The food we were enjoying was a hodge-podge of different selections off the bar menu. Tags: riesling New York white wine Seneca Wine Trail Finger Lakes Can't seem to find a Finger Lakes Riesling I don't like. have to say his timing was impeccable. The wine was a perfect match for the entire menu. g/L pH: 2.93 MORE >>

Ray Isle of F&W escapes the holiday madness of midtown at the Garden Wine Bar at the Four Seasons hotel. There he finds solitude and some more-intriguing-than-usual hotel bar selections. Tags: French wine New York City tasting sized pours SIPPED: upgrading label info? SPIT: bling champagne. SIPPED: solitude. WSJ ]. MORE >>

And Bar Boulud is offering a “Pannier du jour,&# wherein a magnum, jerobaum, imperial or Methusalem is hauled up from the cellar, uncorked and sold by the glass for between $19 and $29 a glass. Tags: New York City dining When is a wine cheaper in a restaurant than at a store? But for all (both?) Consider another example. MORE >>

A blonde gestures to the gleaming white fiberglass priapic shapes jutting above the heads of the testosterone-fueled bar crowd at the glamorous new Meatpacking steakhouse STK. With its sleek, dramatic design, STK exemplifies the new female-friendly, NYC steakhouse geared to a younger, hipper crowd. “Look, horns!&# Sweet. MORE >>

Have you ever tried to return beer bottles for a deposit in New York State? But former New York Governor Spitzer and now Governor Paterson have now proposed a “ bigger better bottle bill ,&# which would expand the five cent deposit system to single serving sport drinks and water. have and it ain’t pretty. MORE >>