Lookout’s wine expert previews “The Perfect Pair,” an April 27 tasting event that’s a collaboration of Cabrillo College’s culinary arts department with Santa Cruz Mountains wines, looks ahead to a new Westside tasting event and highlights wine calendar must-adds.
Laurie Love on Wine
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Laurie Love on Wine: Locals at World of Pinot Noir, Pebble Beach Food & Wine preview and ‘Eden’ premiere
Lookout wine expert Laurie Love returns with a look at Santa Cruz Mountains wineries’ splash at a pinot-centric Santa Barbara event, gets a sneak peek at next month’s Pebble Beach Food & Wine and highlights a variety of events featuring local wines and winemakers.
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Laurie Love on Wine: New film spotlights Mount Eden Vineyards, Wine of the Week returns and events galore
In her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love previews “Eden,” Soquel filmmaker Chris McGilvray’s new work about a Santa Cruz Mountains standout, goes to Bottle Jack Winery for her wine pick of the week, and highlights a wealth of upcoming wine-related events locally and a bit farther flung.
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Laurie Love on Wine: Locals hit it big at San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
In her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love recaps a successful showing for Santa Cruz Mountains wines at a prestigious wine event up the Peninsula, notes big enrollment numbers for Cabrillo College’s wine programs and spotlights wine-centric events for Valentine’s Day and beyond.
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Laurie Love on Wine: The trials, tribulations and inspiration of 2023 in the vineyard
In her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love talks to viticulturist Ken Swegles about the unusual 2023 growing season in the Santa Cruz Mountains, which was made challenging by a variety of factors but yielded what Swegles calls “one of the best vintages, one for the books.”
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Laurie Love on Wine: Kissed By An Angel’s new tasting room, recycling bill’s impact, accolades and events
Lookout wine expert Laurie Love returns with word on a new spot to sample Kissed By An Angel Wines, a new semester of wine classes at Cabrillo, what a new recycling bill means for consumers and winemakers, plus love for local vintages and upcoming Santa Cruz County wine events.
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Laurie Love on Wine: Aptos Wine Wander highlights, a Westside wine cubby & end-of-year fun
In Part 1 of her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love relays what she tasted and saw at the recent Aptos Wine Wander, spotlights Margins Wine’s new Westside digs and recommends some events as we head toward New Year’s Eve.
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Laurie Love on Wine: An extra-special New Year’s Eve Wine of the Week + all things bubbles
In Part 2 of her biweekly column, Lookout wine expert Laurie Love recommends a very special of bubbly for holiday celebrations as her Wine of the Week, and covers the basics of Champagne in her Wine 101 lesson.
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Laurie Love on Wine: A powerful yet racy chardonnay, opening wax seals & holiday gift packs
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.
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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.