Tasting Wine and Chocolate: Melt in Your Mouth Marvelous
Wine and chocolate have many similarities but pairing them can yield differences of opinion. My palate was tested at a chocolate and wine tasting hosted by the Bordeaux Wine School…
Wild About Maremma, Italy’s Wild West
Cowboys and sandy coastlines were not the part of Tuscany I usually visit, which is more castles and cypress trees dotting the hills around Florence and Siena. But an autumn…
Beyond Tempranillo: Five Spanish Red Grapes to Discover
Many Spanish wine lovers consider a Rioja or Ribera del Duero when looking for a full-bodied red wine. After all, some of Spain’s most sought-after and well-known red wines are…
Black Bean and Corn Salad
This easy recipe was adapted from Cynthia Stevens Graubart’s cookbook, “Sunday Suppers: Simple Fresh Menus for Sunday Gatherings.” Graubart is an award-winning cookbook author based in Atlanta. We included chopped…
Pét-Nat: The Perfect Picnic Wine
Fizzy, refreshing and lower in alcohol – that describes the perfect wine for a casual summer picnic. It also describes pét-nat, short for pétillant-naturel.
Add Some Sparkle to Kick Up Your Rosé Style
Two Glasses of Rose / Pink Champagne, selective focus I have a tradition of opening a bottle of Billecart-Salmon Brut Rosé Champagne for my New Year’s birthday each year. The…
A Drink to Your Health: Ayurvedic Cocktails
Many restaurants have added low-alcohol and- no alcohol drinks to their bar menus, incorporating healthier ingredients. ROOH, an urban Indian restaurant and bar in San Francisco, takes it a step further…
Warm Weather Cocktails: High in Flavor and Low in Alcohol
A recent trip to Italy reminded me of the pleasures of sipping an apéritif before dinner. A drinking tradition in Europe, an apéritif is a light, dry, low alcohol beverage…
Some Like it Raw: Deciphering Natural, Organic, Vegan & Biodynamic Wines
A growing population of health and environmentally-conscious individuals are concerned about what goes into their foods, such as chemicals, preservatives and genetically modified ingredients. Naturally this is spreading to winemaking.…