With Mother's Day around the corner champagne has been on my mind and just my luck I was invited to a tasting by Thea of Luscious Lushes, Liza of Brix Chicks, Becca of The Gourmez and a few others including Frances from Amandus Wines. Frances poured three stellar champagnes and one equally stellar red wine. The wines were all from the Lemaire Family which has been making wine for over 150 years and 5 generations in France. It sounds silly, but I really identify with and app

My birthday is this week. My two best friends and I had planned to spend the weekend before in Big Sur, but the destruction of the Pfeiffer Canyon bridge put some dampers on that plan. So instead we decided to go to Monterey and devote a whole day to wine tasting. Nobody wanted to be the designated driver so we opted to take the Monterey Wine Trolley. The tour runs daily with pickup at 11 a.m. and return at 4 p.m. Prices range from $109 to $175 per person but all tiers includ