VINEYARDS Consistently the Oakville AVA produces some of the most tremendous wines in the valley. Wineries in the Oakville AVA include Robert Mondavi, Staglin, Swanson, and Opus One, and on the east side, Rudd, Gargiulo, Miner, Plump jack, Screaming Eagle, and Harbison, among others. The Ville Mille Rose Vineyard is on Money Road, north of the […]

Centuries ago there were no jet airplanes, no fax machines, no internet, no computers, no telephones. How is it that the human mind, one are of the world to another area of the world, came up with similar solutions to common problems. It amazes me when I think about our foods. A few curious oddities? The uniqueness and inventiveness […]

As we move from an incredible Summer and into Fall, there is a softening of pace in Big Sur as kids go back to school, and we are in the final weeks of preparation. As thye step into Year Five of this amazing Festival, we feel blessed and honored to have made it this far! […]