From Fairfax mayor to award-winning winemaker

“We are a licensed and bonded winery,” says Frank Egger, pointing at the license for Cazadero Winery, hanging on his wall at his home in Fairfax.…

Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Twelve

guests: Nikki Wood and Mimi Towle of Local Getaways magazine

Your favorite waiter has left the building

The sunlight dappled through the large oak trees lining the boulevard known to some as “sugar.” In that spotted light I dimly made out the blueish…

New California law demands licensing for beverage service professionals

If your business serves alcoholic beverages, take serious note. In a mere two weeks, on September 1, for the first time in 50 years, all California…

One bad apple doesn’t have to spoil the whole bunch

I had never seen him before. Not that it mattered. Every day I meet people I don’t know, and then I get to know them. Engagement…

Barfly Podcast Season Four Episode Eleven

Guest: Executive Chef Jammir Gray of Compline Napa https://www.buzzsprout.com/169913/11088315

If you can be anything, be kind

A rose by any other name is not as sweet In the swirling chaos of a packed bar, one can often feel like a circus plate…

Classic summer slushes, perfect for the cocktail enthusiast in all of us

For many, the notion of blended drinks is so very 1980. And one “shaved ice” at the county fair, is all it takes to remind one…

Maybe the grass is greener over there because “you” are not over there

I was walking towards the door of the restaurant and happened to pass a minivan disgorging its family. Strollers, walkers, all the accoutrements running the gamut…

New takes on neo-classical cocktails

There’s a plaque in Martinez that reads: “Birthplace of the martini. On this site in 1874, Julio Richelieu, Bartender, served up the first Martini when a…