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January 5, 2009
23:31
Telling the Tale of the Soul . . . with Wine
As a literature lover, I often bristle when asked to name my “favorite author “or “favorite book of all time.” While I have a clear and consistent idea of what constitutes solid writing, a good plot and interesting characters, I’ve found over the years that my taste for stories and tone is dynamic and certainly [...]
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December 29, 2008
21:46
Holidaisacal
I went to Florida for the holidays, joining some 30 members of my family for four days of heroic drinking, flailing golf, coma-like naps, hysterical limerick recitations and much gazing at infants. Along the lines of the Seinfeld rules of “no hugs, no learning,” here are some information-free and random notes on my food and [...]
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December 26, 2008
14:18
Wine Gifting Woes
This week I caught an interesting post on Alder Yarrow’s blog, Vinography. In the post he passionately lobbied for the greatness of gift certificates for wine lovers. “Never buy a serious wine lover a bottle of wine for a gift, at any time of the year. Let them buy it themselves” he says. The same [...]
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December 22, 2008
19:14
Spread Some Holiday Cheer, Already!
Whether you’d like to acknowledge it or not, the holiday season is most definitely upon us. While it’s been a rather rough and tumultuous year, we have finally come upon the time where all is to be set aside for the sake of yuletide joy and peace. With Hanukkah starting last night and Christmas only [...]
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December 15, 2008
20:49
W(h)ining About the Holidays
For some, the holidays are a time of vinous bounty, a time to bring forth cherished bottles to share with friends and family. For others, like Scrooge Czerwinski here, it’s a time to break out stuff good enough but not too good, or to just forego wine altogether, depending on the situation. Some background might be [...]
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December 5, 2008
23:45
Bubbles Leave Me Flat
Don’t you love that moment when you take the first sip of a wine you haven’t tried before, expectations zero, and no matter who you’re talking to or what else is going on in the room—you stop, you look at the glass, you sort of “hm!” inside. That’s a damn good wine. That doesn’t happen very [...]
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November 28, 2008
19:43
Electronic Wine Educators at the Bar: Help or Hindrance?
Last January I was all fired up when I saw a video of MS Surface (the Microsoft program that can turn tabletops into computers) used as a wine educator. With the flip of a hand, the demonstrator was a virtual wine steward, taking us through a restaurant table that allowed him to select wines based [...]
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November 21, 2008
23:23
Tough Times Can Mean Good Deals for Savvy Diners
With the economy faltering, restaurants across the country are taking a painful hit. Even in Manhattan where I live, a quick walk-by of usually bustling eateries gives the impression that more people are cooking at home. But for diligent diners nationwide, the downturn can actually be a bonus. Where wresting a table at buzzy joints was [...]
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November 14, 2008
19:55
Without Beer… Would We Be Celebrating Thanksgiving?
We all know the story of the Pilgrims; a group of about 100 folks who decided to depart from England to search out and colonize a new world about 2,750 miles away from home. Their ship, the Mayflower, landed at Plymouth Rock instead of the original destination of Northern Virginia due to inclement weather, poor [...]
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November 7, 2008
21:41
A Lesson Brought Home by Penfolds
Twenty-two years after the publication of the first edition, the sixth edition of Andrew Caillard’s The Rewards of Patience has just been released. For those who might not know, this book is a complete chronicle of the various Penfolds wines, generated out of a vast retrospective tasting by a panel of experts. Caillard is a [...]
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November 3, 2008
23:23
Asian Omniscience On Your Plate
Once upon a time, a working knowledge of moo shoo pork, California roll, and pad thai got you through most Asian restaurant experiences. Today, if that’s all you’ve got on your mind’s menu…..your little white take-out carton is intellectually empty. There are now more Asian restaurants than ever in the U.S.–indeed, more kinds of Asian restaurants than [...]
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October 23, 2008
16:16
Sauerkraut Ascended to Heaven
I’ve said it again and again…..one of my favorite regional dishes in Europe is a platter of choucroute garnie (garnished sauerkraut), as served in Alsace, France. The difference from choucroute garnie as served in American bistros and brasseries is enormous. Oh, sure, we do fairly well on our shores in keeping up with the kinds [...]
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October 16, 2008
17:41
A Tribute to my (Wine) Mentor
Whenever I tell people what I do for a living, the most common response I get is, “how on earth did you ever get that job… and do you need any help?” While I could go on to tell people about the wine education classes I took in college, the experiences I had working in [...]
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October 10, 2008
17:25
Drinking Outside the Box: Steak and Scotch
Scotch is hot this year in New York City. I don’t know why, exactly…..but tongues are wagging about it (and slurring a few words) everywhere I go. You may recall my blog a few months back concerning the absurdly high-priced Scotch created by Macallan’s–a blend of 1945 and 1949 stocks, bottled in a specially designed [...]
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October 9, 2008
20:38
Should Old Gender Roles at Dinner Disappear?
Recently, a friend passed on a thought-provoking article to me from the New York Times. In the piece, Frank Bruni took stock of the current state of gender roles in the dining out culture. In a time when women seem to be filling up just as many (if not more) seats at colleges than men and climbing high on [...]
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October 3, 2008
23:15
Free Wine Fridays
One of the big events around our Mount Kisco offices takes place every Friday at 5 pm. No, it’s not quitting time–our work day doesn’t officially end until 5:30, and many folks stay at least til 6–it’s our weekly dispersal of extraneous wine samples. Employees are invited to wander over to our tasting room and [...]
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17:19
Australia’s Eyre Peninsula: A New Gourmet Frontier
Australia, anyone? Sydney Opera House? Great Barrier Reef? The big red rock in the desert? Nicole Kidman’s flat?Please. Leave those to the tourists. Last week I found a whole other reason to go to Oz….namely, the wonders of the sea-surrounded Eyre Peninsula (pronounced like “air”), a locus of major gastronomic activity that is, currently at [...]
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September 26, 2008
20:41
Here’s to Taking the Leap
You can determine a lot about a profession based on the kind of people who choose to do it. I’ve worked in various fields: luxury retail, adventure travel, magazine publishing, even holistic health. I’ve encountered myriad eclectic people along the way, from the horror novel-writing wine editor to the massage therapist who based her day on [...]
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