Redwood City Store Manager Sarah Covey loves the Oscars, and she celebrates each year with a food and wine pairing as fabulous as the show itself. This year, she went Italian: Verdicchio from La Monacesca and Butternut Squash Bruschetta alla Ina Garten. The Oscars may be in our rearview mirror, but we can relive a bit of the glamour by recreating this fabulous pairing. Buon Appetito!
Read MoreWe’re tried and true West Coasters, here to celebrate the wines from the wonderful states that skirt the Great Pacific Ocean. Our Domestic Newsletter is chock full of amazing finds, and stories about the personalities behind them. There’s a whole lot of deliciousness inside.
Read MoreThe SF team got to test their mettle with a blind tasting of vintage Champagne—they succeeded with flying colors!
Read MoreOn the occasion of Gary Westby’s 20th anniversary with K&L, we sat down and asked him all the questions that inquiring minds want to know. Find out more about the man behind our world-class Champagne program!
Read MoreWant to make your Valentine’s Day extra special? Then pop a bottle of Rosé Champagne! Our resident Champagne maven, Gary Westby, has some excellent picks and tells the story why Rosé Champagne is special.
Read MoreThis weekend in Northern California, we were honored to host guests from one of our very favorite Bordeaux producers, Château Haut-Bailly. The wines were excellent, the pairing dinner knocked it out of the park, and the company, throughout all, was superb.
Read MoreOur roving reporter Gary Norton is back! And he’s got a list of must-hit events for SF Beer Week 2020. Beer lovers, hop heads, suds savants of NorCal—this one’s for you!
Read MoreFebruary marks the 20th anniversary of our Champagne Buyer’s tenure at K&L, and over the years he’s built a remarkable Champagne program for us. The secret sauce: relationships with wonderful producers across the Champagne region, from small, family-run estates to infamous Grande Marques. In today’s newsletter, he and his team profile some of their favorites.
Read MoreAfter my Packers were laughed out of Levi's Stadium a few weeks back, I've been thinking more about what I'll be eating and drinking on Super Bowl Sunday than who's going to Disneyland. As it turns out, there's a lot one can do with the space in the brain that would have otherwise been occupied by recurring visions of Aaron Rodgers hoisting the Lombardi trophy high into the air…
Read MoreThe proceeds from the tastings in all three stores this Saturday 2/1/20 will be donated to the World Wildlife Federation Australia to aid in their response to wildlife and habitat restoration and in their work to imagine innovative solutions for the future of Australia.
Read MoreThe best way to fight back against some nasty weather is a great bottle of Barbaresco and a hearty dish. Neal Fischer has the perfect recipe and the perfect wine for the occasion.
Read MoreThis past Friday, K&L hosted our annual Union des Grands Crus (UGC) Bordeaux tasting, featuring the 2017 vintage. It remains one of the great events of any given year and one of the most comprehensive tasting events you’ll find for any given region.
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