Wedding Wines
If you have lived in Tahoe a while or visit here regularly, you probably realize there are more than four seasons. In addition to...
Bar hopping by boat
Any day on Lake Tahoe is a pretty good day, even if the water is a bit choppy, a few gray clouds sweep across...
Explore the list at PlumpJack
PlumpJack Café and Bar isn’t much of a secret. With celebrity ownership, a stellar world-class location and connections with the eponymous PlumpJack Winery, as...
Wine film company finds a home in Tahoe
International filmmaker Colin West came to North Lake Tahoe in the winter of 2014 to shoot a wine-focused adventure TV episode and fell in...
Connecting community through coffee · Matt & Ally Thralls
“Do you know how to make a DC?” a boy asks the barista at I.V. Coffee Lab in Incline Village. When she replied that...
Redlight · Truckee’s newest social lounge & lodge
The historic Hotel Alta in downtown Truckee has come a long way from its original life. Renamed Redlight, the beautiful, renovated social lounge and...
Portuguese wines great for summer
One of my favorite summer wines are Vinho Verde wines from Portugal. This wine comes to mind when you say wines of Portuga to...
Distinctive wines at Skinner Vineyards
By Lou Phillips
This may be the golden age for visiting the scenic Sierra Foothills wine region as the quality is improving at a rapid...
Wines for the fall
By Lou Phillips ·
Insert your favorite lengthy autumn word-picture here. I’m saving my space allotment to talk about wines that brighten our change of...
Restaurant Trokay sets a high bar
By Lou Phillips ·
What do The French Laundry, Alinea and a little ol’ restaurant in Truckee have in common? Multicourse tasting menus of renown,...
