Schloss Gobelsburg, Kamptal, Austria: Current Releases
It seems like they have always been there. For centuries, the monks have been rooted as firmly as their grape vines, watching empires come and go, tending their secrets as carefully as the grapes and the sacred wines they produce. Shrewd investment and...
Olabisi Wines 2007 Suisun Valley Petite Sirah
Regular Retail Price:
$45.00
The Wine Spies One Day Price:
$33.00
Varietal:
Petite Sirah
Region:
California:...
RVF
The Revue du Vin de France published their notes on 2011 Bordeaux and only 235 chateaux were reviewed and noted until the June issue.I recommend buying this issue which will without a doubt become a “collectible” as I really had a fun and enjoyed r...
Jimi Hendrix, Édith Piaf and Other #KitchenPlaylist Staples
First we asked chefs to share their playlists; now we've turned to you.
What Do You Listen to in the Kitchen?
Whose songs and albums have a way of elevating your risotto and enriching your lasagna?
Rouge Tomate Rolls Out a Fancier Cart
A high-end, Belgian-owned restaurant on East 60th Street is stocking its outdoor food cart with much more complicated fare.
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Chénas, Château Bonnet, 2010
I’ve had a massive, Rowan Gormley style, fallout with Virgin Wines. Having restructured (read less favourable terms) their “Wine Bank” offer, I had the temerity to request the closure of my Wine Bank account. After three emails and two phone calls still no joy. So, no more Virgin Wines. I am storming (or maybe mincing)...
Nondrinkers are terrible presidents. Discuss.
Timothy Egan has a piece up on the Opinionator column of the NYT with a provocative thesis on the correlation between teetotalism and presidential leadership: “The nondrinkers, at least over the last century or so, were terrible presidents.” Our country has a history of both binging on alcohol and abstaining so it is in an...
Monday Mini Wine Reviews Round-Up For April 23, 2012
So, like what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine sample tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible. Below is a wrap-up of the twitter reviews...
Chateau Puy Galland 2006: Ready to Drink Discovery from Bordeaux’s Insider’s Favorite: Cotes de Francs
Subscribe to Cynthia’s free newsletter Puy Galland comes from Bordeaux, where the Cotes de Francs vineyards are in the undiscovered (and high value) area just 10K east of Saint-Emilion. Cotes de Francs. A rolling, green part of Right Bank Bordeaux that’s producing some of Bordeaux’s least known but most amazing wine values. The Thienpont family...
Le Mortelle
The Antinori family has been in the wine business for over six hundred years and they can document this back to 1385 across 26 generations. It is an interesting question whether anyone has done more in raising the profile of Italian wines than the current head of the family, Marchese Piero Antinori. Back in the...
