For those who are attending the Fancy Food show in NYC this coming week, you have a great opportunity to try wines from some of Italy's best producers who together with San Patrignano have been showing their wines throughout the country during this past month. I worked at their opening event in New York last... Continue Reading →
South Africa & Madiba On My Mind
Like so much of the world, I am anxiously reading news of Nelson Mandela. We all know he is frail and certainly not young. That said, his presence makes the world a better place. He had been one of my heroes for many years and as I write this I am looking at a quote... Continue Reading →
Wine of the Week: Veleta Vijiriega From Spain’s Bodega Dominio Buenavista in Ugijar, Granada
Yesterday I went to the Guia Penin tasting to work at the table of a winery I represent, Eccoci Wines. I didn't taste too many wines but I did get to try one made from an indigenous variety from Spain called Vijiriega that sparked my interest. It also had 10% Chardonnay I read in their... Continue Reading →
Italian Indigenous Varieties: Cesanese Comune & Cesanese Affile from Lazio
Cesanese Comune and Cesanese Affile are red grape varieties that are grown in Lazio. The wines they produce are usually full bodied and somewhat spicy with nice tannins. The first time I had ever heard of Cesanese was in 2005 when I had the occasion to interview the Princess Maria Camilla Pallavicini from the Principe... Continue Reading →
Firenze, San Giovanni, e I Vini del Marchesi Ginori Lisci
For about 23 years I have considered Florence my second home. I feel 100% at home in that city where I had a home for six years in my 20s, a magical time to roam and live in Florence. I confess that I was not the cook in my home, my ex was a fabulous... Continue Reading →
Rediscovering Chardonnay: Antica from Antinori Family
A few weeks ago I wrote on my blog that I was on my way to my college reunion. I mentioned that I was curious what my friends and roommates would be drinking after all of these years. I discovered that their tastes were quite eclectic but Chardonnay was also a theme that ran through... Continue Reading →
Wine of the Week: Millbrook Tocai Friulano 2012
My wine of the week is from Millbrook Winery in the Hudson Valley. Their Tocai Friulano appealed to me when I tried it for the first time five years ago and still holds my interest as a summer sipper. Fruity but dry with nice mineral notes and crisp acidity, I thoroughly enjoy this wine. I... Continue Reading →
Local Wine Shops In New York City: Long Island City
This week I am dedicating my blog to New York. I lost a member of my family recently who was a true New Yorker - a Brooklynite and Dodger fan at the outset of his life, an inhabitant of the West Village for decades and an attorney on 42nd Street/5th for most of it. New... Continue Reading →
New World Wines & Spirits: Rum from the Bronx – Tirado Distillery
I finally am getting back to my blog after a hiatus. I decided to start from where it all began, New York. I spent my childhood in a town in New Jersey but come from a long line of New Yorkers and feel very much a part of this city. Everyone in my family was... Continue Reading →
