I recently received an e-mail response from a 1WineDude.com subscriber, in reaction to the previous post Does Wine Taste Better When You’re Dining Out? This response got me thinking about restaurant wine service in general, and it struck a cord in me because it touches on one of my pet peeves about wine service in…
Month: July 2008
Sake Tasting @ Azie: The Oh-So-Tasty Wrap-Up!
When it comes to me and Iron Chef Takao Iinuma, well, we’ve just got to stop meeting like this. Because that guy is so skilled, he’s going to ruin me for all other Japanese cuisine. With the exception of cuisine in Japan itself, presumably. I’m not going to recap the food from my recent sake…
Wine on the Deck @ Teikoku – Aug 14
I suppose that I’m running the serious risk of becoming a walking virtual billboard for Teikoku at this point, but I’ve got yet another wine tasting event of theirs to plug here on 1WineDude.com. So sue me – if I’m going to plug something, it might as well be something good, right? Anyway, Teikoku (located…
3 Sure-fire Rules for Passing Sobriety Checkpoints
This past Friday, at about 2AM, I was driving back home after a long day, a great Mexican dinner with some foodie friends, and a very fun gig with my band in downtown West Chester. I was stopped about halfway home, on backroads, by a police sobriety checkpoint. Had I been drinking that night? Well……