John Gilman, author of the newsletter A View from the Cellar, weighs in today with his thoughts on Mayacamas Vineyards. There is some duplication with Evan Dawson’s travel post from [...]
The Australian Open is underway. Tomorrow is Australia Day. So today, instead of focusing on the current troubles of the Aussie wine biz, let’s pay homage to Australian, erm, cuisine by [...]
“è tardi! è tardi!”, ed è tardi davvero… che qui le giornate sono diventate strette, correndo e zompettando e poi impastando e rimpastando, con il fotografo rimasto solo a [...]
BLOWN: box wine After news of an implosion yesterday, today we bring you explosion for all your demolition needs. (Via @upgradetravel) SIPPED: Jancis, rocked A German sommelier who goes by the [...]
Yesterday’s post sparked a discussion about which words and/or information you really would like to have on a back label. While everyone can agree that pabulum (ahem, [...]
Lasciando Pieve di Cento continuiamo il nostro viaggio seguendo la sponda destra del fiume Reno fino alla città di Galliera. Qui il fiume curva bruscamente a destra, mentre un canale molto [...]
Happy New Year to all of you. I've been out of the kitchen quite a bit over the past week, mostly playing around with a vintage large-format camera I've somehow become enamored with. It is [...]
SPIT: controlled storage James, who has taken a couple of classes of mine in the past year, wrote that he recently pulled the cork on a 1974 Heitz, Martha’s Vineyard for his 50th birthday [...]
SIPPED: upgrading label info? No disgorgement date, no review: Antonio Galloni, who reviews Champagnes for The Wine Advocate, announced in issue 186 that if nonvintage Champagne doesn’t [...]
La neve scende, lieve, credo sia la coperta che ci sia data per mettere a tacere quanto è troppo, credo sia la coltre della natura che ci voglia spingere a trovare la pace e sentire dentro il [...]
Yesterday on Twitter, we opened a lively discussion about who should be the Wine Person of the Decade (follow along). That’s right, who in the wine world most epitomizes the decade that [...]
Recently, someone asked me, “so just how big is Burgundy, say, compared to Manhattan?” Excellent question! Herewith, some of the world’s wine regions and their whole or [...]
Ingredienti per 4 persone: 4 fette di ananas sciroppato, 500 g di gelato al limone, 1 bicchierino di gin. Preparazione: Tagliare a dadini le fette di ananas. Disporre in ogni coppa individuale [...]
The holiday wine class is now only a week away! Grab one of the remaining seats and join us on 12/10 in NYC to taste through seven great wines for gifting and drinking! Here are ten reasons to [...]
SPIT: invitations. SPIT: glassware All the talk this long weekend was about the White House state dinner. And perhaps to the surprise of wine lovers, it wasn’t about the two typos and at [...]
English readers please go here. Volete immergervi in una ricetta che viene usata da quasi 8 secoli? E' infatti negli "Statuti di Ferrara" del 1287 il primo accenno alla "coppia ferrarese" (in [...]
Durante le feste natalizie può essere simpatico, e anche molto goloso, accompagnare le torte e i dolci con delle salse alla frutta, o anche al cioccolato! Mia zia ad esempio ha un suo classico [...]
A few sips form the twitterverse: jmolesworth1: Counting the empties: 2x NV Krug, mag ‘98 Paul Autard CdP Côte Rônde, ‘97 Montelena Estate Cab. ‘92 Dalla Valle Cab, ‘89 [...]
SIPPED: airline wines comparison Your last wine experience onboard plane may have amounted to little more than “red or white?” USA Today asked wine writer Dan Berger to analyze 33 [...]
When Gary Vaynerchuk asked me on the “thunder show” I was afraid. Not of him because he’s an entrepreneur, wine retailer, dynamo, and internet phenom. No, I was afraid he [...]
“The weak dollar makes American products cheaper overseas, buoying sales, and makes imports more expensive, encouraging consumers at home to buy American…As the dollar fell, gold [...]
Tis the season for squash and gourds. But more than looking at them as decoration, I prefer eating them. And for butternut squash, few ways are better than as ravioli with sage/butter sauce. [...]
The holiday wine tasting is back! Join me on 12/10 to taste through seven great wines for gifting and drinking! I’ll be pouring seven great wines-–red, white and bubbly (including one tasty [...]
Bordeaux prices may be coming down sharply. But then will they be going up? Diageo Chateaux & Estates was a major buyer of Bordeaux futures for the better part of the last three decades. [...]
In ritardo, colpevole ritardo (ma se avete visto come è cambiato l'aspetto del blog in questi ultimi giorni avrete capito il motivo) Food~0~grafia vi propone il calendario desktop di [...]