By Elin McCoy, Bloomberg When a collector friend offered me a glass of Screaming Eagle recently, I automatically pictured the cult winery’s polished, pricey red. Instead, I got my first taste of its sophisticated, wildly expensive, almost entirely unattainable white. Chances are, when you think of Napa Valley, you think of red wine. Well, get […]
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By Kathryn Reed When I didn’t know how to fix something at my house that I thought by a certain age I should have known already, my friend Rene told me we learn things when we need to know them. I channeled that sentiment of his when I called my mom last month to ask […]
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By Mike Higdon, Reno Gazette-Journal For both the beer connoisseur and those new to the craft beer world, the Nevada Brewers Association app is the newest way to discover the state’s wide range of award-winning beers, find tap houses, rate and share what you taste. Users can check in with a favorite brew and the […]
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Slow Food Lake Tahoe and Tahoe Food Hub’s seventh series of Community Soup Night resume this month. Community Soup Nights will be from 6:00-7:30pm. The series kicks-off on March 15 at FiftyFifty Brewing Co. at The Rock and on March 29 at Full Belly Deli’s Truckee location in the Pioneer Center. Community Soup Night is […]
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By Sean Whaley, Las Vegas Review Journal CARSON CITY — A bill seeking to increase the amount of beer craft breweries can produce annually ran into a foamy wall of opposition from large liquor interests during a legislative hearing last week. Senate Bill 130 from Sen. James Settelmeyer, R-Minden, would increase the allowed production capacity […]
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By Associated Press From specialty shops in Rome to supermarkets around the world, lovers of Italian olive oil are in for some sticker shock this year, with prices due to jump by as much as 20 percent. The combination of bad weather and pests hit the harvest in Southern Europe, most of all in Italy, […]
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By Melinda Myers Spend less time and money while growing a bounty of flavorful vegetables this growing season. Increase your harvest, even in small garden spaces, with proper planning and easy care, high yielding vegetables. A productive garden starts with a plan, but choosing the best vegetables to grow and where to plant them can […]
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By Brian Freedman, Forbes Unusual weather throughout much of the United States this winter has been the subject of speculation, consternation, and obsession across the country. Springlike heat in the Mid-Atlantic and flooding rains in the West have wreaked havoc across a wide range of industries. In the past two months, both the Napa […]
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By Mike Dunn, Sacramento Bee My turnaround on Cabernet Sauvignon from the Sierra foothills began one day last fall as I stood at the tasting counter of Hart 2 Hart Vineyards at Pilot Hill in El Dorado County. Dominic Mantei was pouring tastes of wines he makes on the premises, some bottled under the brand […]
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By Mary Clare Jalonick, AP WASHINGTON — House Republicans last week weighed legislation that could lower the number of students receiving free and reduced-price meals at school. Legislation debated by the House Education and Workforce Committee aims to save money by scaling back the number of schools in which all students receive free or reduced meals. […]
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