Yesterday's indulgence was a feast prepared by Lance Carlini, Executive Chef at Piatti in Sacramento, to showcase how his "farm-driven, hyper-seasonal cuisine" matches up with Miraflores' approachable and elegant wines. Any meal at their Mediterranean-inspired patio...
A tasting room can impress you with something as simple as a welcoming greeting and a small rustic space. Heck, some wineries (like Demetria) can wow you even without a tasting room, embracing the outdoor pastoral picturesque experience and beauty of their land. Bugs...
Few places can wow you while giving you a sense of history like a gold mine converted into a restaurant. Pictures of Smith Flat House won't do the clay, rock, and, mortar walls, watering well, or the gold mine itself justice. So, try to use your imagination. Or, heck,...
For French cuisine just 15 minutes from downtown Placerville, check out a husband and wife eatery called Allez! Here you can order many things you cannot pronounce but will remember for a long time. They also have a wonderful dessert wine like port that tastes like...
Elegant refined wines are all that Auriga Wine Cellars pours. They also finish the tasting flight with a dessert wine that only has 16.5% alcohol so not a lot of sugar aftertaste but plenty of flavor. As if that wasn't reason enough to try it, it is fortified with...
A few days in this blossoming wine region clearly was not enough. The weather in El Dorado county is fantastic, the people are friendly, the wine is amazingly delicious and almost always has soft silky tannins. Then, there's the food. If I've said this before, I'll...
The spot for Italian wine lovers in Fair Play is Palissandro. They take the traditional Italian varietals like Sangiovese and Barbera and give them that California pizzazz. Their Pinot Grigio jump starts your taste buds with a slight floral flavor and fresh green...
If you've got to eat your veggies, and you know you do, why not eat them in a delicious pie: Of course this place has other more meaty pot pies as well. But, even the meaty pies have lots of veggies. So indulge at Z Pie Gourmet...
Pronounced CascadAAAAAH, this local eatery in downtown Placerville makes you feel full and happy. Happy from the delicious margaritas, which, let's face it, can put a smile on your face no matter how bad your day went. Filling is how Mexican food usually makes you...
Another fab food establishment in Placerville with unique eats is Heyday. Famously local wines were a delicious pairing for BBQ chicken skewers bathed in a southern style barbecue sauce that I think included a bit of tangy pineapple. They serve it atop a slaw spiced...