Here’s an interesting bit of wine news – it’s not everyday that you hear about a veritable Apocalypse Now of tens of thousands and thousands of bottles of wine, let alone have that wine related to movie icons, providing an opportunity to utilize puns related to kick-ass cinema in a wine context. This week, Law.com…
Taste NY: Finger Lakes Riesling Showdown and a Question of Price
Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of dining with fellow wine-geek and wine-blogger David McDuff and his wife at the center of my Asian-fusion culinary universe, Teikoku. Aside from generally enjoying each other’s collective company, our get-together had another purpose, which was to (finally, yes, finally) sample some of the wines sent to us…
WinesFromSpain.com’s Free Spanish Wine Guide
Those looking to learn amore bout Spanish wine, and who are cool with receiving a freebie (I really hope that covers most of you out there) might want to check out Far from Ordinary, a free guide to Spanish wine available through Wines From Spain. Wines From Spain is another government-funded promotional program with the…
Does the World Need Another Wine Intro Book? (Book Review: Drink This)
Well… does it? I ask myself this question whenever I receive a review copy of a wine book, which has been… a lot lately, it seems. So here comes four-time James Beard award-winner Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl, and her new book Drink This: Wine Made Simple. Another entry in a (very) crowded field. It also happens…