Author Archives: Greg O'Byrne
SFWC Fiesta Helps Cooking with Kids
The Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta presented a check for $20,000 to Cooking With Kids in Santa Fe on Tuesday February 10th. Proceeds from the annual Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta Auction help fund programs such as CookingRead More
50 Years of Bordeaux
From the very good 2001 Bordeaux vintage, last night I enjoyed a Chateau Montrose from Bordeaux. The wine was in perfect form, exhibiting scrumptious red fruits, compelling notes of tobacco leaf and cedar, smooth tannins and a long satisfying finishRead More
2008 Oregon Pinot Noir
For lovers of pinot noir, the 2008 vintage from Willamette Valley presents an opportunity to enjoy the best wines from the region’s forty-year history. My annual visit to Willamette Valley this past July while attending the International Pinot Noir CelebrationRead More
A Toast: The First 20 Years
In 1991, the first Santa Fe Wine & Chile Fiesta started as a one-day Grand Tasting in the back parking lot of Sanbusco Center. About three hundred people attended, and 20 Santa Fe restaurants served tastes alongside tastes from 20Read More
