A “vegetarian bistro&# , that also terms itself an “organic wine & martini bar&# , is definitely more restaurant (with an upscale diner atmosphere) than bar. Tags: New York Wine Bars Wine Reviews 10003 biodynamic wines East Village organic wines In fact, even [.]. MORE >>

This is a little bit like serving real pig in a blankets at a kosher bar mitzvah. The world is happy to wave the flag for natural wines lately. Stories about the stuff lurk everywhere. Festival, tasting, weeks and celebrations are like morels in the spring, but there is also a lot of misinformation. Wines being called natural that are not. MORE >>

So while the college educated AARP eligible female wine drinker does exist, we should keep in mind that just down the bar there are a couple of guys in their 20s drinking Malbec and texting their friends to come join them. This phenomenon, dubbed “the Sierra gap,&# (no, after the Sierra Nevada mountains, not Sierra Carche !) MORE >>

Happily, I've met most of the group during our Napa educational week and then during what is called a 'Course Day' in the UK and dinner at the wine bar Terroir. After our warm welcome we were ushed upstairs to the Indian-influenced tasting room, where we found it arranged for a formal tasting of their En Primeur 2009 vintage. MORE >>

If I owned a restaurant or wine bar this would be on the list so fast, it would make your head spin. Here is a bottle that represents a lot of what I love about wine from the Loire Valley. And it is inexpensive, too - under $20. I'm not saying things are perfect in the Loire Valley when it comes to wine, far from it. For example. MORE >>