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 [...]
L’argomento Bloody Mary? Ho esitato perfino a intavolarlo. Per una ragione, è un cocktail famoso che tutti sono assolutamente convinti di preparare nel modo giusto. Allora perché [...]
Ero già stata più volte a pranzo e a cena da Salvo Cravero quando il suo ristorante era l'Etoile di Vetralla. però da qualche mese si è trasferito con Sara a Viterbo.Il nuovo [...]
Come ogni anno da dieci anni Wine Enthusiast Magazine pubblica i vincitori dei suoi Annual Wine Star Awards. 10 categorie premiate, più il Lifetime Achievement. Andiamo a vedere i vincitori [...]