By Mackenzie Filson Delish.com What’s in (and out) for next year? The experts have weighed in. With the door closed on 2023, we’re looking into our crystal balls (or tea
News release The Santa Clarita Artists Association Gallery is keeping it “661 Local” with its first art show of 2024, opening next week and featuring multiple local artists. “661
I know, I know, THIS is the year that you’re going to eat healthy and get into shape! We’ve all made promises to ourselves that we probably won’t keep, but
News release As the new year gets under way, residents are being invited to embark on a culinary adventure during the upcoming SCV Restaurant Week, taking place from Jan.
George Thomas, owner of the Santa Clarita staple Route 66 Classic Grill, is closing his doors after deciding to retire and sell his business. All week long, Thomas has been
In my last column, I extoled the virtues that Barbara Widmer, winemaker, brings to the Tuscan classic, Brancaia. She’s taken a family venture and morphed it into a world-class winery.
Now that you’ve been properly introduced to Brancaia and its winemaker, Barbara Widmer, let’s talk about their wines. Giuditta, our delightful hostess whom I mentioned in my first column, provided
In closed session Tuesday, the Santa Clarita City Council is expected to discuss the status of the city manager’s negotiation with Lennar Homes of California before its regular meeting.
So, as I was talking about, in my last column, the Swiss family, Widmer, had found a home away from home more than 40 years ago in Tuscany, specifically in
So, after six glorious hours at Casanova di Neri (four touring and tasting and two lingering over a delectable late lunch at Neri’s Relais restaurant), the 10 of us returned
News release The Santa Clarita Valley Rotary special events committee is rescheduling its Charity Chili Cook-Off, which was originally planned for the afternoon of Oct. 7, to an evening
I promised in my last column to tell you about our experience sampling the wines from Casanova di Neri. Well, to get quickly to the point, they were phenomenal. They
Gianlorenzo Neri met us at his family’s Montalcino winery (Casanova di Neri) on a beautiful June morning in the heart of Tuscany. Now Tuscany is everything that you’ve read and
Wineries and winemakers amaze me. They work from late-fall pruning their vines to early-spring thinning leaves and from late-summer to mid- or late-October harvesting their crops. And this is just
As I opined in my last column, don’t go to Florence in June, July, or August if you can go any other time. I had been before in December, and
So, we’ve just returned from a sometimes enchanting and sometimes frustrating tour of Italy. We began our journey in Milan. Our first objective was to get a 15-minute visit with
News release The Santa Clarita International Film Festival is scheduled to host a black tie gala fundraiser on July 23 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Hart & Main
News release September is National Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month, and the Michael Hoefflin Foundation is hosting its first-ever Cheers for Charity: Beer, Wine and Concert Festival on Sept. 9
Raw caption info: All photos courtesy of Terry Kanowsky: The first is Marcel, Fulldraw’s cellar master. The second is the painting discussed in the story plus bottles of the wines tasted for
After Jordan Fiorentini’s intriguing and intoxicating tour of the inner workings of Epoch, Terry, Pat, Jim, and I retired to Epoch’s welcoming tasting room, where we were plied with seven
Filled with the top stories to start your day, and emergency news alerts.
25060 Avenue Stanford, St. 141
Valencia, CA, 91355
Main Desk: 661-259-1234
Newsroom: 661-255-1234
Advertising: 661-287-5564
