the Sartori di Verona Amorone della Valpolicella 2008 was full bodied and elegant with a mineral/earth character. The entire lunch paring was fantastic, and though most guests chose the Amarone braised beef cheeks for their main, I chose the seared sea scallops with summer truffle. Take our first wine, Ferdi Garganega.

The malolactic fermentation takes place mainly in large stainless steel tanks, and the wine then spends about 15 months in oak barrels (of which some 50-60% are new) before bottling. As of 2008, the second label of Lynch-Bages will be called, "Echo de Lynch-Bages". Very soon I will visit Chateau Cordeillan Bages! Viticulture.

The main grapes of the region was Carignan, Cinsaut and Alicante Bouschet. Wine from Algeria! Who would'a thunk. Ok, for some reason I may have missed this in Geography class. When I think of Algeria, I think of desert, sand, sun and boiling hot! Just right for growing red grapes, right? Enormous daily ranges in temperature are recorded.

Following a tasting of Médoc and Sauternes Grand Cru Classé wines from the 2005 and 2008 vintages there was a “9-star” dinner created by a trio of three-star chefs: Alain PASSARD (L’Arpège, Paris), Anne-Sophie PIC (Maison Pic, Valence), and Yannick ALLENO (Le Meurice, Paris). Fabulous opening dinner at Haut-Brion last night for the press.

would be inclined to a young and fruity pinot noir to go with the tuna and outdoor dining; maybe a 2008 from Oregon? The main course. Last night the Obamas played host to Angela Merkel for a “State Dinner&# (even though she is the head of government, not state–gasp!) in the Rose Garden. first-generation one is Hermann J.

Bedrock Wines 2008 Hudson Vineyard Syrah 90% Whole Cluster Used Demi-Muid - Very black/purple, with nose of ripe spiced fruit, and rich concentrated palate of incredibly ripe fruit balanced with lively acidity. Talk about a cool seminar! Find your Mojo" at Hospices du Rhone 2011 in Paso Robles opens with "L.A. We taste through the wines.

There is some fruit but it;s not the main point of the wine. Then we drank the 2008 Domaine Gauby Vin de Pays des Côtes Catalanes Les Calcinaires , $27, imported by Weygandt Metzler. Two friends came over for dinner the other night. And I loved it. You already know about Txakoli , the refreshing Basque country wine. Me neither.

2008 J Vineyards & Winery Pinot Noir (USA, California, Sonoma County, Russian River Valley). 2008 Star Lane Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc (USA, California, Central Coast, Santa Ynez Valley). USA Wine reviews 2007 Dierberg Chardonnay 2008 Star Lane Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc. These wines would pair very well with lobster. 26 views).

Poached Main Lobster. Dumol Chardonnay “Russian River” 2008. Poet’s Leap Riesling “Botrytis” 2008 ( find this wine ). Obviously, a lot of issues are on the metaphorical table as President Obama entertains China’s president Hu Jintao. But what’s in the glass? Chardonnay and lobster? Check. Rib eye and young cabernet?

left some meat on the ribcage and there were some thin flaps of muscle that I decided to remove from the main loin portions. So yes, it is possible to buy on of the greatest white wines in the world for closeout for $30, and the new vintage (2008) costs under $65, by the way. The other night, I cooked a rabbit for the first time.

Ruca Malen 2008 was a favorite, very dark and well balanced, with well integrated oak, finesse, and notes of chocolate and slight spice. Ruca Malen Cabernet Sauvignon 2008 was delicious, typical of the region, with cassis, black current, and some chocolate. One day a woman looked up and saw this god, and they fell madly in love.

2009 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Clos des Briords, $16, Louis/Dressner Imports. 2008 Jean et Gilles Lafouge Auxey-Duresses 1er Cru La Chapelle, $30, Imported by Fruit of the Vines. 2008 Reinhard & Beate Knebel Riesling trocken, $14, Imported by Mosel Wine Merchant. Yes, I do.

2008 Michel Delhommeau Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie Cuvée Harmonie , about $15. 2008 Claude Riffault Sancerre Les Boucauds , about $28. The 2008 was all young craggly rocks, and you could drink it with oysters and then scrape the mud off a pig with whatever is left in the bottle. Silly me.

My favorite wine of the lineup was Domaine Le Garrigon , a 2008 Cotes du Rhone. Other notable wines in the lineup are Chateau les Maines, a 2009 rosé from Bordeaux that I wish I had discovered at the beginning of the summer, and the 2007 Chateau Moulin de la Roquille, with right-bank Bordeaux that has a nice note of cabernet franc.

The main body of the wine is more about the steely and sleek tone, the acidity and focus, and the aromas and flavors are more mineral than fruit. This wine reminds me very much of the 2008 Bernard Baudry Chinon Rosé in that it drinks more like a white wine than like a rosé. think of those more as Bandol wines than as rosé anyway.

The shop is crammed with so many fine and fun wines that they mainly have to do these free tastings outside of the winter months, so the broad pavements of Boulevard Hausmann are at their most hospitable. The Cotes du Jura en Barberon, 2007 & 2008, grown on limestone soil, had a lovely richness. By Timothy Eustis. Just not today.

also tasted and brought home a 2008 Gewurztraminer. Main course for Shirley was a wonderful veggie wrap and Mark chose the thick free range burger with free range bacon, cheddar and avocado, while I took honors of best pick with a Southwestern Burrito special. Maybe both!! The day started at one winery that was not on the list. WoW!!!

Found by the bottle at Il Poeta for $28, paired with appetizers of artichoke, papardelle with bechamel and pancetta, and main course of veal chop over salad From the Chianti Colli Senesi region, this red Italian wine is a blend of Sangiovese and Canaiolo.

Domaine Aubuisieres , cuvée de silex, Vouvray, sec, 2008 $18: really a gorgeous example of chenin–and a good value too. Francois Pinon , cuvée tradition, Vouuvray 2008. The 2006 “Les Rosiers&# (about $29) bottling is a serious wine and that possesses quite a layered structure mainly of the honey on rocks variety.

He sells directly to consumers on line thru his website and retails mainly at Costco. Lot 159 Santa Barbara Chardonnay 2008: new release $14 Musky aromas, citrus, creamy oak. Cameron Hughes is a Negociant in the wine world, delivering small "Lots" of high-end wines at very affordable prices. To me they were all great value wines.

Here are my favorites right now (prices are with the 10% mixed case discount): Whites 2008 Benaza Monterrei Gode llo , $11.70, Jose Pastor Selections, Vinos & Gourmet Imports. 2008 Knebel Mosel Riesling Trocken , $12.60, Mosel Wine Merchant, USA Imports. 2008 Clos la Coutale Cahors , $13.50, Kermit Lynch Imports. or $13.50

11.99 **Terres Dorees (Jean-Paul Brun) 2008 Beaujolais Chardonnay Your guests will fall in love with you, even the california drinkers. 14.99 * Bregeon, Michel 2007 Muscadet Sevre et Maine Sur Lie You know the way I feel about Muscadet. Expect a touch of that old natural VA. Real burgundy. Lovely.

Three new wines from Veneto were the main event, paired perfectly with cuisine from the same region prepared by Veneto native, Chef Mario DiChiara, and co-hosted by his business partner Luca. Rocca Sveva Soave Classico 2008 DOC When I was a younger man, the most famous white wine from Italy was from the Soave region, near Verona.

2008 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Clos des Briords , $16, Louis/Dressner Selections. I'm pretty sure that 2008 was a difficult vintage in Muscadet and yields were way down. Perhaps that's why the 2008 even now shows such beautiful concentration, such great depth.

billion liters (1.012 billion Imp gallons) produced in 2008, when it jumped 8 percent, farmers' research center ISMEA and wine industry body Unione Italiana Vini (UIV) said in a statement after conducting joint research. The figure compares to a total of 788,393 ha under vines in Italy in 2008, according to Italy's statistics agency ISTAT.

Upon arriving we were warmly welcomed by Bernard's son Mathieu who told us that Baudry's house and estate can easily be reached via one of the main roads out of Chinon, perhaps a 10 minute drive. Cory writes passionately about the wines he loves, and about his life in the Bay Area and beyond. Which is a good thing.

2008 Grosset Wines Polish Hill Riesling, Clare Valley. 2008 Tahbilk Marsanne, Nagambie Lakes, Goulburn Valley. Disgorged 2008 Rockford Sparkling Black Shiraz, Barossa Valley. 2008 Thomas Wines Braemore Individual Vineyard Semillon, Hunter. 2008 Angullong Sauvignon Blanc, Orange. 2008 Logan Sauvignon Blanc, Mudgee.

Consider: His restaurants are mainly in hard-hit areas including Manhattan's Upper East Side and Las Vegas. Mr. Burke tries to set his restaurants apart from other bargains being offered mainly by making his discounts as drastic, easy-to-grasp and catchy as those of one of the few restaurants doing well these days: McDonald's. TRY IT!

The tractors and sorting tables in the exhibition hall give the event an agricultural vibe but there are also a series of panels and sessions around the main hall. Industry observer Jon Fredrikson reported while wine consumption grew (by volume) in 2008, the growth slowed to the slowest in a decade. Here are some tasting sized pours.

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Main | Abe on Pinot Grigio and a Call From Ethel. December 30, 2008 Wine Spectator 100 best wines of the year issue? However, I was wondering until just this week what the AF wine of the 2008 would be. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Remedial Bubble Assistance! Forget it.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Bloomberg La Tache Blooper and a Sad Article on Sparklers/ a rant | Main | Wine of the Year! December 27, 2008 The rain stopped. » Remedial Bubble Assistance! The snow washed away. fetched my bicycle from the rear of my tenement. Floral, complex.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Notes on a Los Angeles Wine Bars Part Scene, Part 2 | Main | Remedial Bubble Assistance! 1991 Cote de Rhone La Tache? actually remember being shocked to see that La Tache at the airport store a few years back. havent flown Air France since. Who knows. But who?

Den-like. underneath its eponymous wine store, all seven tables were filled early on a Saturday night. Mike Brosnan poured Valtellina and Chiavennasca (a white Nebbiolo) and talked up the oft-maligned Lambrusco to the small crowd, another crop of millennials. Wine curiosity here was the focus and fuel. There was nothing tangential. Loved it.

But instead, Ill give you this post. Seated at the back bar at AOC, which houses one of LAs most celebrated wines bars, I was sipping a Yann Chave Crozes-Hermitage, contemplating the curried cauliflower. scrutinized another solo diner, Manny. Manny, had a surfers build, ponytail, Hawaiian shirt and a self-satisfied smile. Jurancon for his paté.

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The company that likes to sell the look of luxe instead of the real thing, acquired the previously family owned Montaudon, which according to the out of date Tom Stevenson World Encyclopedia of Champagne, owns about 80 acres of pinot noir planted vineyards. Stevenson writes, "The non-vintage and vintage have always been passable but not special."

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Joes New Blog | Main | Looking for that Magical Mood Altering Taste » And For that Pudding-Like Texture December 14, 2008 What is the chicest container for fermenting wine in? Is it the cement egg? last seen at Viader in Napa) or is it amphora?

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « And For that Pudding-Like Texture | Main | LVMH--the machine » Looking for that Magical Mood Altering Taste December 14, 2008 Im sure THEY ask you, THEY are surely asking me: what have you been drinking that is exciting. JEALOUSY! JEALOUSY!

Wine Traveler | Main | And For that Pudding-Like Texture » Joes New Blog December 12, 2008 Many already know. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Flash! Joe Dressner, my mentor and a character in my life and in my book has brain cancer. just dont know what to write.

a bottle, it’s neither as cheap as tap water nor as cheap as I would like, but it’s less expensive than bottled water–and lower carbon footprint, clearly, without the trucks hauling glass bottles and water from Maine or the Alps. Perhaps this holiday season you will get the $5k winepod to make wine at home. Sparkling water!

This is the first Burgundy Trip 2008 post. The main things I learned about terroir are this: 1) Terroir is real in Burgundy. Coming soon to Burgundy Trip 2008 : Burgundy dilettantes, Charolais beef, and thoughts on wine buying strategy. You can expect a steady stream of these for the next few weeks. What an incredible trip!

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « California Dreaming: the debriefing | Main | Flash! December 04, 2008 I went to the NYTimes website to see if any question needed answering and thought I would share this nut jobs comment. Wine Traveler » What is with Mike? Was your water pH 3.0?

Here are my notes on a few 2005 Muscadets that I drank this fall: 2005 Domaine de la Louvetrie Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Le Fief du Breil , $18, martin Scott Imports. 2005 Luneau-Papin Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Le L D'Or , $17, Dressner Imports. Isn't it tempting to check in on your 2005's? That they don't age as well?

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « The Last NYTimes Blog | Main | What is with Mike? » California Dreaming: the debriefing December 03, 2008 Now that the wine blogging for the Times is put to bed, I am admitting to some withdrawal. There is no purpose to life. Wine is lacking.

Main | California Dreaming: the debriefing » The Last NYTimes Blog December 01, 2008 Its over. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « "Theyre killing the vines!" she told me as she shook her head in front of the backdrop of books. Im not sure it is. It is more essay. Im not sure it is.

and A Taste Test | Main | The Last NYTimes Blog » "Theyre killing the vines!" November 26, 2008 When in Napa over the weekend, I realized I needed to buy a copy of my book as a gift. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Then Next Two NYTs Posts, Its Wine! And I was getting paranoid.

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home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Of Women Wine and Julie Brosterman | Main | Then Next Two NYTs Posts, Its Wine! and A Taste Test » The Decanter Magazine Review: Jews, Meat and British November 20, 2008 A friend called me from Texas to read me the December 2008 review of my book.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « A Departing Stomp, NYT blog post #11 | Main | The Decanter Magazine Review: Jews, Meat and British » Of Women Wine and Julie Brosterman November 19, 2008 Julie Brosterman is a sharp, edgy, irony-fueled, ex-pat who lives in Los Angeles. was sold.

Main | A Departing Stomp, NYT blog post #11 » Wine & Temperature Control November 11, 2008 (post #10) I would have been a neurotic mother (worry, worry, worry). home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Petite Pascaline! So it was no surprise that I fretted about the vat

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The Fall 2008 Louis/Dressner Tasting Report My tasting report this year is brief due to the fact that I was eating too much (Joe ALWAYS has the best food) and talking too much as there was a huge national contingent of folk I enjoy seeing and dont see enough. But right now Im an an Alsatian Pinot Gris roll. FINALLY! Great little wine.

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They took full advantage of the Minoan vulnerability conquering them and setting up a main city on the coast called Knossos. That's how far back this goes. The Greek wine culture has been around for so long it is almost hard to grasp. This is where it all began. Some of it worked and some of it didn't. And they also brought with them wine.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Wine and Hope | Main | This Blogger and the Ethics Debate » Turning Water Into Wine Posting #9 November 07, 2008 In this chapter, Alice confronts the spectre of adding water to wine What do you want to do about the alcohol?

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home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « The Grapes Under Foot (the first time) | Main Fermentation Rears Its Head November 02, 2008 This was Friday afternoon, on the day before I left. thought It was my last day in the pot. There was only one solution. Great for the triceps and biceps.

While not actually making the wine, lets just say I had a hand and foot in the project. In the first video thats winemaker Kevin Hamel, drenched in morning sun, talking to vineyard owner and Ridgely. They used knives, I used secateurs. Alice being chased after by a killer picker. The 3.5 am distracted from my stomp duties by talking to the camera.

Garys Friday night speech was manic and engaging, bringing the bloggers to a frenzy with his message that if they were not bringing in six figures from their site, they were screwing up. Contemplating this on the day of my speech as I was jogging in the tank, now up to my calves in purple juice, I realized that by Garys measure I was a slacker.

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The production is mainly red wine made from Gaglioppo with some blending of Greco Nero and Mantonico Nero. The indigenous people became so adept in the art of vine cultivation and fermentation that soon the wines produced in the colony were considered better than the ones made in Greece. The area was then called Enotria or Land of Wine.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « David Lett | Main | Guest Blogging for the New York Times » The 13.6 Alcohol Zin October 15, 2008 The New York Times wine panel liked the 2004 Gravity Hills Zinfandel. Asimov wrote, "This wine came in at 13.6 Water? Spinning Cone? I cant. The 13.6

Like this - the 2006 Luneau-Papin Domaine Pierre de la Grange Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Vieilles Vignes at $12. I'm talking about wines from places and producers that I've liked in the past, things that I expected to like. This is Luneau-Papin for crying out loud! loved this wine in 05 but this one was just out of whack. Schlameal!

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « The Great Brunello Debate | Main | The 13.6 had only one opportunity to meet David. Three years ago I was out for Lisa Donoughes Indie Wine festival and became reacquainted with the delicate and ageable beauty of the wines over a long and wine laden lunch.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « The Plumber (could it be the end of an era?) | Main | David Lett » The Great Brunello Debate October 07, 2008 Jeremy Parzen (disclosure, a good friend) serves up a terribly compelling examination of the Brunello scandal on Dobianchi and VinoWire.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Far From Kosher: Washington Post | Main | The Great Brunello Debate » The Plumber (could it be the end of an era?) October 07, 2008 Plumbers are threatened and confounded by my porcelain toilet/ pull chain mechanism. They just dont know.

Main | Wine & Spirits Ghost Story @ Chateau Lagrezette » Le Plaissance, St. Emilion and a Chateau Le Puy September 28, 2008 The last visit of the day was Chateau Le Puy where I saw the Druid stones on its peaceful property. Report from Sonoma. Emilion and Pomerol. The wines were stunning, at times perplexing. Was it me? Being St.

2007 Domaine de la Pépière Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Clos des Briords , $16, Louis/Dressner Selections. If you drink wine regularly you know the value of finding delicious and interesting wines at everyday prices. And I'm not the only one thinking about this lately. And none of them will run you more than $20 retail. Weird, right?

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Before the Vendange | Main | Le Plaissance, St. September 20, 2008 Okay. My vote; think of how fun it would be to smell these wines blind in a few years and say, "Definitely 2008, the year of the fires near the grapevines." Report from Sonoma.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Alice and Additives in the News | Main | Smoke Taint: true of false? » Before the Vendange September 18, 2008 Dying right before harvest is like dying before you finish your novel. Report from Sonoma.

25th | Main | The Surrogate Mother Approach to Winemaking and Business Models » The Bordeaux Report September 13, 2008 (Part 1) I could care less about most of Bordeaux after 1996. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Kermit Lynch On Sept 23/ Sante Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta on Sept.

Emilion | Main | The Bordeaux Report » Kermit Lynch On Sept 23/ Sante Fe Wine and Chile Fiesta on Sept. 25th September 06, 2008 On Tuesday Sept. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Disconnectivity in St. 23,6:30! Check the PDF link and head to page ten for the detail. 23,6:30!

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As I have researched the issue of the screwcap the main reason for switching form cork is.well, corked wine. This is where it gets really interesting. The question of the ability of wine to age under screwcap is a pretty deep issue. This is quite understandable. But wait a second. So why isn't everyone jumping on the screwcap band wagon?

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « New Biodynamic Regulations Coming | Main | Disconnectivity in St. Emilion » A Gamay In Burgundy August 28, 2008 Gamay, the underdog of the wine world has been in the work, deadline is Tuesday. She asked. Shall we have some?” really do love them.”

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « The Return of Airplane Wine (almost) | Main | A Gamay In Burgundy » New Biodynamic Regulations Coming August 23, 2008 Hey, have all of you deserted me? Just checking. like talking to Jim. But at least its going to be there. like talking to Jim.

Main | New Biodynamic Regulations Coming » The Return of Airplane Wine (almost) August 23, 2008 Post 9/11, when I couldnt travel with a corkscrew I decanted wine into a water bottle. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Wine Spectator Award of Excellence? In July he sent me a gift.

It would be awful of me to reprint this fabulous letter from Italy that writer (and biodynamic consultant ?) Compacted, eroding vineyards that are heavily sprayed like this one is dont normally produce world-beating wines. The wine was said to show intense, full-bodied, velvet-like chocolate and black fruit flavours.

Also, tune your radios for the show that prompted the host to tell me I needed some media training tomorrow. Its West Coast time. WCRW, Saturday, August 2. Good Food airs every Saturday from 11:00am-noon Pacific, locally at 89.9-FM and online at www.kcrw.com. Its West Coast time.WCRW, Saturday, August 2.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Alice is Working Up to Something | Main | Smoke and Vinovation » Una Heroina contra P ** July 09, 2008 Thats what Spains Sibaritas Magazine plastered on their front cover. Inside? Im their centerfold. Honored to get his approval? Oh yes, indeed.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Demeter Europe/USA: A friend asks why | Main | Wine Spectator Award of Excellence? » New Biodynamic Regulations Coming August 11, 2008 August. The size of the berry, from the tiniest of cultured pearls, to nice big fat south sea ones. am here.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Monte Walden On Brunello | Main | New Biodynamic Regulations Coming » Demeter Europe/USA: A friend asks why August 11, 2008 I was preparing a petit djeuner for my friends Stephen et Bruno. He sat down to be served. The phone rang. Out of Area.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Alice On Lenny Lopate: Tuesday July 22nd | Main | P ** s New Buying Guide » A Test July 23, 2008 Ive been getting emails from people, winemakers and brands who want my endorsement or at least approval. more on this later). Lamentable. Lamentable.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « A Test | Main | Pigstock: Parts One, Two and Three » P ** s New Buying Guide July 24, 2008 The galley of the 7th edition has been providing me with sparky pre-bed reading. The acknowledgements are heartwarming. Lovely writing. Great sentiment.

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. Go to Lou On Vine in Los Angeles. Sprinkle in some Palate Food & Wine. Fall in love. Score some Hook cheddar (from Wisconsin). Eat a peach.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « New Biodynamic Regulations Coming | Main | The Return of Airplane Wine (almost) » Wine Spectator Award of Excellence? August 19, 2008 Mom called. Did you see the Sunday Magazine? Theres a story on Bordeaux. Why didnt you write the story?" Fraud?

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Wine Biz Radio and Me | Main | Reading and Wine on August 6th » Weekly Round-Up: Delicatessen August 01, 2008 And Im not talking the weedkiller. This is the former home of the local favorite greasy spoon, Buffas. Meet Delicatessen. Oh its loud.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Pigstock: Parts One, Two and Three | Main | Weekly Round-Up: Delicatessen » Wine Biz Radio and Me July 28, 2008 Randy has posted--even I admit--a really fun interview with me. Cut and paste.sorry.cant activate the link.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Pigstock: Parts One, Two and Three | Main | Wine Biz Radio and Me » A New Look For Us? July 28, 2008 I need a blog roll. need some bells and whistles. need better spam filters. And I need greater ease for categories. Dont worry. But.take a look.

Main | A Test » Alice On Lenny Lopate: Tuesday July 22nd July 21, 2008 WNYC with Lenny. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Where Have You Been? do see why people get media trained. get it. Next time I will not be so damned polite. But still, it was a kick to be on the show. get it.

And for the main, a pistachio crusted tilapia. Ahhh, what a day. Made my way to Yankee Stadium this afternoon during what is the final season at the original Yankee stadium for a game against the Anaheim Angels who have in recent years dominated the Yankees. So today the Yankees needed a win to salvage a split of the 4 game series.

First company putting together the production capacity of 13,000 winegrowers in all main wine regions in France , first association of growers to become public (Paris Stock Exchange), first company to bring to the market the new appellation " Vins de Pays Vignobles de France". Tell us a little about the history of Chamarré. and the worst?

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Pigstock: Parts One, Two and Three | Main | Wine Biz Radio and Me » A New Look For Us? July 28, 2008 I need a blog roll. tom on July 29, 2008 12:28 AM Very nice. Paolo B on July 30, 2008 01:17 AM Alice, dont go there. Dont worry.

home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « P ** s New Buying Guide | Main | A New Look For Us? Paolo B on July 30, 2008 01:12 AM That such lovely wines were offered up along side it no doubt pleased the pig. Yours truly Rupert Porker Paolo B on August 1, 2008 07:55 PM Post a commentTaste?

They even have wines from Israel (which you all know I think is great) as well as a very enviable "reserve list" mainly comprised of Bordeaux & Burgundy (with some Napa Cab, & Barbaresco thrown in for good measure) ranging in price from about $200 per bottle up to $1750 for a 2000 Chateau Margaux. The good: the staff was really great.

The main dish choices were skirt steak or scallops, and since I usually avoid scallops in restaurants, I would eat steak. Appetizers: $8 - $15, Mains $25 Service - poor. So proclaimed the "server." And a critic should go several times before trashing a place. One person's opinion based on, in this case, one visit. No red wine.