Travel
For me, it’s fascinating to see a wineglass, a decanter, a wine bottle that sat on a dining table hundreds of years ago. It might be plain and thick and unevenly shaped. It might be thin and delicate and rimmed with gold. At the Corning Museum of Glass in upstate New York, I was fascinated [...]
Came back from a presentation of Greek wines last night that left us so excited we all went home to check Orbitz for cheap flights to Athens. It’s not just that the wines were all well-crafted and made sense to our palates, it’s that the presenter was incredibly enthusiastic: Theresa Paopao, wine director of Oleana [...]
I now require soft, fresh white mozzarella cheese every morning. And sometimes as a first course in the evening , too. Strewn with red, juicy cherry tomato halves, a drizzle of this season’s gold-green olive oil, and a sprinkling of salt and pepper. This the cucina povere (cuisine of the poor) from Puglia, the Italian [...]
Continue reading about Puglia: Ancient Land, Simple Dishes, Wines Re-energizing.
I asked so many wine questions I had to come clean. When I confessed to the crew of Singapore flight 25 I was going to the Singapore Airlines wine forum, an off-duty crew member overheard and took me through an impromptu wine-tasting at 33,000 feet — or whatever the actual altitude was. It was also [...]
2 weeks of non-stop french fries — aka frites aka chips! That’s what I did on my summer vacation in the north of France and the south of England. With salt, with ketchup, with mayonnaise. Because it was during a heatwave, miraculously all the calories evaporated!
The KINGDOM of Navarra: a blend of super-chef, medieval castles, good to great wines and it’s green, too: 38 windfarms generate 65% of their energy. An ancient tradition of wines and spirits, and very modern hearty but beautifully balanced red wines, often temperanillo and temp blends. And a few lyrical sauvignon blancs, too. We had [...]
Continue reading about Lobster that melts in your mouth — with wine — from Navarra, Spain
The best part about The Bubble Lounge Champagne Bar in SF? Yes, there are the small-production Champagnes, which have gotten better and better (since Terry Thiese began introducing them to the US a decade or so ago). And then there’s the new, sensuous small bites menu to pair with the Champagnes. But my favorite part [...]
