Last weekend I shared a bottle of white Burgundy at one of my favorite NY restaurants, the Spotted Pig. It was a 2012 Aligote by Fanny Sabre from the Pommard area outside of Beaune in…
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Wine Wednesdays – Donkey and Goat Winery Tasting
Last week I stopped by Blue Ribbon Wine Bar for a late-night winemaker tasting with Tracey Brandt of Donkey and Goat Winery in Berkeley, CA. I hadn’t heard of Donkey and Goat before but I…
Wine Wednesdays – Lenz 2010 Chardonnay
While out in Greenport we decided to pick up a bottle of wine to enjoy before dinner. The local wine store recommended the 2010 Lenz White Label Chardonnay, and he just so happened to have…
Wine Wednesdays – 2011 Blina Barbera D’Asti
When my dad was in town I took him to one of my favorite restaurants in the city, Jeffrey’s Grocery. We shared a seafood tower (with which I enjoyed a crisp sauvignon blanc) then moved…
Wine Wednesdays – 2012 Failla Pinot Noir
Part two of my trip to Ohio was spent exploring all of the new bars and restaurants in my college town. So much has changed in what feels like such a quick 6 years since…
Wine Wednesday – Back in Ohio with Shifflett Wines
Last week I joined my dad for a series of tastings in the Cincinnati, Ohio area. I went to school at Miami University so it was a fun excuse for me to go back and…
Wine Wednesdays – Bordeaux + Duck Confit Tasting
Last week I invited some friends over to practice both my cooking skills as well as tasting skills. I had smuggled a tin of duck confit back from France last year and it had been…
Wine Wednesdays – Fontanafredda Serralunga D’Alba Barolo
Last week I had a delicious dinner at Quality Meats in midtown. Midtown on a Saturday night….bleh I know, but it was worth the trek uptown! After slight snafus with a backup of service, we…
Celebrate Burgundy Week – Tasting in NYC this Saturday
How clever am I to post about Burgundy labels without even know that we’re currently celebrating Burgundy week here in NYC and SF?!?! If you live in either of these cities, check out the Burgundy…
Wine Wednesday – How To Decipher a White Burgundy Label
New world vs. old world, colors, style, logo, font….all things that factor into a wine’s label. So many of us choose a wine based on an emotional response to a label, but recently I learned…