Roadwork – Paving the Road to Success
Photo courtesy of Roadwork The Southland has been taken by storm and flooded with driving rock ‘n’ roll music from the band Roadwork. This relatively new cover band is making quite a name for itself in the mere year and a half that they have been together. These local boys are starting to receive the recognition
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Aug
Aug
TOT Lunch Meet and Greet at Texas Lils
This week’s ToT Meet and Greet was in Old Town Temecula’s Texas Lil’s. What a great place to mix and mingle in this western-styled saloon/restaurant. I was unaware that the owners Ron and Becky Walton owned the two year old Vail Ranch Steakhouse and also Texas Loosey’s, both in Temecula. The Taste of Temecula’s patrons
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Jul
Jul
Menifee hosts Music for a Good Cause
The mild metropolis of Menifee came alive on Sunday when the Menifee Woman’s Club hosted a star studded lineup at Webb Hall in what the old timers still consider “Sun City”. Robbie Motter and her team of volunteers orchestrated theevent that benefitted the less fortunate citizens of the community. The $6.00 donation plus one non-perishable
TOT Lunch Meet Up At Pizzeria Venti – Tuscany at Home
As the Roving Wino I’m expected to be ambling about town having a great time doing nothing but tasting wine and sampling the town’s best restaurants. Nothing is further from the truth because in actuality I am hand-cuffed to my computer day in and day out. It always thrills me to get a chance to
Wishes For Children Founder Charlie Pate “Making a Difference’
There’s hardly a person in the Temecula Valley that doesn’t know of Wishes for Children and associate it with their affable founder Charlie Pate. Charlie is so committed to his foundation that I made it my assignment to find out what makes Charlie Pate tick? When asked the typical interview question of what motivates him
ToT’s Lunch Meet-Up and BBQ at Oak Mountain Winery
Taste of Temecula’s Lunch Meet and Greet last Wednesday was held in the heavens. High upon a mountain top with views all around is Oak Mountain Winery. A laid back and relaxing venue we were able to network with one another at the outdoor wine pavilion while sipping their 2008 Zinfandel. I happen to love
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Jun
Jun
TOT’s Lunch Meet Up J Carters Tavern
Taste of Temecula found hidden in the crevices of a plain small strip mall, a jewel of a spot, J. Carter’s Tavern Grill. Don’t blink as you round the corner of Murrieta Hot Springs and Alta Murrieta or you might miss it, but deep within the bowels of this plain exterior is a restaurant/bar that
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Jun
Jun
ToT’s Lunch Meet-Up @ The Bank
As “The Roving Wino,” I have had the pleasure of sampling some of the finest food and beverages at a variety of eateries. Recently I was recruited by Taste of Temecula to visit local establishments and do what I do best – eat & drink. My first assignment was to join their bi-weekly Meet-Up Lunch
Thursday Nights @ Raviolis! Osteria
I went to one of my favorite restaurants and discovered on Thursday Nights you can buy their bottles of wine for HALF PRICE! Now there’s another excuse for going to Ravolis! Osteria in Murrieta. Forget that they have perhaps the best Italian food in the Valley….Now 1/2 price wine! We got a bottle of Rudiae
The Roving Wino – A “Zinful” Zin
From the moment my lips touched the glass I got a tingly sensation all over with the pure sensual aromas of cherries, plum and allspice. My mouth was enlivened with the luscious notes of boyenberries, plum and toasted oak. It was full-bodied and fruit forward with a great mouth feel…smooth and silky. I close my
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Apr
Apr
