Lisbon – Embracing the Past, Seizing the Future
Portuguese table wines are just beginning to be discovered in the U.S., and many of these wonderful bottles are being imported, so you should be able to find some of them. Another major delight is that prices are insanely low.
New Website Permits Tourists, Affecinados To Plan California Wine Tasting Adventure
California is famous for its wineries. Now there is an online tool to help wine afficinados and ordinary tourists to plan a visit or tour.
Discover Argentina's Wine Route Treasure
Argentina's reputation as a world-class wine producer continues to grow as new wines and production regions emerge, and as state of the art wineries set in outstanding facilities complement traditional colonial mansions.
Take a Ride on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail
The largest of New York's Finger Lakes, Cayuga, and the nearby Village of Skaneateles, appeal to wine lovers regardless of budget and experience. This charming village overlooks a crystal clear lake, and features innovative restaurants and unique shops.
Turning Tables - Foxwoods Second Wine & Food Festival
When you do something right once, it can be luck; when you do it right a second time, you’ve got a recipe for success. Foxwoods Resort Casino, in the rolling hills of Eastern Connecticut, has a found the successful recipe in its second Annual Wine & Food Festival.
Finger Lakes Redux: Beyond Riesling
I recently spent a few days driving around these scenic lakes visiting more wineries, talking with winemakers and tasting hundreds of wines. What I found was acres of thriving vines growing grapes often known only in this area.
Bring Your Group To The Wine Country
Hotel Andalucia, centrally located in the city of Santa Barbara and adjacent to the winery-filled Santa Ynez Valley, is known for its flexible and inventive meeting and event spaces with space for 10 to 200 guests.
Of Wine and Popes…Chateauneuf-du-Pape
In France, just north of Avignon on the banks of the Rhone River, you can see thousands of acres of old, gnarled grapevines sprouting from terrain covered with large rounded stones.
Celebrity Chef Lineup For 2nd Annual Food & Wine Festival September 14-16, 2007
Foxwoods Resort Casino, the world ’s largest casino, is once again teaming up with some of the world’s most prestigious chefs for the second annual Foxwoods Food & Wine Festival.
New York State of…Riesling
Amid the rolling hills of the central plateau of New York State lie ten long slashes of pure blue water…like scratches from a tiger’s claws. They are deep and cold; in fact, they were formed by glaciers during the last Ice Age. These are the Finger Lakes. They would be worth a visit even if they didn’t produce some of the world’s best Riesling wines.
Wining (not Crying) in Argentina
I spent a week in Argentina a few months ago, visiting a dozen wineries and tasting hundreds of wines. Argentina is an up-and-comer in the wine world. Once it produced oceans of plonk consumed locally with massive slabs of beef. Today it is the fifth largest producer of wine, much of it exported worldwide. And a lot of its wine is very good and very competitive.
The Many Facets of Chenin Blanc
I love Chenin Blanc; I particularly love Chenin Blanc from France. In France’s Loire Valley, the grape’s native region, the variety reaches its peak.
Has Success Spoiled Santa Barbara?
Since the Alexander Payne Oscar-winning film “Sideways” debuted in October 2004, Santa Barbara County has seen a lot of growth tied directly to the film.
Barging Through Burgundy
Summer is vacation time. When one is a wine and foodie, vacations usually revolve around…wine and food. One of my ultimate w&f experiences was in France: a six-day barge cruise on the Esprit through the canals and rivers of northern Burgundy -- the Cote d’or area—literally the Gold Coast of wines.
Gambling, With Wine
Much has been written about Las Vegas and the adult theme parks/shopping malls/casinos that line up, shoulder-to-shoulder along the Strip, competitors in the entertainment Super Bowl. A lot of those words are devoted to the great restaurant, food and wine venues that make LV a foodie’s delight.
What's The Score? Wine by the Numbers
People have been using scoring systems for decades when evaluating wine. In a professional setting, for those in the business of making, buying or selling wine, a consistent system can be useful for making decisions.
Napa Valley: So Many Cabs, So Little Time
When you say “Napa Valley” to a wine lover, the first wine that comes to mind is Cabernet Sauvignon. Napa makes more great Cabernets (CS) than any other area worldwide except Bordeaux, where the grape is always blended.
A Quick Guide to Tasting Wine
At a wine industry tasting a few weeks ago, I was standing at a table where a well-known California winemaker was pouring his latest wines. |
