Citronelle is the site for an upcoming series of wine classes.

Michel Richard Citronelle’s new Sommelier, French native Laurent Lala, will demystify, taste with and teach guests during the restaurant’s upcoming five month wine class series. Lala is the grandson of a Cahors wine grower, was born in Toulouse, France, and graduated from Purpan Agriculture [...]

J&G Steakhouse will host its first wine dinner of 2012 with Linden Vineyards on Monday, January 30 from 7-10 PM. The event, held in J&G’s wine bar, features four-course paired with wines from one of Virginia’s best wineries. Tickets are $115 per person, and are available online.  Here is the complete menu:
First Course
Rice Cracker Crusted Tuna with Citrus-Chili [...]

Jaleo uses fresh, juicy, seasonal clementines in a limited edition cocktail.

For me, one of the best parts about shopping during the holidays is the availability of crates of juicy, sweet clementines from Spain. Easy to peel and eat since there aren’t any seeds, clementines are the perfect size for a sweet-tart snack. [...]

Oenophiles…unite!

José Andrés’ and his at Mediterranean mezze mecca Zaytinya, announce a special two-week festival celebrating the grape from November 14-27. The Grape Festival is designed to highlight the fruit with different variations including, raisins, brined grapes, fresh grapes, grapevine leaves, and dishes smoked over grape vine trimmings. Head [...]

Join Dan Searing, Craft Bartender and author of the recently published cocktail book “The Punch Bowl,”  for a seminar at The Passenger (1021 7th Street, NW) covering recipes and stories surrounding “the flowing bowl,” on Tuesday, October 4 from 6:30 to 8 PM. Searing is also a partner at Room 11 in Washington, DC, [...]

Guests at Ripple's Sierra Nevada dinner will get to sample the brewery's Life & Limb beer.

Cleveland Park restaurant Ripple welcomes guests to its first ever beer dinner featuring exclusive beers from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co and a menu designed by Executive Chef Logan Cox. Ripple’s “Beer Guy,” , will lead guests through each [...]

The Smoky Scotsman is a great cocktail for the warmer weather.

Though some cocktail enthusiasts associate Scotch with the cooler weather, you needn’t eschew it when the mercury climbs. And now that September is here, and fall is right around the corner, it’s a great time to reacquaint yourself with Scotland’s peaty potables.

Charlie Whitfield, the [...]

Taste this Brunello di Montalcino, and lots more great Italian wines, at BRABO's Italian wine dinner.

Italian red wines tend to have that great balance of restrained yet noticeable fruit, along with an Old World subtly and a refreshing line of acidity that makes them super food friendly. And the best examples have the tannins, [...]

Estadio celebrates Spain's famous fortified wines the entire month of September.

This September, Washington, DC’s contemporary Spanish restaurant Estadio (1520 14th St. NW, Washington, DC, 202.319.1404) will pay tribute to Spain’s famed fortified wine by offering rotating tasting flights throughout the month, and by hosting a special food and sherry pairing seminar on [...]

Just found out  late last week that I passed my WSET Diploma Unit 3 exam with Merit! So that’s it: I have passed all 6 units, completed blind tastings, essay tests and research papers, and I now have my WSET Diploma, which also gives me the right to add DSW (Diploma of Wine Studies) after [...]