Beverage News
“I was drinking these great bottles and saying to my wife, ‘This is out of control!’ ”
“It’s not like he’s a control freak or anything, it’s just that he likes growing grapes.”
“I was going to be a pseudo-lab-and-cellar guy. I thought, ‘I’ll get to see all the different aspects.’”
It's all pretty unusual, when you really think about it. First off, you've got this exclusive fruit (the grape) that grows only in special regions. And then, the whole time that it grows, it’s fussed …
Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma Brewery Av. Hidalgo and Calle Carranza, Tecate www.baja-web.com 665-654-9478 Named for its place of origin, Cerveza Tecate was launched in 1944 when Alberto Aldrete transformed an old brick building from a vegetable-oil producing …
The Cabernet Cellar 3820-1/2 Ray Street, North Park www.thecabernet.com 619-683-2221 Want to meet other connoisseurs? On weekends, the Cellar hosts a gathering with bread, cheese, and appetizers -- you bring the wine. Private lockers are …
The Grape 823 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp 619-238-8010 You could walk right past this uniquely shaped bar on a busy Saturday night if you weren't looking for it. The Grape, with its long narrow bar, sits …
Gyroscope Greek Café 926 Fifth Avenue, Gaslamp 619-235-4635 You want interesting food and cheap wine in the Gaslamp? Gyroscope's one of the few that has both. They have the usual medium-priced beef kabob, moussaka, spanakopita, …
Heymatt: Was Communion wine affected by the Prohibition? -- Ike, downtown Yes. Prohibition made it extremely popular, since it was one of the few forms of alcohol not banned by the 18th Amendment. Between 1923 …
Hey, Matt: I'm seeing lots of advertisements for "malt beverages" that have the flavor of rum or vodka or any other liquor. Why don't the alcohol companies just make a regular rum and Coke beverage …
Dear Alice: What's up with the beer rules at Sea World? I'm an annual pass holder and often like to sample those 4 oz. cups of beer at the Hospitality Center. My question is, why …
Proprietor Alexander McGeary is 10 years into his 25-year project to hammer out a wine industry high on the eastern side of Mount Palomar, and things are progressing. Though frost -- a threat at 3500 …
Chateau Camou Valle de Guadalupe, (20 miles inland from Ensenada) 011-526-177-2221 Robert Mondavi has used his celebrity status to act as a sort of unofficial American Wine Ambassador. So it was with great anticipation that …
Cottage Café 2321 Fifth Avenue, Banker's Hill (619) 696-0071 Your standard lite beer has 4.5 percent alcohol by volume and tastes like lemonade without the sugar, right? Then you drop into a Polish café. "You …
The San Diego Wine Company 5282 Eastgate Mall, Miramar (858) 535-1400 The WineSellar and Brasserie 9550 Waples Street, Mira Mesa (858) 450-9557 www.winesellar.com Vintage Wines 6904 Miramar Road, Miramar (858) 549-2112 www.vintagewinessd.com The Wine Bank …