» Pigstock: Parts One, Two and Three July 28, 2008 PIGSTOCK: PART ONE How does a woman, who has carved out a persona for herself as a diehard New Yorker who gets hives west of the Hudson, survive eleven days in the land of sun and heat and Californian wine and people who actually say hello to you--strangers (!) on the street? Why not? MORE >>

There on a table not for from the pig was a 1994 Clape Cornas. There on a table not for from the pig was a 1994 Clape Cornas. on the street? Its really not so hard. Eat at Coco 500 in San Francisco. Eat at Azizza in San Francisco. Drink plenty of French wine at Terroir Wine Bar (you got, it San Fran). Drink Italian mineral water. MORE >>

One that I particularly remember is the 1994 Elizabeth's Reserve that we drank while packing the night before our Loire Valley trip. The fourth night of our 2004 Oregon Pinot Noir festival brings BrooklynLady and I back to a sentimental favorite. Adelsheim was born in 1978, although the work began in or before 1971. But back to Pinot. MORE >>

first heard that line in Houston, Texas in the summer of 1994. It's not the heat, it's the humidity that gets you. And it's still true. don't mind if the thermometer tops 100, as long as it's dry heat. But even a mildly hot day, say 87, can feel unbearable when it's also very humid. Right near Great Barrington. it was settled. MORE >>

It turned out to be a 1994 Stags Leap Cabernet Sauvignon Fay Vineyard. Here are five red wines. They could be anything from anywhere in the world. Would you like to taste and try to identify them.blind? For some people, even experienced wine lovers, this is an exercise in apprehension and annoyance. Never met him before. I'm the idiot. MORE >>