Given that I tasted well in excess of 100 wines that day my notes are obviously not too thorough, but I did note which wines were of most interest to me. Peay is not a winery I was familiar with before the tasting, but it will be one I'll be keeping an eye out for, especially as I get deeper into wine bar planning. Great stuff. MORE >>

So we cut up a large slab of Slope Farms (no website, but the grass-fed, antibiotic free, pasture grazed, open minded and definitely not racist, sexist, ageist, or any of the "ists") beef chuck into neat 6 ounce portions, and went to work. And global warming be darned, I'm enjoying it. Season the pieces with salt and pepper, set aside. MORE >>

I am still talking about the Martin Scott Portfolio Tasting, but I'm changing it up here at Brooklynguy's place. When I get to go to a tasting like Martin Scott's, I get really excited, and in my excitement I shared lots of my personal wine scores in previous posts. wonder how the other 2005 Bize wines are.anyone taste them yet? MORE >>

Although there are many possibilities, we were definitely opening a Burgundy wine, in honor of the inspiration for this bit of cooking. Domaine Roty, located in Marsannay, is known for serious wines from the Gevrey-Chambertin appellation, including several 1er Cru and Grand Cru wines. have always had a thing for chestnuts. MORE >>

The trick is determining which ones are to your taste. suggest gathering some buddies and asking everyone to bring a bottle of 05 Bourgogne and have your own tasting - see what you like best. There are many that I have yet to taste at the $25 -30 price point (Truchot, Pillot, de Montille, Barthod, LaFarge, Roty, and so on). MORE >>