February 8, 2012

Taste the Good Life at Briar Rose

Wine&Cheese

I had the good fortune to attend the first Artisanal Cheese and Wine Pairing adventure at Briar Rose Winery several weeks ago. I have eaten my share of good cheeses and drank my share of good wines but never enjoyed such a thoughtful and professional coupling until now. Two essential components were required to manifest [...]

Briar Rose's 3rd Anniversary BBQ

Briar Rose's 3rd Anniversary BBQ

[fb-share] Briar Rose Winery, known as Temecula’s premier boutique winery, celebrated its 3rd anniversary in style this past Saturday night with a reservation-only BBQ dinner, great friends, and of course, fantastic award-winning Briar Rose wine. About 50 wine club members and guests filled Briar Rose’s back courtyard on what turned out to be a gorgeous, [...]

Chris' Wine Pick: It's White Wine Season

Chris' Wine Pick:  It's White Wine Season

I happened to be at The Wine Company with Traz last week, enjoying a fantastic Tempranillo, when we ran into Les Linkogle, the owner and winemaker of Briar Rose Winery.

After a few pleasantries, all of us quickly came to the conclusion that Briar Rose should be our next weekly “wine pick.” As this boutique, reservation-only winery had been on my personal list of Temecula wineries I still needed to visit and couldn’t think of a better way to spend an afternoon, tasting some of the finest wines in the Temecula Valley.