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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This week in Santa Cruz County business: ‘Sense of optimism’ on tourism, movers and Shapers & mark your calendars
In her weekly roundup of news and notes from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko talks with new Visit Santa Cruz County CEO Terence Concannon about the organization’s priorities, notes a key driver of the reshaping of post-earthquake Santa Cruz and runs the numbers on local business.
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Pleasure Point breakfast spot Cliff Café to close after 33 years
Since 1982, Cliff Café has been a Pleasure Point staple for home-cooked breakfast. Now, the restaurant will close at the end of November because the building will be redeveloped.
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Live music dispute ignites feud between Capitola restaurant, landlord
For the first year and half it was open, owners Lasalle and Michelle Strong featured regular live music at Capitola Bar & Grill. Landlord Steve Yates says the music is in violation of their commercial lease and disturbs the residential tenants in the building, and ordered them to cease. Now the feud is playing out with lawyers in arbitration, in court and on social media, where the Strongs allege Yates’ actions are racist.
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Three Santa Cruz ciders for the Thanksgiving table
Move over wine and beer; hard cider deserves a spot on the Thanksgiving table. Santa Cruz County cider-makers are crafting dry, complex ciders that pair perfectly with the ultimate fall feast. Here, Lookout food and drink reporter Lily Belli shares her top picks for local ciders to bring home this holiday season.
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This week in Santa Cruz County business: Permanent parklet transition; funding for education-to-career programs
In her weekly roundup of news and notes from the Santa Cruz County business community, Jessica M. Pasko checks in on the progress of converting pandemic-era parklets to permanent structures in Santa Cruz, state funding for education and workforce opportunities, numbers to know and more.
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Lily Belli on Food: Cheers to a big Venus Spirits win and to Lookout’s wine expert + farmers markets update
Welcome to Lily Belli on Food, a weekly food-focused newsletter from Lookout’s food and drink correspondent, Lily Belli. Keep reading for the latest local food news for Santa Cruz County — plus a few fun odds and ends from my own life and around the web. And do join us as a member, if you […]
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Pizza Bones pop-up mixes Neapolitan-style crust with a decidedly Santa Cruz twist
New pop-up Pizza Bones wants its customers to eat the whole pie. Chef Desmond Schneider and owner Jacob Wilkens have created a dough recipe that’s inspired by Neapolitan pizza, but with more structure and large, pillowy bubbles, and topped with seasonal, farmers market-sourced ingredients. Their successful pop-ups have increased from monthly to weekly at Madson Wines on the Westside in Santa Cruz.
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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.