An American wine will be paired with each course. All of the courses are subtly infused with the perennial and annual. The first course reflects a cornucopia of spring harvest, aptly. The tuna in the second course is from Hawaii. The main course. in the Rose Garden. Oddly, the wine pairings were not announced! MORE >>

A 100-seat event open to the Guild, their guests, and to members of the trade, the menu of course was fabulous (though as a pescatarian, I opted for the “silent option&# , [.]. Last week, with Ellen as my guest, I attended the Annual Dinner of the Wine Media Guild of New York, at the Four Seasons Restaurant. MORE >>

This fascinating story isn’t over, of course. Facebook and Twitter may contribute to toppling regimes these days. But can social media save a winery from falling into the abyss? case study is unfolding in France. On January 1, a small wine producer going by the name of “Olivier B.&# The French blogosphere then turned Olivier B. MORE >>

Robin Kelly O'Connor, the new Vice President and head of Wine, Americas, at Christies hosted this event focusing on "The Finest German Wines" (which of course, means Riesling). Fabulous event today at Christies. Riesling rocks, and Paul Grieco, the force behind Terroir and Insieme, proved it with the Riesling tattoo on his forearm! MORE >>

One course in particular caught my eye: guests wanting the green curry shrimp with smoked collard greens will be offered the Beckmen, Garnache [sic] from the Santa Ynez. might just hold on to that Riesling from the previous course if I were seated next to Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Jhumpa Lhiri, Bobby Jindal or Steven Spielberg tonight. MORE >>