Posted by Bill Spohn: Notes from an Italian evening. 2004 Inama Vigneti di Foscarino Soave Classico Sup. – nice rich lemony nose with a hint of vanilla, quite full bodied, tasty and long. Soave on steroids. [b

Yeah, folks, it's one of those Andy Rooney posts. No overarching theme or coherent argument, just flotsam and jetsam from my troubled mind. (You may well ask how is this different from my usual post.) Warm and sunny in New...

Gems like these make up Graham Harding’s A Wine Miscellany: A Jaunt Through the Whimsical World ... factoid (that women are better tasters, perhaps?) is the biggest reason to read A Wine Miscellany . Graham Harding, A Wine Miscellany: A Jaunt Through the Whimsical World of Wine , Clarkson...

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Zork is: A. A still fun text-based adventure computer game of the 1970s B. A funky new wine bottle closure that combines a screwcap and synthetic cork C. Both of the above

I want to send a shout out to the good folks at D'Artagnan Meats . Despite the holiday rush and the air travel snarls this week, they timely delivered the buffalo hanger steak for dinner tonight, the quail and foie gras for Christmas eve, and the ham for Christmas. Outstanding ...

For dinner on Christmas Eve, I'm going to be making quail stuffed with foie gras and pistachios. Help me pick the wine for that dinner: What wine with quail stuffed with foie gras and pistachios Charles Jouget Cuvee Terroir (Chinon) 2003 Dominus Estate (Napa Valley) 1986 Joseph Phelps Chardonnay (California) ...

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I recently had the privilege of a private tour of the San Antonio Winery (SAW) - the only working winery in Los Angeles. Italian immigrant Santo Cambianica founded SAW in 1917 to serve the large Italian community that then existed in downtown Los Angeles. Still in its original location on ...