Category: Food & Wine
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Wine Tasting Package at Portola Hotel & Spa
For a limited time, Portola is teaming up with their local wine shop and tasting room to offer a food and wine package perfect for your next getaway to Monterey. Experience a wine tasting for two from Sovino Wine Bar & Merchant and stay in newly renovated accommodations at the Portola Hotel & Spa in downtown Monterey.…
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A Food Tour through Marina, CA
Marina is home to iconic sandy beaches, CSU Monterey Bay and the mountain biking mecca that is Fort Ord National Monument, but did you know it's also a locals' haven for great food at great prices? Slightly off of Highway 1 lays the City of Marina where you are guaranteed to find an eatery to…
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UnWINE’d at Sovino Wine Bar
Escape from the hustle and bustle of downtown Monterey and unwine’d at the cozy Sovino Wine Bar. Just inside the esplanade towards Custom House Plaza, the charming wine haven is an easy lure with a tempting happy hour, a large selection of libations and outdoor patio- perfect for people watching. Sovino is truly one of…
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Why Monterey is the “Calamari Capital of the World”
The sardines may be long gone from the waters off the Central Coast, but squid are relatively plentiful. All one has to do is look at any menu at a Monterey Peninsula restaurant, seafood or not, and you’ll find calamari, the Italian word that has become synonymous with fried squid, that tender, tasty delicacy served…