Urban Honking

Attention colleagues. This year’s holiday party will be held at Eagle Rock Brewery and attendance is mandatory. The CEO has done away with the raffle prizes, but refreshments will be served. Because nothing says Baby Jesus like a congregation of obsessive taste-seekers whipped-up into a feeding frenzy for five weird beers and five freaky-deeky cheeses. […]

Our national feast is upon us. Time to baste ourselves in real and fake butter fat. So grab your feather headdress and your pilgrim hat. (We like to tuck Kleenex in our sweater cuffs like colonial douchebags.) This year, Evan got asked by some colleagues to perform a nearly impossible task: buy a frozen soy […]

Earlier this month we were asked to do a stint as judges of a contest — one we did not immediately feel well-qualified for: The Best Vegan Mac & Cheese Showdown. At first we gently protested to the contest’s mastermind, the gracious Chica Vegan , that we’re not exactly proponents of vegan cheese since we […]

So with twice the time, and half the price of the last blog post, not to mention the progressing seasons, I am back, with another fantastic wine! Official Notice! Blogging has now moved, originally on the porch of my house right off of N Vancouver, it is now in the back yard of my NEW […]

In honor of LA Beer Week, we scooped up the limited “2 bottles per visit” of Unity, the official brew by Eagle Rock Brewery. At 3.25% alcohol, this Berliner Rye made with prickly pear tastes like… well, why type it when we could…. [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/61443899″ iframe=”true” /] Soundtrack: Operation Ivy’s “Unity”

Today I received a text message from my teacher informing that I passed all of my Sommelier exam! Tyler Hauptman Wine Drinker, Fun Enthusiast, and Sommelier

Oh guys… so sorry, so so so so really sorry, I have been very busy and have not been able to blog as often as I should… Either way, things are starting to get back on track and there is more than enough wine to drink! I have taken on a new catering job, giving […]

As the final spurts of a nationwide heat wave jerk to a close and the Grand Old Party’s party spoiler dissipates into overdue drinks for parched mid-west plains, another summer slumps its way into limbo. There’s a gap, you see, between August and October, known to us as September. Its a thirty day-long opportunity to […]

Our friend Aubrey White, aka Bobby Beers, aka Cheddah, has a degree in community planning and a master gardener trowel. So we were surprised but less than shocked when she broached a new venture idea last year over cold pints: Should she invest as a stakeholder in a small organic farm? She got a lot […]

Champagne is rad. It’s expensive, It’s classy, It’s often confused, but overall, its really rad. Real Champagne only comes from the Champagne region of France. Bubbles from the rest of France are known as “Cremant” and bubbles from other parts of the world usually have their own names (Cava, Prosecco, California Sparking Wine) The wines […]