On August 14 & 15 a 3,600 sq. ft. warehouse space in Downtown, LA will be transformed into a lively enchanted forest. The unique event, called “Serendipity,” features renowned artist Leila Fakouri’s design and art installation works from her full design company, Madera Design. Performance artists including aerial acrobats, dancers, poets and musicians, will take [...]
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Ralphs’ Wine Tasting Schedule
Hello Wine Lovers, here is a copy of the August 2009 Wine Tasting Schedule. Hopefully, having a copy of the schedule here on downtownster .com will make it easier to see what nights will work for many of you. Cheers! Mike The Wine Guy August 7th. Domestic and Import Craft Beer $8.00 Has been canceled. [...]
Hello Wine Lovers,
Yes, it has been sometime since I have written a bit about wine here at the Ralphs Wine Bar. My absence in script has been noted. I must thank Alec Silverman for helping keep the interest in the wine evenings in my absence. Monday night (tonight) will be a nice selection of sparkling wines from [...]
Wine ─ To the Corps!
The downtownster faithful have no doubt noticed the absence of “Hello Wne Lovers” of late. Our champion of the corkscrew and wine glass, Mike Berger, has been called into even more pressing service at Ralphs downtown than his usual 60-hour workweek and apparently he has to blog on his own time. Since he has so [...]
NO DEFENDING LA LIVE
Funny, that hundreds of thousands of people have read my blogs either about LA Live or LA Live tenants and only two people have ever bothered to offer a comment in disagreement with the facts as I’ve presented them—that’s a pretty amazing statistic. So when the first comment of the two was submitted I had [...]
SPECIAL GUEST BARISTA
A FEW MONTHS AGO “Another Jack and Coke,” I said, ordering my fifth drink—I try to drink minimally at Lakers’ games. “Look Ray, you have to have an espresso machine at the bakery,” I urged. “We’re going to have coffee,” responded Ray politely. He’s from Denmark they’re polite. “That’s great, but you have to have [...]
Hello Wine Lovers,
Tonight is Friday, July 10th and from 5 pm until 8 pm Ralphs downtown is featuring the wines of Sebastiani, one of California’s noble winemaking families. The Sebastiani Winery is an historic landmark dating back to 1825, when it was planted by Franciscan monks to make sacramental wine. It was purchased by Italian immigrant Samuele [...]
Hello Wine Lovers
It’s Wednesday, July 1st and tonight, from 5pm until 8pm, the “rolling wine bar” at Ralphs will host Kendall Jackson Winery and feature their Merlot varietals. Kendall Jackson is a household name in the wine industry. What most people do not know is that Kendall Jackson (KJ) is a major player in the high-end California [...]
Hello Wine Lovers
Hello Wine Lovers, Today, Tuesday, June 30th from 5pm to 8pm Ralphs will be offering another wine tasting. Tonight, wines ranked 90 points or higher by noted publications in the wine industry likeThe Wine Spectator, The Wine Advocate and The Wine Journal will be featured on this evening’s flights. Many varietals have scored 90 points and above, all a person has [...]
Hello Wine Lovers
Hello Wine Lovers, Today is Friday, June 26th and we have a special guest visiting our wine tasting-table from 5pm to 8pm tonight, Joe Montoya. Joe, who represents Chateau St. Jean Winery in Sonoma County, will be pouring wine for our tasting tonight. The winery produces several wines under different labels around Sonoma and [...]
