Topic: Leslie Sbrocco

A crash course in Champagne for New Year's revelers

The economy may be in a funk and consumer spending in a slump, but there's one glass that seems to be more than half full -- flutes of Champagne to...

How to host a girls' night in 'pairing party'

You can always find a good reason to organize a girls' night in with your best friends. But why not spice up the theme of the gathering this time...

Bay Area charitable events, July 17-23

0 View Larger Image This week Festival del Sole. Opening concert by the Russian National Orchestra (4 p.m., Lincoln Theater, Yountville) followed...
Get Into The Swing of Swiftwater Cellars in Cle Elum, Washington at the Fourth Annual Wine in the Pines Weekend and Opening of Rope Rider Golf...

5 Keys to Pairing Food and Wine

The old rules for matching food and wine?white with seafood and poultry; red with red meats?no longer apply. ?If you have a highly spiced dish, you need a wine that's not going to get trampled by that,? says Sbrocco ...

Group Discount

Everyone wants to enjoy the finer things in life, but few have the dough to do it. Buy beef directly from the ranch and you can score top-quality, grass-fed beef for less than $3 a pound. Beyond its dramatic flavor advantage, free-range ...