Last year, a rag-tag coalition introduced a piece of legislation that threatened wine shipments. It’s not even Halloween but the scary news is that, like Poltergeist II, this horror show is baaaaaack. Legislators, desperate for (re)election, frequently accept donations from wholesalers who seek to prevent freeing up trade in wine. MORE >>

One of the most fabulous things about Manhattan is that one has no need to jump on a jet to explore exotic wine regions, as the regions themselves come to us. On March 16, Burgundy Wines came to Manhattan to educate journalists about "the lesser known village appellations from Burgundy." Burgundy News burgundy jeanne-marie du cjamps terroi MORE >>

Last week, I received an invite to bahr ché on Astor Place, from the wine bar’s PR rep. And since Caitlin and I had planned a glass post-yoga, we walked south in bliss to Gwathmey Siegel’s curvilinear glass structure, stuck tall in the sky in a brick/stone hood. Teetering at the edge of the East [.]. Wine Bars bahr ché MORE >>

Have you had Austrian wine? The names of the wines and especially the regions can be challenging to pronounce, yet I've really come to enjoy wines. To quote a term from a Master Sommelier, they are wines you can really "geek out" about. So if you are in NYC, you may be interested to know that on May 4th, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., MORE >>

Did not really want to get back into my white wines for a least another couple of months, but I was kinda forced by Shirley to open one for one of her recipes. This week she made a delicious Chicken Cacciatore and needed 1/4 cup of a dry white wine. The Chicken Cacciatore was exquisite as was the wine. white wine Albarino Rias Baixas Spanish MORE >>