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Posted 05/12/2008
Commonly wine gets the nod for "most pairable beverage" but a new emerging philosophy of pairing has the cocktail at the forefront of pairings. In some cases, cocktails may even work better than wine.
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Derek
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05/12/2008
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Trendy and wine-centric Boka offers tips on a few wine selections.
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04/07/2008
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Visit the centerpiece event of California's fastest growing wine region, Paso Robles.
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07/14/2008
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Posted 05/25/2008
I'm generally of the mind that it's tough to make a mistake when it comes to wine and food pairings. Are there time-tested guidelines for certain wines that pair exceptionally well with certain foods? Absolutely. Are there also some unexpected, against-the-grain combinations that strike your fancy anyway? You bet. (Red Wine with Fish, anyone?) By and large, if you like what you're eating and you like what you're drinking, you'll survive. Trust me.Once in a while, though, I come across a pairing ...
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Cathy
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05/25/2008
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Chardonnay isn't just popular, it's one of the world's top wine choices. But why do we love chardonnay more than any other white wine varietal? As he kicks off his Grape Guide series, WineTasteTV's Chris Blanchard talks chardonnay basics: from the effects of oak to some of the best chardonnay food and wine pairings. Lobster risotto anyone?
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Posted 07/19/2008
Roquefort with Sauternes. English Stilton with Port. Some classic wine and cheese pairings are classic for good reason.But Tomino in Vinaccia? (That's buffalo milk cheese from the Campania region of Italy, aged 250 days under the lees of the red grape "maima di de concilis.") Or Riesling Sylvaner? (Cow's milk cheese from western Switzerland that's washed with Riesling Sylvaner wine during the cheese's aging process.)Not exactly classic in the Roquefort-Sauternes kind of way, these cheeses instea ...
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Cathy
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07/19/2008
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Before he was Chardonnay royalty, Peter McCrea was just a kid working on his parents' tiny vineyard. Fifty-four years later, Peter talks about what makes Stony Hill Vineyard's refined wines unique in the Napa Valley.
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11/19/2007
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Peter McCrea, owner of Napa Valley's renowned Stony Hill Vineyard, shares the secrets to creating the perfect wine to enjoy with food.
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11/19/2007
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Posted 12/25/2008
I texted the word "turkey" to 411511.Eight seconds later I received suggestions for three wine pairings from eWine Match:1. Little Penguin Pinot Noir2. Beringer Founders' Estate Cabernet Sauvignon3. Wolf Blass Yellow Label ShirazSo much for white wines with white meat.Then, since my family eats only seafood on Christmas Eve, I texted "lobster."Seven seconds later I had two matches:1. Souverain Alexander Valley Chardonnay2. Beringer Founders' Estate Pinot GrigioThis was fun! And potentially helpf ...
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Cathy
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12/25/2008
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Sauvignon Blanc is the perfect Spring wine. In another installment of his Guide to Grapes series, Chris Blanchard shares his respect for the fresh and refreshing characteristics of sauvignon blanc and describes some ideal food and wine pairing ideas for an afternoon party.
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04/14/2008
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Sassicaia has received some of the world's most prestigious wine awards for decades. Now, Sassicaia producer Piero Incisa Della Rocchetta talks with Paul Grieco about his family's history of great winemaking, and their exciting new offering.
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11/21/2007
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With an eye towards tradition but both feet planted firmly in the present, Giovanni Rosso is a Barolo to be reckoned with. Davide Rosso tastes one of his family's majestic Barolos with Paul Grieco of New York City's Hearth Restaurant.
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11/19/2007
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In the town of Reims in the Champagne region, Restaurant Le Vigneron takes appreciation of the celebrated regional wine to a new level. Chef and owner M. Herve Liegent serves only Champagne in his acclaimed dining room. Let your mouth water as he prepares an incredible dish to pair with his bubbly bottles of wine: decadent seared foie gras.
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FRANCE: CHAMPAGNE/SPARKLING WINE
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07/23/2008
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Super ripe and loaded with fruit. Chris Blanchard shares his affection for Brown Estate Zinfandel, a pure and distinctive Napa Valley insider's find.
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Posted 10/31/2008
This column originally ran in the Gloucester Daily Times on Wednesday, October 31.Imagine, as you're driving Route 128 or leaf-peeking along some back road of Cape Ann, that the landscape around you was once dominated not by highways and houses, but by vines and grapes that were called upon to produce, with more or less success, a very local variety of wine.The American species of grapes called Vitis labrusca was found in such quantity that the early settlers in New England some 300 years ago sa ...
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Cathy
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10/31/2008
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Rom Toulon leads us on a tour of the stunning cellar at Meadowood in Napa Valley. Check out their highly acclaimed, hard to find treasures, and find out what wines Rom recommends as good value buys from little known California producers.
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A few fine picks from this wine bar and restaurant in Evanston, IL.
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04/07/2008
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At one of Los Angeles' oldest dining institutions, Bonnie Graves discovers that there's so much more to enjoy with steak than California Cabernet. Sommelier Johnathan Mitchell pairs unexpected varietals and rare finds with an incredible menu.
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Originally a Manhattan mainstay, today Los Angeles has its very own Craft, and Bonnie Graves is on the scene to explore the wine list and incredible food pairings with sommelier David Lusby.
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Posted 09/12/2009
This article by Cathy Huyghe ran on the Closing Time page of the August 2009 issue of Sommelier Journal. If you were lucky, you found them at your school too.You found that one group of people, or that one professor, or that one staff person who worked in a far-off corner of the Registrar's Office who thought 'drinking in college' should mean Pinot Noir from a glass rather than vodka from a plastic cup. For those of us lucky enough to find them it was 'so long, keg party' and 'hello, tasting ...
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Posted 04/11/2009
A few weeks ago I wrote about Suzanne Pirret and her incredibly entertaining cookbook called The Pleasure is All Mine: Selfish Food for Modern Life. Last week, as I was browsing the food and wine stacks in the library of the French Library Alliance Française of Boston, on Marlborough Street, I found the French equivalent: Brigitte Namour's Moi, je cuisine solo ou duo: Recettes rapides et menus malins.Where it concerns wine, the two books had this in common: it wasn't the primary focus, but food- ...
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Cathy
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Posted 03/02/2009
The menu for the Duckhorn Wine Dinner tonight was fairly by-the-book.Pinot Noir from the Anderson Valley with pan-seared duck breast for the first course.Merlot (from Napa) with short rib ragout, and Cab (also from Napa) with sirloin.Then Zinfandel with a bittersweet chocolate pavé for dessert.Except for the dessert course, all the pairings were right on. The Pinot Noir with the duck, especially complemented by the mushrooms in the risotto, was a natural fit. The Merlot would have been, for me, ...
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Posted 02/06/2009
By Beth O'BrienMost of us already recognize Boston as a city passionate and knowledgeable about wine. However the Boston Harbor Hotel's 20th annual Wine Festival should be proof positive for even the most skeptical that Boston has truly arrived as a world class wine city.The Wine Festival, not incidentally the country's longest-running, is a nearly four-month marathon of wine and food pairing events covering virtually every grape variety from vintners across the globe. Events range from pairings ...
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Posted 10/30/2008
By Lauren Keiper and Hannah HausauerMatching wine and food into a harmonious pairing is like playing matchmaker with potential lovers. It's tricky.There are hundreds of nuances -- in personalities, in textures, in appearance.There are factors beyond your control – temperature, availability, preparation.Still, we try.Turns out that talking about food and wine pairings – especially in the realm of dessert, which was the topic a few nights ago at Miel Brasserie Provençale's Tuesday Tasting – is a l ...
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Posted 10/27/2008
By Lauren KeiperTucked away in this historic neighborhood, South End Formaggio battles quantity versus quality since the small space only allows for a limited wine display – in this case, a "wall of wine." Tight quarters ensure only the strongest survive with the wine buyer's top choices lining the shelves. Cheese, meats and prepared foods hug the back wall. The rest of the store is dancing with hand-selected gourmet gifts and pantry products from around the world.South End Formaggio, as a wine ...
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Posted 09/17/2008
Note: This column ran in today's Gloucester Daily Times. Photo by Cheryl Corneau.Back in March, I visited Zoës tapas and bar in Beverly Farms when it first opened. Every wine, every single wine, on the list was available by the bottle and by the glass.My exact response at the time? Hallelujah!On a more recent visit, just last week, I eagerly looked for the wine list again. The server handed me the list, I glanced at it, then I asked where the rest of it was. The server nodded sympathetically. Sh ...
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There are plenty of wine-focused restaurants in the Napa Valley, but only one that moves! Step aboard the Napa Valley Wine Train, where you can watch the picturesque vineyards of the region zoom past your window as you enjoy excellent food and local wines. Whether you disembark to attend a tasting at Grgich Hills Winery, or stay on board to sample the 80 wines available, you'll be sure to have a fun and memorable experience!
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Nothing could be finer than enjoying wine and roses, so Canada's Days of Wine and Roses brings the two together in a delicious exploration of the senses. Sit in on a wine tasting session that focuses on pinpointing aromas in wine. Then, at Inniskillin Winery, Sommelier Maria Moessner takes the concept to a new level with a rose and wine pairing class.
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Some of Spain's greatest wines are produced in the Rioja region, but there's great food coming out of there, too! Step into the kitchen at the 200 year old restaurant Echaurren, and join Chef Francis Paniego as he prepares a light and fresh summer vegetable salad.
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At Santa Julia winery in Argentina, handmade empanadas are on the menu for lunch. Join winery owner Jose Alberto Zuccardi as he enjoys authentic Argentine barbeque with a few of his estate's great wines, including a 2000 Torrontes and a 1999 Merlot.
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Posted 07/10/2008
Gordon's Sommelier Smackdown! is good theater.There's drama. Two competing sommeliers (tonight it was Kelly Collins of Rialto and Nick Johnson of Craigie St. Bistrot) taste four courses one at a time, then they have four minutes after each course to case the store and choose their perfect pairing off the shelf.There's live cooking. And the chefs soak up the spotlight indeed.And then there are the curveballs, otherwise known as secret ingredients or culinary enhancements of an otherwise standard ...
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Ever wonder how a dessert wine is made? Brian Duncan educates us on the process a grape undergoes to create those sweet and fruity flavors we crave and what they pair well with.
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Posted 05/28/2008
Guidebooks are so passé. The paper version of them, anyway.What's a tech-savvy wine lover to do in a new city, with no tips for wine bars and no local friends to call to get them?There could be only one answer.Google.Or, in this case, 46645 (the numbers that correspond to g-o-o-g-l on the phone's key pad). That's the number I used to send this text message when I stepped off the plane this afternoon: wine Jacksonville FL.In about eight seconds I had three local listings, complete with address an ...
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Posted 05/24/2008
Jeffrey Roberts, author of The Atlas of American Artisan Cheese, toys around with the the idea of drinking beer with cheese rather than wine. Why? Both wine and cheese have tannis, Roberts said, and in his opinion they tend to duke it out for taste priority. Beer's tannin-less composition, on the other hand, cuts the fattiness of the cheese and balances the taste experience. That's a fair point.Roberts also thinks a general audience finds beer to be more approachable than wine, "even if what you ...
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Ben Narasin takes you on a tasting adventure pairing cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay with chocolate. Pairing food and wine is always tricky, but does chocolate really go with chardonnay?
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Ben Narasin loves a good cheese. But he really loves a good wine with his cheese. Find out how wines and cheeses complement each other, and what you should look for in a good pairing.
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It was served at the marriage of Alienor d'Aquitaine in the middle ages, praised by princes in the 18th century, and the favorite of an Austrian emperor almost two centuries ago. Now, Chateau d'Issan is considered a sexy and modern easy-drinking wine. Emmanuel Cruse talks about his favorite vintage in recent history.
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Posted 10/29/2007
"What wine goes with that?" That question is usually reserved for pairings with food, but it can apply to events, too. I was in Boston last week. (I was in Concord, too, but didn't see a single red coat there.) It was an exciting time and place to be conducting a tasting featuring the 2004 Nickel & Nickel Cabernets that were released last month. (While the Cabs taste great and are almost sold out, all the excitement was ...
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Get a taste of this fabulous bottling of Spring Mountain's Elivette--direct from winemaker Jac Cole...only on WineTasteTV.com
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In charming Quebec City, an elegant and extensive collection of fine wine is waiting to be discovered. Chateau Frontenac offers for sale some of the world's most rare and prestigious bottles of wine. Wine merchant Michael Morad displays some of the store's most famous merchandise, and even opens up a bottle for tasting.
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Shmooze with the stars of both stage and kitchen at the Toronto International Film Festival. Meet some past winners of Food and Wine Magazine's Best Chef award, and discover the pleasure and the pitfalls of selecting wines to serve with a variety of delicious and exotic hors d'oeuvres.
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With centuries of old-world glassmaking experience, it's no wonder that today the name Riedel is synonymous with high quality glassware.
Take a fascinating tour of the company's newest factory, where guests can watch incredibly skilled glass blowers make this exquisite stemware.
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Leslie Sbrocco tastes two new releases from Trivento with winemaker Federico Galdeano. As one of Argentina's top exporters, their malbec and torrontes are great choices for food and wine pairing.
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It's the go-to place for expert and enjoyable wine flights and wine-friendly fare to match. The lounge-like ambience brings in a solid and steady neighborhood crowd.
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Posted 03/30/2009
A few weeks ago I received a book in the mail, unsolicited, from a publisher who thought I'd be interested in the subject matter. I am interested in the subject matter – it being wine and all – but a few minutes of page turning told me that I was not interested in the book.It looked, well, boring. And it looked like material I could get from any of the too-many books I already had on my shelves. So that's where it's going to stay – on the shelf – until the next time I spring clean my library or ...
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Posted 03/19/2009
Suzanne Pirret does not follow many of the rules.You'd know this if you happened to see her noon-time cooking demonstration at Northeastern University yesterday. No one actually cooks wearing a dress like that, just like no one is allowed to make chocolate cookies like that that have the consistency of fudge, are rolled in sugar, topped with sea salt, and then dunked – as Pirret advises at the end of her no-ingredient-list-only-prose recipe – in a glass of 2004 Vin Santo del Chianti Classico fro ...
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Posted 01/07/2009
Note: This story ran in today's edition of the Gloucester Daily Times.There you are, seated at your table in a local restaurant, and you're handed the wine list. Do you...A. Not even look at it. B. Look at it, realize – again – that you don't know where to start, so you set it aside and order a Coke.C. Order the cheapest bottle on the list.These days Option C may not be such a bad idea – many wine buyers pride themselves on finding a reasonably-priced and very suitable wine to offer their customer ...
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Posted 12/20/2008
Test and Image by Austyn Ellese MayfieldGood wine is always in fashion. But for some, pairing wine with fashion is an even more rapturous idea.Just ask Drew Payette, a recent graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and creator of Gee Whiz jewelry, based in Dedham. Payette recently hosted a holiday wine tasting and jewelry trunk show, with jazzy renditions of carols playing in the background and fresh poinsettias setting a festively chic atmosphere. Guests were invited to taste nine different w ...
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Posted 11/26/2008
(This article also ran in today's Gloucester Daily Times.)Wine at Thanksgiving usually means just-released Beaujolais Nouveau, or an earthy Pinot Noir, or a fuller-bodied white like Chardonnay, or an aromatic, food-friendly white like Gewurztraminer or Riesling.But this year we're seeing the price of Beaujolais Nouveau skyrocking and demand tanking, so much so that several local wine shops I consulted won't even be carrying this most popular vin de primeur of all. This year too, with a budget ho ...
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Posted 11/11/2008
By Ada BrunsteinOn November 7, during a historic election week, in a historic city, amid the lingering threat of another depression, 13 people sat in what used to be the manager's quarters of the U.S. Trust Bank and drank a historic wine. The Seafood Room of the Oceanaire restaurant at 40 Court Street is an intimate room in what is otherwise a grand building. The high ceilings, pillars, and oversized ceramic vases would evoke opulence even without this building's impressive pedigree. But the car ...
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Posted 11/12/2008
By Ada BrunsteinOn November 7, during a historic election week, in a historic city, amid the lingering threat of another depression, 13 people sat in what used to be the manager's quarters of the U.S. Trust Bank and drank a historic wine. The Seafood Room of the Oceanaire restaurant at 40 Court Street is an intimate room in what is otherwise a grand building. The high ceilings, pillars, and oversized ceramic vases would evoke opulence even without this building's impressive pedigree. But the car ...
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Posted 10/01/2008
Note: This article ran in today's Gloucester Daily Times.There's a certain moment when you realize a change is in the air.It's when you pull a light jacket from the closet before you head out the door in the morning.It's when you add a heavier blanket to cover your bed at night.And, when you're thinking about what's in your glass, it's when you realize you don't want light, refreshing, cooling anymore. You want something more substantive, earthy, warming.That's when it's fall, and that's when ma ...
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Posted 07/28/2008
Why is it that everywhere I go, from a kid's baseball game to a black-tie event, the conversations with either acquaintances or total strangers always comes back around to wine? The floodgates open once I mention my work – I'm a wine journalist and lifelong student of all things wine. 'How did you learn so much about wine?' 'What's your favorite wine?' or 'You've got the best job in the world,' are the common responses. It often amuses and gratifies me that I'll be chatting with my Dentist or my mother's Cardiologist, or even the CEO of a major firm on a plane ride, and once my profession is revealed, it's the only topic of conversation. And believe me, I'm not one who favors talking about myself. What I do like is that wine talk brings down any barrier to communication since I generally end of demystifying some aspect of wine, and darn it, I get a little respect.
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Posted 07/31/2008
When you have some good friends for diner and you know you will linger on the deck afterwards, I feel it's always worth opening something you might now otherwise drink on a weeknight. Such was the case with that '02 Calistoga Cellars-a pleasant surprise, since I can't recall exactly where I got it or who gave it to me. Ends up my dinner guest and friend Jen had just recently bought a couple of bottles of the '05 Calistoga Cellars, saying it was such a good California Cab for the price. Coincidence in this vast world of wine...
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Posted 07/28/2008
Imagine the benefits of an online tasting journal.No more random bits of paper with "2005 Boxler Pinot Gris!!!" scribbled on them. Or "Muscat = spice, apricot." Or "Say wines from Alsace, not Alsatian wine. An Alsatian is a dog."No more standing around a wine shop racking your brain, trying to remember the name of that Napa Syrah that completely threw you for a loop. No more frustrating yourself, or your friendly neighborhood retailer, as you struggle to describe the wine or even its label: "It ...
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Posted 07/08/2008
A three-man band tuned up in the bar area while we waited for the Red, White and Bleu wine and cheese tasting to start tonight at Les Zygomates.The band's riffs and starts. The brick design detail at the bar. The weathered-by-heavy-traffic hardwood floor. The wine bottle displays stepping up the side walls. The floor-to-ceiling front windows looking out onto the Leather District. It's all of these details that make this wine bar and bistro on South Street a great place to be as the sun goes down ...
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Posted 07/05/2008
Hand-written shelf talkers the size of a notepad hover near selections around the Lower Falls Wine Co. in Newton Lower Falls. And they cracked me up. "I had a love affair with this wine last night..." one shelf-talker said. As if the wine were something reciprocal. As if love affairs lasting one night were worth having. Hmmm..."We had an amazing experience at this winery last February and the wines have finally arrived!" another shelf-talker said. As if they were waiting all the while with bated bre ...
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07/05/2008
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Posted 06/30/2008
By Grace GuFor a long time – about 2400 years to be precise – scientists and gourmets searched for a term to describe the delectably meaty, savory characteristic that dominates foods ranging from aged parmigiano to soy sauce. It wasn't until 1907 that Japanese professor Kikunae Ikeda identified the source of this unique taste, which was neither sweet, nor salty, nor bitter, nor sour: the breaking down of an amino acid called glutamate through processes like curing, smoking, ripening, and aging. ...
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06/30/2008
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This wine for grown-ups can range from elegant and delicate to rustic and chewy. Join Brian Duncan as he talks about two Loire Valley Cabernet Francs and what they pair well with.
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Posted 06/06/2008
The Butcher Shop's list of wines by the glass is, arguably, the best in town. Okay, I admit I'd have a soft spot for anyone who offers me a 2006 Trimbach Muscat, by the glass or the bottle or even the magnum, for that matter. But which restaurants' wine lists, other than those like The Butcher Shop that Cat Silirie outfits, can boast such a thing?None, at least none that I know of. Silirie gets wines no one else in town gets, and she isn't stingy about sharing them.The Trimbach Muscat is a case ...
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Posted 05/29/2008
Note: Jonathan Tagliani's answers to our questions, below, reflect his personal opinions and are not necessarily those of Martignetti's.Please give me your wine biography. That is, how did you catch the bug? How did you grow in the business to your current position of Fine Wine Specialist with Martignetti?I was working in the financial services industry back in 1992, and I realized I probably needed to pick up some wine to have around for the holidays. I was living in Boston and I went to my loc ...
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Posted 05/23/2008
Since last September or so a group of dedicated book (and wine and food) lovers has come together the last Friday of the month at Cornerstone Bookstore in Salem. Yes, we all get the book of the month and yes, we all more or less read it all the way through and yes, we come prepared to talk about it. And we do talk about it. But we also drink the wine.This is the only book club I know where wine is an integral part of the discussion, "integral" for two reasons: the books we read are about wine / ...
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Posted 05/08/2008
How does someone who's 25 years old come to be Wine and Beverage Director for Jody Adams at Rialto? In other words, how did you get the job?If you are asking me I would say I was lucky! But most people who know me believe that I have depth of knowledge on wine, particularly Italian wine. Jody is a luminary chef and restaurateur, she saw a passion and drive in me that I think spoke to her. She is also a very smart entrepreneur and she saw my age as a huge asset, which many people might have not. ...
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Posted 04/13/2008
Merchants Liquor Mart in Danvers donated the wine and beer for the Harborlight Montessori School's benefit auction in North Beverly last night. The whites were on ice in a large bin, the reds were open on the table at the cash bar. The wines were nothing fancy or expensive – Big House Red and Ecco Domani Pinot Grigio are two of the wines I saw – but the point is that it was there. It was there because the auction was a festive occasion; aside from the auction itself, the school celebrates its 35 ...
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Pinot Noir has been called the winemaker's wine. Beautiful to drink, but difficult to make. What makes pinot noir so versatile on the table, and what are some of the best pinot pairing choices? Chris Blanchard talks about why he loves pinot noir, in his continuing Guide to Grapes series.
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Cabernet Sauvignon is King in Napa Valley. In his continuing Guide to Grapes, Chris Blanchard takes on the tannic power of cabernet sauvignon and talks about what he loves about this powerful red wine varietal. Smokey notes of espresso, chocolate, and rich, voluptuous fruit all make cab compelling.
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For the first time, Wine Director Brian Duncan crafts his own Bin 36 label of wine. Hear what these fantastic value wines taste like...only on WineTasteTV.com!
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04/07/2008
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Long time Napa Valley wine producer shares information on his wines.
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See the wine the expert at this quaint French bistro chooses.
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404 Wine Bar and Restaurant in Chicago's Lincoln Park gives a insight into a few favorites.
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With the philosophy Eat, Drink and Be Happy it's no wonder people are flocking to the Eno Wine Bar. With their wine education classes, or "Enoversity," sommelier Holly Smith teaches guests how to pair flights of wine with cheese and chocolate. WineTasteTV stops by this cutting edge hotel wine bar and mixes wine education with a luxurious social setting.
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03/28/2008
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Brian Duncan shows you how to choose the right wine for what you're eating. It's all about the sauce, matching the intensity of the spices, versatility, and most of all your enjoyment.
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Posted 03/25/2008
Tonight at Stir, Barbara Lynch's demonstration kitchen in the South End, a renaissance man named Check Draghi led ten very privileged guests through his version of a mini rare and unusual wine list. It was an exercise in carpe diem: enjoy these wines because you'll probably never drink them again. All the wines were Italian in origin (like Draghi himself), all were completely unknown to me before tonight, and all had histories that are deeply obscure and convoluted.
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The 2006 James Beard Foundation fundraiser tips it's proverbial hat to all things Spanish, featuring renowned chefs and winemakers at Gustavino's.
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Russell From shares his small production, high intensity Rhone style wines with Bonnie Graves. Russell's Herman Story wines have drawn rave reviews, and their style and purity live up to the reputation.
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Water Grill is on the cutting edge of spicing up Los Angeles' dining scene, and Sommelier Cara Betrone is leading the way with an exciting wine list. Bonnie Graves explores some unique pairing ideas, from Chateauneuf-du-Pape with fish to an unexpected Blaufrankish.
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Crocker & Starr Cabernet Franc makes Chris Blanchard sing, packing all the richness and flavor intensity of Cabernet Sauvignon, but with a rustic edge. It's another insider find from Napa Valley.
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You could go to Redd and order a great bottle of wine for $900. Or, you could get a perfectly delcious bottle for $45. That's what Chris Blanchard calls a steal. In this tasting, he turns us on to Baldacci Four Sons Cabernet Sauvignon, a great value that pairs with everything from chocolate cake to a thick cut steak.
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The Hudson Vineyard is already used in some of California's finest chardonnay. Now Chris Blanchard introduces us to Hudson's own bottling of the precious fruit. It's the perfect companion for lobster risotto, but it will do just fine all by itself.
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In the small town of Hunsruck in the Mosel Valley, a single restaurant is changing the way people think about German food and wine. Chef and owner Harald Russel shares his exciting take on new German cuisine, emphasizing simple, light preparations served with the delicious wines of the region.
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Sample Greek wines at a traditional tavern tasting in Athens with our dynamic host, Drosiadis Tasos of Antonopoulos Vineyard. Drosiadis offers a fascinating overview of winemaking in Greece, and leads us in a fun tasting of a few of his company's great wines: Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Cabernet Franc.
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Hidden in the somewhat desolate landscape of South Africa, a few rolling hills of green vines belie the presence of exquisite wineries. Winemaker and restaurant owner Martin Meinert introduces us to his acclaimed restaurant, 96 Winery Road, and shares his experiences with producing wine in the Stollenbosch region. We even get a peak into the kitchen for a cooking demonstration from Chef Natasha Harris!
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