by Eve Bushman | Apr 22, 2022 | Eve's Wine 101
How To: The Wine Night We have a “wine night” with friends pretty frequently and it recently dawned on me that I’ve never written about how that works. For some, or even most of you, you have some experience with this: you invite pals over, everyone brings a bottle or...
by Eve Bushman | Feb 17, 2022 | Eve's Wine 101
Favorite Gadgets for Wine and Spirit Lovers In the last issue of élite magazine I shared a review on a new brand of high-end wine glasses. In this issue I wanted to share some of the gadgets for wine and spirit lovers that aren’t all new to me, but may be new to you...
by Eve Bushman | Nov 19, 2021 | Eve's Wine 101
Wine Lovers Deserve a Renaissance Glass Recently I sat down with élite Magazine publishers Moe and Linda Hafizi over wine. Not shocking. However this time it was with wine served in a molecularly structured wine glass that promised to enhance any priced wine, without...
by Eve Bushman | Sep 27, 2021 | Eve's Wine 101
Gin Is In! I’ve written about different types of brown spirits, whisky and single malt scotch, but never about white spirits like vodka and gin. Vodka is extremely popular in many cocktails because it’s flavorless, while gin is popular for anything but. Gin is vodka...
by Eve Bushman | Jul 22, 2021 | Eve's Wine 101
Paso Robles Is Open And Waiting for You to Visit It was our first time to stay at the new Stables Inn, as well as visiting tasting rooms in downtown Paso owned by Justin and Diablo Paso. We visited both Artisan Uprising and Jeff Branco Cellars in their large-scale...
by Eve Bushman | May 20, 2021 | Eve's Wine 101
Whisky – What to Look For at a Store, Bar and Restaurant I’ve covered the basics of whisky before for readers: the differences between the different types offered and what to stock in your liquor cabinet. Many of you asked me for my own favorites. So this time I...
by Eve Bushman | Mar 23, 2021 | Eve's Wine 101
Eve Chimes In: Favorite Wineries In and Around Santa Ynez What’s so special about the Santa Ynez wine area in the Central Coast? Besides the fact that they are closer for us to drive to than other notable wine producing areas, like Paso Robles and Napa Valley, they...
by Eve Bushman | Jan 25, 2021 | Bridal, Eve's Wine 101
Specialty Drinks and Catering For Small Groups From Our Favorite Locally Owned Restaurants At press time, which means that I’m writing this in late December, my publisher wanted to feature a few of our local restaurants and what they are doing with specialty drinks...
by Eve Bushman | Nov 23, 2020 | Eve's Wine 101
The Mysticism Behind Mystic Hills Vineyard I met Judy and Joel Cox over a decade ago when I volunteered for the non-profit dedicated to assisting Santa Clarita women and named after Judy’s mother, the Betty Ferguson Foundation. (Judy’s passion and hard work made our...
by Eve Bushman | Sep 29, 2020 | Eve's Wine 101
Wine Cellar Essentials In the last issue of élite Magazine, I shared my take on liquor cabinet essentials, so I thought it apropos to share Wine Cellar Essentials for this issue. Much like your liquor cabinet the wine cellar/chiller/rack in your home should be stocked...
by Eve Bushman | Jul 27, 2020 | Eve's Wine 101
Essentials For Your Liquor Cabinet We have a well-stocked wine cellar and liquor cabinet, and both come in handy. And while it takes years of tasting to amass a decent cellar, it only takes one or two trips to the supermarket or liquor store to have the staples needed...
by Eve Bushman | Mar 19, 2020 | Eve's Wine 101
Taking it all in – The Wine That Is – In Paso Robles Thacher Winery Described as a “boutique” winery, with an emphasis on two of my favorites: Rhone blends and Zinfandel. We found that they are one of the few wineries not pulling out their Zinfandel vines, are...
