Hawk Wakawaka Wine Review – Feb. 11, 2013

http://wakawakawinereviews.com/2013/02/11/casa-dumetz-wines-with-a-focus-on-care-and-convergence-a-conversation-with-sonja-magdevski/ The food has not yet arrived for dinner and Sonja Magdevski, winemaker ofCasa Dumetz, has begun interviewing me, though we’ve met for us to talk about her wine. Her work history includes a Masters in Journalism, I discover, and she writes for Malibu Magazine, as well as her own site Malibu Grange. The questions she wants Read More

Kam Jacoby – Photographer for the Ages

For the past 8 months, I have been thrilled to host our Words to Live by Speaker Series every Friday night.  What started as a trial has become a tradition.  Each week we feature a new speaker at Babi’s Tasting room and this past week we had our very own local photographer Kam Jacoby, who Read More

The Casual Connoisseur

By: KRISTIN HANSON Published: APRIL 26, 2011 No matter where one finds oneself in California, one senses a movement to eat locally and consume wine locally. This concept, while increasingly popular is largely rooted in common sense. Produce simply tastes better when the time lapse from “vine to dine” is as small as possible. While Read More

The Wine Enthusiast

By: MIKE DESIMONE AND JEFF JENSSEN Published: SEPTEMBER 16, 2011 Four Seasons of Rosé Summertime isn’t the only time for rosé! Casa Dumetz 2010 Rosebud Syrah Rosé: Created by actor-director-producer Emilio Estevez and his fiancée, Winemaker Sonja Magdevski, this Syrah-based rosé is made from grapes grown in Califonia’s Santa Ynez Valley. Vibrant flavors of strawberry Read More

Bon Appétit

By: HUGH GARVEY Published: OCTOBER 4, 2011 It’s a stunningly clear day in Malibu and Emilio Estevez is worried about the crows circling the Pinot Noir growing in his yard. The grapes aren’t ripe enough to harvest for the 2011 bottling of his Casa Dumetz Pinot Noir, but that doesn’t deter the birds from swooping Read More

The Wine Enthusiast

By: MIKE DESIMONE AND JEFF JENSSEN Published: NOVEMBER 9, 2011 Q&A with Emilio Estevez and Sonja Magdevski Noted actor Emilio Estevez’s latest feature film, The Way, is a journey of self discovery centered around Spain’s ancient pilgrimage path, the Camino de Santiago. Estevez wrote, directed and stars in the movie alongside his father, Martin Sheen. Read More

The Wine Spectator

Published: NOVEMBER 15, 2011 A Scripted Vineyard Emilio Estevez, 49, is perhaps still best known as the Brat Pack actor who starred in the hit 1980s films The Outsiders, Repo Man, The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo’s Fire and Young Guns (not to mention his acting family–father martin Sheen and brother Charlie Sheen). Estevez continues to Read More

The Examiner

By: ANGELA SOLENO Published: DECEMBER 14, 2011 Love leads the way at Casa Dumetz wine tasting room, now open for those who enjoy a good, old-fashioned day (or evening) trip to Los Alamos.   Check out their spanish-urban-chic digs and groovy array of extremely limited release wines. The collaborative winemaking project is based upon a love Read More

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