... at the iTunes Store for a week or so now. I happened to look today, and was surprised to see that Wine for Newbies is, at least for this moment, the highest rated wine podcast at the iTunes Store--beating even the 800-lb gorilla Grape Radio. Of course, using a ranking in the iTunes Store is kind ... . But it's great to know that at least among people who use the iTunes Store, people are listening. So...

... and liquor store around.  The original store was geographically well-placed by visionary founder Herb ... it several times.  Now, together with son-in-law Jim Shpall, they have created a store that is buzzing ... extensive.  The layout is good for a large store.  The case displays are at the front, and you don't even...

Forum: Wine Talk Posted By: Scott MANLIN Post Time: 03-11-2008 at 05:16 PM

Our wine critic lets his thoughts wander.

Thus far the vintage is…well…what it is. I appreciate and try to follow the approach communicated to me once that it is useless to complain about the heat, the rain, the whatever of a particular year. Whatever it is is what makes 2005 2005, or the 2000s so memorable (for ...

Last night whilst at an events at my wife's work - a chocolate evening I was left wondering - what to drink with chocolate. It's something that comes in so many guises - let's for a minute forget white chocolate which is completely lacking in any cocoa solids - yet ...

When it comes to eating, as with many other aspects of human behavior, we are driven by two conflicting urges: neophobia versus neophilia . Neophobia is a fear of that which is new. When it comes to food, people who are dominated by neophobia tend to stick to a handful ...

Watching Beirut Die War is hell. You must read Anthony Bourdain’s piece in Salon about his days as a refugee (OK, displaced person). He talks about his glimpses of a modern Beirut reborn and the shit that hit the fan. Somewhere, Don DeLillo is proud.

... at a local store, for shoppers) I had the chance to talk to several folks shopping around for wine ... a bottle). But there was still some of the 2000 in the store, both the regular Tenuta Nuova (under ... Bernanke? So what does it mean to us? I was showing a young lad around the store, one who has some...

Forum: Social Hall Posted By: Stephen Gelber Post Time: 03-20-2007 at 12:50 AM