Vegas Tastings, Baby!

Just in case you were wondering what happened to me this week (or even if you weren’t. whatever.), I’m a much happier woman today! My daughter brought the kids up, and we’ve spent a great family week together, with four generations (my mother, me, my daughter, and my grandchildren) doing the Vegas thing. I’m exhausted! But very, very happy and still grinnin’ from ear to ear!

Meanwhile, one of my long-promised Vegas Wineaux features is finally up and running. Vegas Tastings is now a large, beautiful slideshow that showcases some fun moments in tastings at some of our favorite wine shops and retailers. They are in no particular order, not in location, retailer, date, or season! I even have a couple of pics from Jimmy’s Cafe, now gone lo these many months.

So enjoy the photos from Khoury’s, Steak, Marche Bacchus, Valley Cheese and Wine, Vino 100 and more, as we reminisce over the fun tasting moments that we’ve all shared over the years.

The Home Tastings and the Travels (was Paso) pages are being worked on now and will be available shortly. You can be sure that I’ll let you know when they are!

http://vegaswineaux.com/galleries/vegas-tastings/

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Sea Stone - Perfection

This was a special event. Because of the circumstances (evening before major surgery), I was particularly emotionally fragile, and had the dining experience gone wrong, I would have jumped all over it. Sea Stone, as it turned out, was my salve.

A restaurant of this quality can easily be found at any of the mega-resorts on the Strip. However, finding one of this quality at these prices won’t be. Period.

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Chuck Does Wine Spectator!

I’d like to thank everyone for the enthusiastic response for guest authors! The very first guest is Charles Moncrieff III, owner of Vegas Wine News (http://www.vegaswinenews.com). This is Chuck pictured in front an Italian villa taken during one of his many travels. Yes, that’s said with a great deal of envy!

First, a little bio info about Chuck. He grew up in Southern California and graduated from UCLA, receiving both a Bachelor of Arts and Juris Doctorate. For whatever reason :-), he remains a loyal Bruin and returns to SoCal regularly to attend UCLA athletic events.

He maintained his law practice in Orange County for more than 20 years, specializing in civil litigation. In September 2006, he finally decided the time had come for a change of lifestyle, and so moved to the Las Vegas area with the idea that he would try to transform his wine avocation into a vocation.

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Guest Authors Wanted!

While I’m recovering from my upcoming medical “procedure,” I’d like to give the opportunity to anyone who’d like to write about their wine adventures, wine collections, wine travels, or other wine and/or food-related topics to do so on this site.

I’m the first to admit that this site *is* all about me. However, it really isn’t all about me. It’s also about my relationships with the wine people and businesses in the Las Vegas, Henderson, Paso Robles, Boulder City, and Online areas. One thing I’ve discovered in the course of the last couple of years is that since I’m only one person, it is impossible for me to cover every wine-related event or situation. Although I’ve certainly tried.

So I figured that this would be a wonderful opportunity for those who are wine-centric in their thinking and who would like to write, but who don’t want to start their own website or blog to do so here. So if you’re interested in doing something like this, please contact me via the contact form or directly by email. Here are a few guidelines:

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Not Always Wine - Back to Bryce Canyon

While this site is all about the wine, sometimes I like to change things up a little. But fear not - it’s well worth the experience.

Two years ago April, Michael and I went to Bryce Canyon. I had been there a few years earlier and remembered the beauty and majesty of it. But my memory had failed me because seeing it again took my breath away.

Bryce Canyon is a national park located in southern Utah. It is about a three hour drive from Las Vegas (more or less, depending on how lost you get), taking 15N.

Named after Mormon settler Ebenezer Bryce, Bryce Canyon is actually a series of amphitheaters/canyons cut into the eastern edge of the Paunsaugunt Plateau. The national park ranges in elevation from approximately 8,000 feet to over 9,000 feet at the southern end. There are very strange formations called hoodoos and are the creation of wind and water erosion over eons of time. The natural orange and red hues that color these formations are the result of iron oxidizing within the rock. The only word to describe the experience of Bryce Canyon is “Spectacular.” Okay, maybe you can throw “Breathtaking” in there as well. Actually, there are no words.

We also went to Kodachrome Canyon and Zion National Park. There are a few pictures of those locations as well. As you go through the slideshow, you will see that the first few were taken when it was very overcast, but as the weekend went by, the sun finally came out and the colors are brilliant.

Here is a link to the pictures that I took. There are date stamps on a couple of them, but those stamps are incorrect. My camera was new and there were, well, *issues* from time to time. Please let me know what you think of these. It was a beautiful experience, and I’m so happy to share it with you. Enjoy!

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