In the case of wine, pouring the wine into the cara fe from the wine bottle, also assists in the decanting of the wine. Decanting is the process of removing sediment from the original wine bottle by pouring only the clear wine into a serving container. Wine has been mentioned in our earliest recorded history. MORE >>

WTG is out West in the Bay area for a long weekend. My sister and her husband live out here in Menlo Park and my immediate family decided the Bay area in the MORE >>

these two might have nothing to do with each other, or the fact that this is the first post of the new year, tardy, as i have been felled by one of the great white colds, roaming the new york city streets of late, but here is my MORE >>

Made from mostly Sangiovese and blended with Sagrantino, this full-bodied red from the Umbrian region of Italy is a juicy, perfumed wonder-wine. Imagine this. you're holding a basket of fresh-picked mushrooms, then stepping into a barn, that's what's on the nose. Has an herbal edge that reminds me a bit of an Aglianico/Nero D'Avola. MORE >>

Not having seen Lee since we visited Clo, I called him upon returning from Colombia to arrange a wine bar date. I suggested that we meet at Bar Veloce in Chelsea, on a blustering Thursday night, and I guess I shouldn’t have been surprised upon arriving to not find a seat in sight. Though one of [.]. MORE >>