Restaurant Review: Le Lan, Chicago
It’s not often that In the middle of a meal I start planning my next visit to the restaurant with
Riesling World Tour New York and San Francisco, Sept. 13th and 15th, 2005
I’ve discovered, though lots of tastings and lots of chance encounters with fanatics and phobics alike, that either you’re a
WBW13 Roundup: Wine and Chocolate
Wondering what to drink with that chocolate dessert? There’s no shortage of wine pairing advice on the Internet, but you
2001 Mas de Daumas de Gassac Rouge, Hérault (Languedoc), France
By volume, staggeringly over 3 billion bottles each year, I believe the Languedoc-Roussillon to be one of the largest appellations
Much Better Than Talking Wine Labels
The talking wine label will no doubt die the slow painful death reserved for only the most ridiculous of technologies.
Messages In a Bottle: Characters In The Same Story
The bearded man with the diamond rings, who is nearly bursting the seams of his Armani tuxedo, grabs you around
2003 Orin Swift Cellars “The Prisoner” Red Wine, Napa
This wine review is my entry for this month’s Wine Blogging Wednesday, the global online wine tasting event where bloggers
Vinography in Food & Wine Magazine
Vinography appeared in the current issue (October) of Food & Wine Magazine this week. Writer Mickey Butts highlighted his list
Joy of Sake Tasting in Honolulu, San Francisco & New York, Sept 9, 15, 27, 2005
A haiku for sake: Ah. Sake. Drop of Rain touched by moonlit jasmine Always brings pleasure. OK. So I’m not
Cyber-oenology v1.0
We live in a world of remote technological gratification, where we can outsource our own jobs to people we watch
2003 CrauforD “The Highlander” Sauvignon Blanc, Napa
The CrauforD Wine Company began as a conversation over dinner. Marilyn “Mama” Crawford Anderson sat at the dinner table and
Wine South in Atlanta September 17th and 18th, 2005
September is the month of wine events for some reason. You would think that the promotion and marketing people would
Ode to The Winemaker
My fellow blogger Tom over at Fermentations has a nice piece this week about winemakers, and how they can be
The Great California Cabernet Classification
It was only a matter of time before someone went ahead and classified California Cabernet along the lines of the
2003 Viñedos de Ithaca “Odysseus” Pedro Ximinez, Priorat, Spain
There’s nothing like a mystery to get me all riled up. For all I know it’s not really a mystery
The Boy In The Bubble Visits New York Hot Spots
Warning: This is decidedly not Politically Correct, but it is too funny not to post, even though it’s a bit
Burgundy, Terroir, and Globalization
Folks who have hung around here for a while might remember my problems with Jonathan Nossiter’s film Mondovino. In particular
1999 Domaine de Nizas, Coteaux De Languedoc, France
The Languedoc wine region of southeast France that straddles the bottom of a the better known region of Provence produces
Fewer grapes this year in lots of places
Harvest is nearly here. Throughout California, and in many other places in the country, grapes have already gone through veraison,
