• pb wineFirst up is Dave Bernahl, co-founder of the 3rd Annual Pebble Beach Food & Wine event April 8 -11.  We’ll tell you all about this spectacular food and wine extravaganza, the location couldn’t be better, and the list of celebrity chef/winemaker attendees is amazing. 

    Hosted on one of the most pristine strips of coastline in the world, Pebble Beach Food & Wine celebrates 60 celebrity chefs and 250 wineeries during this unforgettable four-day event.  Internationally acclaimed wineries and chefs come together with California’s regional superstars to create an unbelievable series of luxurious luncheons, delectable dinners, cooking demonstrations, wine tastings, and one of the most decadent grand tastings in the country.  www.pebblebeachfoodandwine.com   866 907-Food for more info

    In the second half, I’ll be talking to Andy Beckstoffer CEO of Beckstoffer Vineyards and 2010 Vintners Hall of Fame inductee.

    andy beckstofferAndy Beckstoffer came to Napa as a corporate executive in 1969, after earning an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Recognizing the potential for growth in premium wines, he started a farming company which he eventually purchased in 1973. Beckstoffer Vineyards has grown to be the largest vineyard owner, farming group, and winegrape seller in the Napa Valley and the North Coast, delivering grapes to more than 100 of the state’s most famous wineries. Andy Beckstoffer developed a formula for paying growers based on the finished wine value, thus reducing the incentive for excessive yield and focusing growers on quality. He has played a major role in preserving agriculture in the Napa Valley and has contributed to efforts to restore the Napa River.  www.beckstoffervineyards.com

    The Good Life Guy Wine of the Week:
    2007 “The Sum” Cabernet based blended red wine produced by Tuck Beckstoffer, Andy’s son.

    the sum labelThis amazingly well endowed profoundly rich red wine must be smelled and tasted to be believed. The color is a rich, deep purple garnet and gives but a small hint as to what’s inside.
    The nose gives off soaring and wonderfully focused aromas of ripe stone fruit, vanilla, cherries, cedar cigar box, blackberries and cinnamon. In the mouth, there are layers upon layers of broad, sweet opulent fruit balanced by firm tannins, great acidity and oak.

    This BIG red wine is available at Jacob Liquor Exchange on North Rock Road!

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