Posted in food, i *heart*, restaurants, travel, wine, tagged catifish sandwich, Cristal, Hot Picks, Luneau-Papin, Matt's In The Market, Peter Liem, Seattle on July 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
(Above: Champagne grapes are indeed very cute)
I was in Seattle last week for the Wine & Spirits Hot Picks tasting event, which was held at the historic Paramount Theatre in downtown. Like I did for a similar W&S event held in LA, I participated in a radio show in the days before the tasting (although [...]
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Posted in food, i *heart*, restaurants, san francisco, tagged Conservatory of Flowers, Dios Baco, Golden Gate Park picnic, Gutierrez Colosia, Jardinere, Sherry, Spanish Table on March 28, 2008 | No Comments »
Simon and I were joined by the Third Degree last Saturday in Golden Park for some serious picnic action. Food spread: a garlicy saucisson, St. Marcellin, crusty bread. Washed it all down with a couple bottles of ‘06 Willamette Valley pinot gris (which to me is looking like a lovely vintage for Oregon gris) while [...]
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Posted in i *heart*, italy, travel, wine bars, tagged travel, Florence, Zanobini, Le Lame, Duomo, Perché No, Radiohead on February 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I should’ve taken the blue pill…
After a long, long day traveling–delays, canceled flights, and being stuck next to a very stinky fellow passenger for 11 hours–I decided to hit the town.
Apart from a few streets around the Duomo and Ponte Vecchio, Florence is refreshingly free of tourists these days. There are some advantages to [...]
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Posted in i *heart*, travel, wine, tagged Anderson Valley, gewurztraminer, Handley, International Alsace Varieties Festival, Navarro, pinot gris, pinot noir, Proust, wine on February 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Anderson Valley–a long, wide valley that runs in a northwesterly direction towards the Pacific Ocean in Mendocino County–is possibly my favorite wine region in California. The redwood-lined ridges and gently undulating hills along the valley floor (if you can call it that) are among the reasons I love this place; the creeping, cold ocean mists [...]
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Posted in i *heart*, italy, restaurants, travel, wine, tagged Falai, Massaretta, New York, New York Restaurants, Prune, Ramen Setagaya, Tia Pol, travel, Wine Critic on January 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Above: The bloody mary list is ten deep during brunch at Prune, and each bloody is served with a beer chaser. Mine was made with aquavit rather than vodka, and served with fennel and white anchovies.)
A short post to explain my absence of late. Tasting duties for Wine & Spirits took me to New York [...]
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