine of the Week, reader Q&A and Thanksgiving wine pairings
In Part 2 of this week’s column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love taps a 2013 Santa Cruz Mountains Bordeaux blend as her Wine of the Week, lends her expertise in the service of a reader question and delivers advice and recommendations aplenty on finding the perfect wines for however you do Thanksgiving dinner.
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Laurie Love on Wine: ‘Idyllic vintage’ taking shape, Wine & Roses recap and holiday wine events
In the first installment of this week’s column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love finds Santa Cruz County winemakers waxing poetic as they put the finishing touches on the 2023 harvest, recounts what she saw and tasted at the recent Wine & Roses fundraiser and previews upcoming events you shouldn’t miss.
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Laurie Love on Wine: My Wine of the Week and a lesson on fermentation
In the second installment of this week’s column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love reveals her pick for Wine of the Week and goes behind the scenes of the winemaking process in her Wine 101 lesson.
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Laurie Love on Wine: A corker in Corralitos, Scotts Valley’s Saison in the sun & wine walks ahead
In the first installment of this week’s column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love relays what she saw and tasted at the Uncork Corralitos event, fills out her impressions of Scotts Valley newcomer Saison Cellar & Wine Bar and gives you some upcoming wine events to plan for.
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From Burgundy to the Santa Cruz Mountains, Saison’s Mark Bright brings fine wine to new Scotts Valley wine bar
Ben Lomond resident Mark Bright is the beverage director and co-founder of Saison Hospitality Group and a respected sommelier. Now, he’s bringing his wine knowledge and passion to Scotts Valley with the opening of Saison Cellar & Wine Bar, which will focus on hand-selected wines from Europe, particularly Burgundy, France, as well as the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Laurie Love on Wine: Santa Cruz cabernet harvest, Grazing on the Green highlights & Kathryn Kennedy wines
Lookout wine expert Laurie Love reports on an “everything everywhere all at once” harvest in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA, lists her wine favorites from this month’s Grazing on the Green, plus her Kathryn Kennedy wine of the week, the unique Zayante sand, and a lesson on what happens after harvest.