By Janene Roberts
Now that the holidays are behind us, it's time to look at how we'll spend the new year. What are your wine tasting plans? If you've read my book Wine Tasting in Southern California & Beyond, I advocate sticking close to home when you're traveling to wineries. And, with so many wine enthusiasts growing grapes and creating wines, it's not hard to find a winery near you. What's fun, too, is getting to know the local winemakers. So, one of my wine focuses for the new year is to create closer relationships with smaller groups of people. I'm excited about creating wine and wellness weekends where a small group will spend the weekend eating great food, drinking great wines and getting to know ourselves better. The first one will take place in Julian, California in April. I'll write more details as the weekend gets formed.
For you readers in San Diego, there's a new wine bar and cheese shop that I'm looking forward to trying. Dolce Pane E Vino. I've tried to get an interview with their chef but it seems he's being hounded by the media. It's located near Fairbanks Ranch in Rancho Santa Fe in the Del Rayo Center at 16081 San Dieguito Road, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 (858) 832-1518. They're open until 11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and until midnight on Friday and Saturdays which is a relief for us who live in the area and get chased out of restaurants by 8 p.m. Prices are reasonable considering the environment it's located in. On their website, www.dolcepaneevino.com, the sample menu items include an Umbrella lentil bean salad with baby artichokes, shaved onions and herb vinaigrette, Crispy fingerling potatoes, smoked bacon, panna acida, scallions, shaved white truffles antipasti and Local mushrooms, goat cheese aged balsamic brushchetta. Wines by the glass include a $7 2008 Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand and a $9 2007 Fort Ross Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir.
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