Category: Ramblings and Rants
The Cutting Edge of the Vine
Winemakers and winegrowers aren’t the first group you would choose as the most likely to be employing cutting edge technology
More on Biodynamic Wine: The Complete List of Certified Biodynamic Producers
The Chronicle this week had a very poorly written and unhelpful article about the first large official tasting of wines
Scary Airline Meals
From Right This Way, the Fodors blog: If you’re in need of a good fright, take a gander at the
Makers of Organic and Biodynamic Wine
A good friend of mine is heavily into organic food and drink and is constantly talking to me about it.
The Truly Frightful Gourmet
Boing Boing today has a post about an LA Times story on the staggering eating habits and predelictions of North
Food Porn: Jamie Oliver’s Blog
My buddy Matt Jones points out in a recent post that Jamie Oliver has got a blog. Not only that,
A 100 point wine by any other name…
Here’s an article from Ben Gilberti and the Washington Post on a 100 point wine dinner he attended (10 wines
Red wine is good for everything, apparently
Seems like every few months we get a new report on the health benefits of drinking red wine. I’m all
Restaurant Review: Lombardi’s Pizza (and Every Good Pizza Restaurant), New York City
So I sat down this morning to write a snappy review of some of the best pizza I’ve ever eaten
Milk: Wholesome drink turned Villain
Here’s a fascinating article in Slate from Chris Suellentrop. …America’s belief in the goodness of milk has taken a darker
Tea Renaissance in the Bay Area
A good article in the New York Times today about teahouses springing up in the Bay Area. One of them
Looking for a Farmer’s Market?: Try the US DoA
The US Department of Agriculture apparently keeps a list of farmer’s markets around the States. Find one in your area.
If your wine was Gerard Depardieu, what would it taste like?
My local grocery store has a special on the newly released J. Garcia wine, named for the late great leader
The latest on Thomas Keller
An interesting article in the online version of this week’s NYMetro about Thomas Keller, the fire and delayed opening of
Losing the wine flush: a cure for the red face
Ruth, like many Asian Americans, has at times been reluctant to drink wine because of her tendency to turn a
The Best Restaurants in the World
Restaurant Magazine, the premiere journal of gastronomy in the UK, has released their annual list of the 50 best restaurants
It had to happen eventually: Wine as low carb drink
The whole Atkins and South beach diet craze makes me a little nutty, but given its popularity around the States
A week in Bordeaux with Michael Steinberger
I’m not going to turn this blog into a simple reposting of wine news from other sources. However as I
Food and Wine Pairing Tools
On occasion I go trolling through the Internet to see if I can find good food and wine pairing information.