Each tapas bar has its specialty, such as shrimp or ham or mushrooms, and we enjoyed different wines at different bars. Ah, Rioja! All those years spent at the International Wine Center studying the differences between the soil of the Rioja Alavesa above the Elbo river, and the Rioja Baja and Rioja Alta finally paid off.

and  Coessens from further south in La Côte des Bar. Wow it is so exciting to be here and meet the growers. am in Epernay at the Terroirs & Talents de Champagne tasting at the Au Restuarante Theatre.  It is the same glamorous red-themed restaurant where the CIVC took educators in November, yet upstairs. visit each producer in turn.

and  Coessens from further south in La Côte des Bar. I am SO excited to visit Champagne next week! heard about the three festivals on LinkedIn from Jiles Halling (My Man in Champagne) and he has been very helpful in helping me set up the trip. In no particular order (!) Maxime Blin. Penet Chardonnet. From La Côte des Blancs: de Sousa. Horiot.

And it’s a conduit to modern-day Italy, with its lively wine bars and sidewalk cafés, bucolic landscapes and art-filled cities. As mentioned many times on this blog, one of my most memorable vacations was a cycling trip through Tuscany. I'd usually stop at a winery, enoteca, or even a vineyard. They’re an entry point to Italian culture.

The butchering station is next to the bar and the first-aid area so diners can watch and learn from each others' mistakes. I admit it, I was not looking forward to Taconic on Bedford. mean really, in our precious world of hipster Brooklyn dining, this place is the very hippest, the most precious of all. And so, we have Taconic on Bedford.

Eric says there were a range of options at the bar and he opted for the Thibaut-Janisson Brut NV (limited availability; about $29 ). Sure enough, Eric posted the wines served, complete with tasting notes. For the full menu (pdf) , click here. Appetizers: crostini. USA, Virginia, Central Region, Monticello. Halibut course and salad course.

NO LONGER SIPPING: wine bars. Lou on Vine, the LA wine bar and purveyor of “delightfully armpitty” wines, is closing after six years [ LAT ]. In Harlem, Nectar wine bar has closed. SPIT: Metrokane’s The Rabbit. SIPPED: reading. That LA Times is dropping stars for restaurant reviews? LAT ]. Daily News ]. BBC ].

I want to tell you about my favorite place to drink Sherry in NYC, a tapas bar called Palo Cortado. But I'm going to talk about Palo Cortado in the way that I experience it, as a tapas bar. Tile at the bar. Palo Cortado is actually a restaurant with a full menu, and it serves a wide and interesting selection of wine and beer.

the iPad now has an app that's perfect for restaurants, lounges, wine bars and connoisseurs called Restaurant Wine List. If you're a restaurateur and you're tired of constantly updating your wine list on paper menus, have no fear. When you set up an account and input your wine list, it will sync all of your iPad devices.

There is a "bar bell" effect of strong sales at the very high and very low end. Panos Kakaviatos, who I see almost everywhere in the world, wrote a great news analysis for Meiningers Wine Business International about the new Chinese Palate. From the article there seem to be several key issues: 1. Competitions feature more non-French wines.

It is also possible to make your own such combination, using a standard Ah-so and a separate T-Bar corkscrew worm. I was given an amazing birthday gift in November, an old bottle of wine by Produttori del Barbaresco, the 1959 Riserva. This is very exciting - how often does one get to drink a bottle that old? In my case, not very often. Steak.

Three weeks and only a few bar pours with a dinner is all I have been able to do since my ulcer started acting up the day before Thanksgiving. Finally, able to uncork a wine and enjoy a glass or two (or three). Presently, I am staying away from red wines and trying to ease myself back with some nice light white wines. OK, I can do that!

From the coffee threatdown files: Starbucks will extend its wine bar concept with up to seven locations in Chicago. SIPPED: imitation as flattery? Make it a venti vino? SeattleTimes ]. SPIT: stinky reporting. She says that while sequencing is an accomplishment and helpful, but “by no means guarantees a solution to winery brett problems.”

This is hipster cava with a secondary fermentation in the bottle, six bar of pressure, no dosage and overall a very solid match! During the recent, week-long power outage, we sought refuge in an undisclosed location that may or may not have been the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. tasted it and it showed no signs of deterioration.

Curious name yet a very good wine from the people behind Clif Bar & Company, headed by winemakers Bruce Regalia and Sarah Gott. Some excellent wines this week, an assortment of reds and whites from around the globe. Though diverse as a group, what unites them is their distinctive terroir. Terrezas de los Andes. Reserva Malbec 2009. 21.99.

Many tapas bars display their Jamon right over the bar for all to drool over. Bustling behind the bar. Bar Juanito , Jerez: Artichoke hearts in olive oil and herbs, and garlic. Bar Navarro , Sanlucar: Olives. The eating in Jerez and Sanlucar was pretty great. You finish at something like 5:30. Olives are amazing.

When at Bar Henry , he introduced a bottle-splitting program, wherein diners could order 375ml of a regular bottle for only half the full-bottle price (No upcharge! King Solomon was known for his wisdom. And when he ordered a baby cut in half, he made a woman cry. The remaining 375ml is then available to other diners.). Ciano, 45 E.

just had to find some kinda of snack to match, but the snack bar was a little bare. Been an OK night at work and the weather is pretty nice with a higher than normal humidity, but after the past few days, the feeling is comfortable. got home from the day job a little past 10 p.m. and was dreaming of a nice red wine for most of my shift.

The 2009 Sauvignon Blanc is crafted for the 'table not the bar" with orange peel flavors overlying a pure tropical melon base. I recently tried new signle estate wines from TeAwa from New Zealand, which just joined Cognanc One's National portfolio. liked the 2009 Chardonnay , which is from Hawkes Bay. Quite delicious!

Our gracious server Char poured our wines, allowing us as many as we wanted because we waited for the crowd to clear out and for her to set up the tasting bar. No tasting bar, but tables where you can sit and chat about wine with your server. Finally got to do something other than working around the house on my week off.

bars as opposed to 6) to minimize their impact. Cédric Bouchard is one of the leaders of the new wave in Champagne. He comes from a Champagne family - his father is an old school grower, but Cédric does things differently. The wines go through a natural malolactic and are racked only once, just before bottling.". It retails for about $85.

Restaurant Daniel, DB Bistro, DBGB, Cafe Boulud, and Bar Boulud and wrote a fabulous book about wines. Rajeev Vaidya. Very excited to read in the latest issue of Wine Spectator that Daniel Boulud, one of my favorite NY chefs, is on the cover of the September 2011 issue representing French Chefs in America. manner. qualification be far behind?

At a restaurant I don't say anything either, unless I'm served a wine in glasses that are plainly wrong, and even then only if I know that the restaurant has a better glass they could easily grab for me from behind the bar. very much like the woman who buys the wine there. Most sales are of the $10 variety, I would guess. Fugedaboudit

Bar was. Two women sat at a table in the bar area, eating salads very slowly. Fabulous evening last night at the Leopard at des Artistes! Very 'old school' Italian in terms of the elegance of service, with fish deboned tableside. interesting. Our table, pictured above beneath the famous mural, was quite nice.

was hanging out with my pal Dan Melia at Txikito , a Basque influenced tapas bar. There are terms in wine that, for me anyway, can take on meaning simply because I hear them so often. Do I really understand, though? Maybe. To truly learn something, there is no substitute for hands-on experience. This makes a lot of sense to me.

While waiting for the Zerza to open, we stopped at a wine bar on 2nd Ave and 4th simply called "Wine Bar." Just home from New York City and happy to be back on the PC to do my updating. still have problems with the lap top. One vacation plan that we were not able to do was a wine tour to the North Fork of Long Island. near 2nd Ave.

When eating or drinking at a master's establishment, I think it's a good idea to simply put yourself in the master's hands - think omakase at a great sushi bar. A couple years ago I enjoyed a special meal at Convivio, the now-closed restaurant in Tudor City. The inimitable Levi Dalton was of course the chef somelier. Fiano! Why now?

We met on a very hot night in a very cool new hotel bar, Bar Basque. Ah, Tempranillo. would this same varietal by any other name taste as sweet? In Toro, the tempranillo grape is called Tinto de Toro. Manual speaks Spanish and I can understand Spanish -- well, wine Spanish anyway, so we were set. First, a bit of geography. At just $16.99

Next Wednesday, I’ll be reading wine poetry at Lolita Bar, alongside a host of talented writers. Brainchild of Kara Newman, author of Spice & Ice, and more…, Drink.Think is a spoken-word event “dedicated to celebrating what we drink.&# It’s bound to be a fabulous evening. You can read more about the event here.

Last week, Caitlin, Ellen and I met at Edie & the Wolf, an Austrian restaurant/wine bar, on Avenue C, near 7th Street. New York Wine Bars 10009 Austrian Wine Edie & the WolfArriving at around seven, to a handful [.].

I met a friend the other night at a wine bar. was waiting at the bar for my friend to arrive and three people sat down next to me. And yes, the bar might not have made as much money on the sale because something like two or three glasses of wine were poured for free as tastes. I don't know," one of them said. She asked.

Austria Uncorked on May 4 presented a fabulous opportunity for NYC wine folks to experience what is quickly turning out to be the "coolest" wine to enjoy at wine bars, or bring to parties. The hundreds of wines to be sampled at the Tribeca Rooftop included all varieties, red and white, along with cuisine from top restaurants in NYC.

is one of a few companies in the world that is licensed by the state of New York to sell wine to retail outlets (restaurants and bars) and should be in the stores soon. I recently received this wine from the fine folks at Savorian Inc. Savorian Inc. is a Brooklyn-based company that owns, distributes and imports wine from Catalonia, Spain.

Tucked between Sophie’s and Ace Bar on East 5th Street is Goat Town, an American Bistro with arched tin ceilings. Opposite the red banquet and subway tiled booths sits a bar with maybe twelve seats. New York Wine Bars East Village Wine Bar Goat Town wine bar

tweeted about wine growlers in the US and the twitterati could not think of other bars or stores that yet to offer these. Remember the “Fill ‘er up&# wine from a tank ? Sadly, there have been no US entrants to this space in the scant six months since we posted despite a lot of interest. Can you?) American wine

Eva and I actually drank Tapena in Barcelona together at one of the coolest bars in the city, along with the kind of party food typical of a Tapas Bar. Tapena, the Spanish wine from Friexenet with the friendly price, is now available in New York! Here's a link to some great recipes. Why Tapena? Why Now?

Last week, I received an invite to bahr ché on Astor Place, from the wine bar’s PR rep. Wine Bars bahr chéAnd 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 [.].

One to the great benefits I get from having a son who orders the wine for his bar is that when he places his weekly order he always adds in a new wine for me and my friends to try when we stop by every Friday after work. The one set back is that he tries to find the cheapest wines his distributor carries and often fails to impress.

Kim Crawford Wine Bar. The brand, known for celebrating individual style, is hosting the Kim Crawford Wine Bar in the main lobby of the tents and by sponsoring a number of exclusive events with designers. Lincoln Center was the place to be for Manhattan fashionista's. and wine afficianados. crawford card.

When asked his opinion, Paul Grieco, Riseling guru and partner of the Terroir wine bars, told the packed room that he probably would buy the Frankland Estate Riesling but found it “undrinkable&# now and encouraged the producer to set aside production for five years and release it then. The Contours vineyard at Pewsey Vale, Eden Valley.

Recently, Oyster expert and James Beard Award-winning author Rowan Jacobsen, along with winemakers from Andre Lurton, Barone Fine, and the Crossings hosted a dinner at the famous Grand Central Oyster Bar to pair different wines with different preparations of oysters. Did you ever wonder what sort of wine to have with oysters?

Last week, Suzanne and I dropped in at Veritas, down the street from Moore Brothers on East 22nd Street, to sit at the bar for a couple of by-the-glass wines. And while the bar menu is sweet–the Charred Bread, Honey Truffle Ricotta is divine–we were less drawn to the ten or so glasses of red [.].

Michael Madrigale, who runs the innovative wine program at Bar Boulud , has put together some “silent movies&# that show his nightly by-the-glass pours from large format bottles. SIPPED: silence. SPIT: recycling bin. WANTED: empty bottles of 1982 Lafite in “best condition possible.&# Price: 2,900 yuan. Montreal Gazette ]. NYT ].

Well, tomorrow will make it three years since I started this wine blog. I'm working to cover more topics in 2011 and maybe even explore other media like video. I'd also like to invite you all to contribute any of your tasting notes this year, and wish to thank you for following so faithfully. Happy New Year, Dave Trieger Vigna Uva Vino

CONQUERED: world wine bars. part of that is opening wine bars selling only Bordeaux in London, NYC and Hong Kong. CHUGGED: Pinot? If you missed the Japanese remake of Sideways, check the trailer above. Glad the dump bucket scene was included! The Bordeaux wine trade unveils a plan to boost sales of lower priced wines from the region.

Well, the best way bar none is to be like the Japanese bottle slinger. Does champagne go to your head faster because of the bubbles? No, it goes to your head faster because you are on a date. Does Champagne give you gas? Does Pellegrino? Is Champagne made from champagne grapes? No, those are for decoration. Prosecco comes from Italy. how to

Wine Bars 10010 EatalyThe other night, Caitlin and I met at Eataly for a few glasses of wine in the belly of the octopus. At a marble, elbow height table, we stood amongst shoppers, imbibers, and consumers of cheese and charcuterie, talking a thousand words a minute because there was much catching up. At the crossroads of 23rd [.].

Yesterday, between shopping for a Thanksgiving pie at Chelsea Market and a late afternoon West Village meeting, I stopped by the Ino Cafe & Wine Bar for a quick glass of wine. Ino Cafe & Wine Bar 21 Bedford St New York, NY 10014was surprised to find a "by-the-glass" gem (at $8) in the 2002 Montefalco Rosso from producer Alunno.

So will they be transitioning more locations to wine bars at night? SIPPED: venti Cabernet? Starbucks stores do 70% of their business by 2 PM. USA Today explores the latest. SPIT: good times. Japanese embassies are ordered to reduce wine inventories since some have enough to supply thirty years of consumption. AFP ]. SIPPED: good times.

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What would happen if guns were allowed in bars and restaurants? According to a NYT story from Sunday highlighted a change in four state laws that now allow loaded weapons to be carried into bars and restaurants. Three hundred people a week are injured in “ glassings &# in British pubs. We will find out here, apparently.

Tonight I am finishing up my latest 3L box wine from the Octavin Home Wine Bar, Artisan Wines. It's been 12 days since my first pour and the wine is still as fresh and tasty as the first day. Never thought I'd say this, but, for inexpensive everyday wine the box should be given a more serious look by producers world wide.

Hosted by Hugh Davies, the vintner at Schramsberg, at Bar American, this Napa sparkling wine estate dared to pit itself against the some of the best known producers of rosé Champagne. Monday morning began in the most spectacular way–with a blind tasting of rosé Champagnes.

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This is a great and valuable book that can be appreciated by a neophyte as well as an old wine afficionado, and will be a useful guide in any wine shop, wine bar, cheese shop or restaurant Next a chapter on Italian wines with lots of background information, bouquet and flavor and the recommended cheese(s) to go with them.

have, however, seen many western movies in which men wear mutton chops, bowler hats, and arm garters while tending bar, and I hope that the viewing of those films, in conjunction with the tattoo that I got in college 20 years ago, will convey upon me sufficient mixology street cred. So please consider this as a public service announcement.

Open less than 2 weeks ago and ready to do business, Vin Et Fleurs is on my list of new wine bars to visit in the near future. passed by yesterday to peek in and it looks like a cozy spot for a bite and a glass of wine. Will be posting soon

Dinner at The Delachaise - This place is a bar, but it is a comfortable and mature enough place to have dinner. Cork and Bottle Wines / Clever Wine Bar - The retail store seemed good enough. But even if that fee was $10 or $15, that's still a pretty cheap way to enjoy Champagne of that caliber at a wine bar.

Then, without design, Meyer’s message was put to the test when a friend entertaining important business clients and myself at the Modern (the pricey dining room, not the bar room) discovered after the first of many already ordered courses that his parties’ theater tickets for the sold-out hit musical Jersey Boys was for 7:00 PM, not 8:00 PM.

sauteed Zucchini blossoms stuffed with ricotta cheese and Tagliolini in a Creamy Pistachio & Lemon Pesto sauce at Bar Stuzzichini on Broadway and 22nd Street, NYC On the palate are flavors of raspberry and strawberry with ripe red fruits and a spirited acidity, ending with a tart finish.

Thus stores (and bars ) can use the system for dispensing tasting sized pours of expensive wines, amortized over days. CHUGGED: Dornfelder. Nothing says par-tay like 4,000 liters of Dornfelder! Or so a German chef thought when he partially filled a 140,000 liter barrel for the first time in 400 years. TheLocal.de ]. SPIT: classified growths?

District Judge Joan Ericksen has barred the makers of Cristalino from “using any mark, word, or name similar to the Cristalino name that is likely to cause confusion, mistake or deception with Roederer’s Cristal marks.&# Last week, a judge ruled in favor of Cristal champagne over the cava Cristalino.

The cocktail list at Aria Wine Bar outshines the list of wines; and a sweep of the eye around the room confirms it—Sarah, Caitlin, and I seemed to be the only one’s drinking wine. A wine bar that specializes in [.]. Tags: New York Wine Bars 10014 Aria Wine Bar

have already tasted two of the Octavin Home Wine Bar artisan white wines and did review the Sauvignon Blanc from that collection and was looking forward to trying the Zin, but not necessarily writing a review. I've been holding out on the wine reviews until everything gets back to normal after my surgery. Best of all is the price.

Also look for vendors with cycling affiliations, like Cycles (a bicycle delivery service) and Third Rail Cafe (a coffee bar for cyclists This Saturday, July 24th from 11am until 4pm New Amsterdam Market will feature "City of Water" to commemorate New York's waterfront market tradition.

Aria wine bar, opened last month in the West Village, emphasizes wines made using organic using biodynamic methods as well as wines made by women. Eric Asimov chimed in : “No pricks?&# I asked Christy on Twitter if there was estrogen on tap. After her visit, she replied: “I was expecting a little more estrogen over all.

assume Johan would be interested in a bar to drop into before or after his wedding festivities on an evening. New York City wine bars are dominated by lists that focus mostly or entirely on Italian wines; an emphasis on French wines is probably second. Johan. Interesting question! And what are your suggestions for Johan?

At Bar Henry, that dream can become reality. The remaining 375ml goes behind the bar and the wine gets written on a big mirror, where it is then in play and available for purchase by other diners, either as a half or by the glass. Which wine bars or restaurants have you been to that are doing fun and innovative things?

So you can see, the bar is high, and Jose's portfolio fits in like a perfect dovetail joint. Imagine, coming into a place where you're expecting 200+ people to taste-but the venue (Bar Agricole) is a construction zone. When I arrived, the event was in full swing. The place was packed with happy tasters. Spain won and so did the wines.

Perhaps the most interesting topic was the future of wine buying, which may be people tasting a wine in a bar or restaurant, clicking an application on their phone, and buying a case. So I am on "Day 2" of the Master of Wine "Forging Links" symposium. Fabulous! It is interesting to hear these experts speak.

After a brief afternoon break, we went to the city of Zaragosta and we parked in the old city and visited the Cathedral, the square, and a charming tapas bar where the servers wore smart uniforms and pictures of bullfighting stars were framed in hundreds of pictures. The name of the bar is El Marpi and it is highly recommended. Day 2??

Some UWS residents fear a proposed (and, now, approved) wine bar at 25 Central Park West will bring “hookers,&# “drugs,&# “drunks&# and “celebrities&# to their neighborhood. The wine bar would have portraits of Ethel Merman and other famous erstwhile residents of the building. SPIT: going nuclear. VERBATIM.

In that case, she ruled that a Massachusetts law that essentially prohibited “large&# wineries (over 30,000 gallons production) from selling directly to consumers was unconstitutional since it effectively barred 98% of out-of-state wine while allowing 100% of in-state wine from being sold directly. That happened to me about a week ago.

An international wine collection with six brands and ten items packaged in a new exciting premium 3L wine cask from the Octavin Home Wine Bar ™. Last March I posted a press release on a new collection of artisan wines in an innovative attractive new package. The Chardonnay was not impressive. Definitely a good party wine.

also opened a couple of white wines from Octavin Home Wine Bar. also hope to pick up some Long Island wines and visit a few of the many wine bars in Manhattan. Tomorrow I must return to work after a pleasant but hard two week vacation. really don't know where to rank this time off or how to compare it to others. Started out OK.

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Best bar in town. Kevin Kelley, winemaker for Lioco and his own, Salinia, and masterminded NPA (which kicked off the wine within 100-miles fresh direct deliviery in a can craze.) Love the wines. Love the guy. The '09 Sauvignon blanc is brill. Unlike Gideon he uses liquid S02, 6%, because it's easy to control. Whatever.

The night was getting late, two Italians super star winemakers, one north and one south were eagerly soul searching each other's mouths at the west side of the bar, ( Rene Barbier & Sara Perez, move over) while I wrenched my eyes so I could talk sulfur and carbonic maceration with Texier. Damn, I admit, it was almost as exciting.

Ms.Biyela is here to promote her Stellekaya winery, whose wines are featured in select wine shops and South African wine bars here in New York, and also take part in the S. "So how does it feel to be a winemaker. and given special attention because of your sex? Or because of color." If I understood Ms. African wine tasting Tuesday.

Next on the list was Casimir, another quaint wine bar, and Fada. Participating restaurants include Les Halles, the Tour de France restaurant group including Café d’Alsace, French Roast, Marseille, L’Express, Pigalle, Le Monde, and Maison and The Forgeois Group’s Cercle Rouge, Bar Tabac and Le Singe Vert.

Two years and several inches of goatee later, Paul Grieco and chef Marco Canora of Hearth Restaurant open a second branch of Terroir wine bar today. Photographed at the pre-opening opening last night, wine impresario Grieco handing over a glass of bubbly. See pix from the original opening for the goatee watch.)

Had this by the glass at the bar at In Vino in the East Village NYC until my friends arrived, after which we moved to a table and. From Piemonte, dark and ominous with deep purple colors, heavily textured and looking unfiltered, but then revealing woodsy aromas with floral notes, especially violets. well that's another post

However, she did say that she is happy she is not working in a restaurant and bar like she did in college. What a crazy week in wine news! You’d think it was April Fool’s week. Spot which one of these stories did NOT happen this week: A) The French government has proposed making wine tastings available in college cafeterias.

The international wine collection is being launched with six brands and ten items packaged in a new exciting premium 3L wine cask format, the Octavin Home Wine Bar ™. The first wine to be released in the new Octavin Home Wine Bar is Monthaven Winery Monterey County Central Coast Chardonnay.

Last week, Caitlin and I met at her favorite wine bar–Xicala. Tags: New York Wine Bars 10012 Xicala Wine Bar Where the Albariño Burgas is fruity and light. We had much to talk about, so I drank without notes. Emerging from the darkness of long winter months, we sipped rosé and saw light.

sat at the bar and was immediately impressed with the extensive wine list. Thanks so much to y'all for your thoughtful recommendations on food and drink in New Orleans. Between the comments and emails, I had more than 10 spots to think about, yet only one lunch, sadly. But it doesn't serve lunch and is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Today’s such gem comes from Bar Boulud. So order wine like an insider when next at Bar Boulud. Bar Boulud. We all want to order wine like a pro at a restaurant. So with a new, recurring feature on this site, we aim to help you order wine like with aplomb and find an excellent deal. 212) 595-0303.

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. Gorgeous sunny weather is this beautiful city is always a treat. am here today, March 15 2010, on a four day study trip with fellow students in the Master of Wine program.

Bars and restaurants will be able to get it; the only open question is whether it will be available for home use… Tags: American wine The alternative packaging trend gets bigger and reusable: a 2009 Riesling from the Finger Lakes in 20-liter tank will soon be available in NYC.

With Paul Draper, both live and on the tshirt from Terroir wine bar in New York City. Paul Draper is, without question, one of the world’s great winemakers. Presiding over forty harvests at Monte Bello in the Santa Cruz Mountains, the winemaker and CEO at Ridge, has seen an almost unparalleled run of excellence. The road to Monte Bello.

If anybody has any info about storefront at 213B Avenue of the Americas, please fill us in, looks like it could be a little wine shop. ongoing construction and paper on windows.

Tasted this 1993 Zilliken spatlese at Bar Henry. Very apricot and petroly

While New York is debating selling wine in grocery stores (and foods in wine stores), Pennsylvania, where the state still owns all the wine stores, gets wine bars in supermarkets! SPIT: a move upmarket. The Chilean wine industry attempted a concerted move upmarket a few years ago. To wit: exports were up a whopping 17.6% LA Times ]. NYT ].

But the awning had an intriguing name …Pudding Stones Wine Bar which was printed in small subtle letters. get in touch with Laura and Christine with the name and address of Pudding Stones and by the time I get there Laura is at the end of the bar with a look on her face and says, “did you see that?” That’s a good start.

It was night, and the corner spot glowed golden and siren-like, Inside, kind of cafe, kind of take out, kind of lunch spot, kind of wine bar, kind of romantic dinner hang. News Flash There's hardly any good food in my hood, so when I passed The Village Tart on Kenmare and Mulberry I was curious. ate it for breakfast. Mystery solved.

We added a wine bar, so we sell by the glass and serve small plates, cheese, cured meats, that kinda thing. Other than the wine bar we don’t sell food. New York legislators are considering a shift to allow wine to be sold in supermarkets –and wine stores to sell gourmet cheese, cigars, beer and even have ATMs. Low $8.

Also, given that the wine bar/cavists Le Garde-Robe is just across the street, their competition is fierce. All of my wine bar standbys were booked. On my only Saturday night in Paris I was going to hook up with my friend Magazino, Mr. TruffleTruck himself, who was i n town with his lovely wife. Nice guy. During the heated

Paul Grieco, owner of Hearth restaurant and Terroir wine bar in NYC, tweeted that he was going on the TODAY show to talk wine and chocolate. Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching. It has reignited the annual hot debate in anticipation of the hot date: should you pair wine and chocolate? Consider this exchange. Food mag nonsense.&#.

Anthony said there was a great wine bar around here." I should start at the beginning, but I need to tell you about something that happened in the middle. One hour into it, I saw the Toulouse signs. I quickly scanned my old texts, and sure enough there it was, Le Temps des Vendange. Limestone cities. Cement cities. and I was delighted to see.a

It’s dark with a marble top 12-seat bar, and a flat screen TV that glares like a mother’s raised brow from the corner. Tags: New York Wine Bars 10023 Bin 71 Upper West Side Wine Reviews Squat and squeezed on Columbus between 70th and 71st Streets, Bin 71 gets cozy at night, in a subway-rush-hour kind of way.