Winery tours in the foothills
Gold Country Hiking & Adventures has launched winery tours to the boutique wineries located in western Nevada County.
With the growing interest in wines and the expansion of wine tasting in the area, Melony Vance, founder of Gold Country Hiking & Adventures felt there was a void that needed to be filled.
“Each vintner has an interesting [...]
FoodWineArt photographer nets new credit
Award-winning Nevada County artist Lisa Redfern of Redfern Photography — whose photos appear on the cover of Sierra FoodWineArt magazine — is really starting to come into her own.
Employing the distinctive techniques she’s christened as “transformative art,” her imaginative visual renderings on behalf of businesses has resulted in netting her another new credit: having [...]
New sous chef at Dragonfly in Truckee
Dragonfly has welcomed a new addition to their staff, sous chef Chris Watkins. Watkins’ extensive background and many talents will help him bring new expertise and experience while continuing to push culinary boundaries with the rest of the Dragonfly team.
After graduating from Western Culinary Institute in Portland, Watkins began his culinary career at [...]
NEW: Read the Summer Issue!
Welcome to the summer issue of Sierra FoodWineArt, focusing on our thriving foothill wineries and the wealth of outdoor dining and cultural activities this time of year.
You can read an exact digital copy of the magazine here.
Despite the recession, many of our vintners are expanding, showing their bullishness about the future. “Baby boomers have [...]
NEW: Trails and Vistas Art Hike
Music, art, dance and poetry unite in the Sierra Nevada at 6,200 feet in the seventh annual inspiring art hike produced by Trails and Vistas on Sept. 11-12 at Squaw Valley USA in Olympic Valley (North Lake Tahoe), CA.
Audience members, led by an experienced guide, hike in small groups pausing at eight art venues, each [...]
NEW: A new inn surfaces in historic Nevada City
Here’s a small-town scooplet: A new inn called the Broad Street Inn is resurfacing at the top of Broad Street and Bennett in Nevada City where the Bella Rosa Inn used to be.
The signs are up out front (permanent ones are coming later) and new furniture is being put in place. The Inn is expected [...]
NEW: Taste State Fair winning wines in cyberspace
In concert with Sierra FoodWineArt, join The Bee’s wine writer, Chris Macias, in our virtual tasting room to sample three California State Fair wine competition winners.
Chris will be tasting from the comfort of his living room, and so can you. Join our live chat — via sacbee.com, twitter or facebook — to share your tasting [...]
Video: Tahoe Wooden Boat Show this weekend
We attended the Lake Tahoe Wooden Boat Show (A.K.A. Concourse d’Elegance) near Tahoe City on Friday. It also will be held this weekend.
We’ve been going to the see the Tahoe “woodies” at the boat show for years. It’s a quintessential “old Tahoe” event. You can also see the boats tooling along the West Shore during [...]
NEW: Italian Festival coming to county fairgrounds
As longtime residents of San Francisco’s North Beach and the grandson of Swiss Italian immigrants, I’ve been looking forward to the first Italian Festival here.
The Festival to celebrate the area’s Italian heritage on Sept. 18 and 19 is going to be at the Nevada County Fairgrounds — not Memorial Park in Grass Valley as originally [...]
