Sorry for the '80s camp TV reference in the title of this post, but it aptly sums up my reaction to this, the best still wine (yeah, these days I exclude Champagne from all comparisons cause it's that good) I've had in my home in quite a while. But the wine was beautiful and I'm telling you about it anyway. can see why, based on this wine. MORE >>

We're having quite a long and drawn out late summer here in NYC, with warm days and perfect evenings, like just-barely-warm bathwater. And global warming be darned, I'm enjoying it. But it was chilly for a few days last week, maybe Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, and all I need is a 5 degree drop in temperature for my braising instincts to kick in. MORE >>

I am still talking about the Martin Scott Portfolio Tasting, but I'm changing it up here at Brooklynguy's place. When I get to go to a tasting like Martin Scott's, I get really excited, and in my excitement I shared lots of my personal wine scores in previous posts. But you're not reading this because you care about my personal scoring of wines. MORE >>

I used to call this kind of post "Recent Sips," but I think I like this better. Anyway, here are a few interesting wines from the past month or so that did not get their own post: BrooklynLady and I learned our lesson, and went to dinner last weekend on our date (no more cooking classes for now). We went to Rosewater , a neighborhood favorite. MORE >>

Good friends NorthCarolinaGuy and Gal were in town for a few days and what better reason to have a wine tasting? The tasting gang hasn't been together for a while now - April was the last time we really did our thing. That's a fun thing to do on a summer evening though, so no complaints. Why Sauvignon Blanc this time around? Another time. MORE >>