Just got back home, changed into shorts and flip flops, and made a drink. It’s a good thing I like Oxley gin. I mean Oxley Classic English Gin. We have a whole bottle of it and my husband decided he likes Tanqueray better. I think they’re similar; he doesn’t. There’s a clarity and brightness to [...]
I’m intrigued at the brininess of excellent Manzanilla – perfect with seafood. Why don’t we have sherry with our oysters + chowders more? Maybe we will if the Secret Sherry Society expands. http://www.secretsherrysociety.com/ I also love the fact that Oloroso and Amontillado are not abstract names from literature but real sherries you can drink. Sherry [...]
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I wonder if this is true elsewhere? Apparently, recession mentality bottomed out for NYC fine dining customers in the 4th quarter of 2009. Now diners are not afraid to show off anymore, if they have money. Last week, Wine + Spirits’ Joshua Greene moderated a panel with top NYC restaurant sommeliers Levi Dalton of Alto, [...]
This spring I had lunch at 2 high end restaurants, with NON-high-end wines: and it works surprisingly well. Very good to know. More specifics? Wine importer Pasternak thought this up. Cave de Lugny’s white Burgundy wines ($11-$20) very nicely paired with 3 courses at lunch at one of Boston’s top classic restaurants, L’Espalier. Also in [...]
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If you’re a person who knows an awful lot about wine, your next challenge may be tea. After attending a seminar given by Teamaster Chas Kroll at Boston’s Park Plaza Hotel, I was intrigued to learn about the subtleties of aroma and taste. Used to tasting wine, I wasn’t sure how to approach this, but [...]
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This is what I learned at the recent South African wine seminars. Chenin is 30% of South Africa’s white wine and the grape is grown on 18% of the country’s vineyards. In the rest of the world, this grape is known as Chenin Blanc; it makes great wines in the Loire region but has little [...]
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