Food & Wine — Bordeaux

  The wait is over, the 2020 Bordeaux are here! Our allotment we directly import from France has finally arrived and is available on our site in our Bordeaux category. If you have already pre-ordered, prior to your wines shipping out you’ll receive a confirmation email. We greatly appreciate your support and hope you enjoy this historical vintage. Below is a few of the best from from this remarkable vintage.    Chateau Troplong Mondot Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2020 100 Points DecanterA sensational Troplong. Vibrant and vivid, this makes you smile from the first smell: milk chocolate, floral notes of roses...

This is a year round favorite in our home and it’s not too spicy. Even the kids enjoy it. Grill your steak preferably medium-rare, with a side of potatoes and drizzle this chimichurri on top of the steak or on a fresh baguette with slivers of steak. It pairs perfectly with Malbec. Ingredients: 3/4 cup Extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 cup of lemon juice 1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley, no stems 1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro, no stems 2 tablespoons of fresh chopped garlic 1 tablespoon of dry oregano 1 tablespoon of red crushed pepper 1/2 tablespoon of Kosher Salt...

Following family tradition, PR Bottle Shop's founder Christina Coulourides has been involved in the wine industry for over 40 years. She shares her expertise below and her approach to wine as an essential part of life. Q & A with Christina Coulourides What is your favorite wine quote and why? “Wine is one of the agreeable and essential ingredients of life.” Julia Child. Julia Child continues to be an inspiration, teaching Americans how to enjoy food and wine thereby enhancing lifestyle. Often her message is delivered humbly, seasoned with humor. What sparked your interest in wine? In the 1980s when the California...

  Ban des Vendages or Jurade de Saint-Emilion is a celebration of wine harvest and heritage of the medieval town of Saint-Emilion. Usually held in late fall or at the start of harvest season, the Jurade (Ambassadors of the wines of Saint-Emilion) organizes the festival and lead a parade through town in their traditional crimson robes. Ban de Vendage literally translates to "lifting the ban of the harvest", in other words, putting an end to the period during which grapes-picking was forbidden.  Historically, the Jurade was originally set up as a quest for quality and the experts were sent into the...

Living in Southern California comes with so many perks; gorgeous consistent weather, stunning outdoor environs and a condensed and diverse disarrangement of culinary adventures. This week we choose to focus on one of our favorite culinary niches, the fish taco!If there has even been a great time to be a taco lover, it is now. It seems that with the up-rise in culinary diversity and the increase of small and mobile eateries, the modern taco is breaking all the rules of tradition. The Kogi Truck being the most famed fusion tacos at the moment. Even within the niche of fish...