The end of November. Usually a festive time stretching through the holiday season to the new year. As with everything else in 2020, however, this week’s Thanksgiving celebrations Read More
With so many things gone missing in 2020 due to lockdowns and quarantines, one that I miss the most is a grand wine tasting. Gone this year was Read More
I confess. I’ve always been a bit of a nerd. How else would you describe a person who collected TV Guide covers for over 30 years? Or whose Read More
Actually it was over fifty years ago (it just seems like twenty) that The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. Not just one of Read More
While vacationing in Tuscany about 10 years ago, I did a wine tour in Chianti. At one of the wineries on the tour, I was surprised to learn Read More
OK. I admit it. For the longest time I hated rosé wine. Well, maybe hate is too strong a word. I guess I should say that in recent years Read More
The New York Wine & Grape Foundation presented the annual NY Drinks NY earlier this month. Held again at The Altman Building on 18th Street in Manhattan, the Read More
The November thaw had taken a turn toward winter, but not yet too far a turn. Thanksgiving was in the rear-view mirror, and the holidays loomed ahead. Tis Read More
I love cooking and I love tasting wine. After attending a recent hands-on cooking class on the Joy of Risotto at the A La Carte Culinary School in Read More
For the past couple of years, I’ve been interviewing winemakers and winery owners in New York State for information for our blog “A Vintner’s Tale”. One of my Read More