Italian Wine Week III: 2009 Torre dei Beati Montepulciano d’Abruzzo Cerasuolo
July 29, 2010 – 12:16 pm | No Comment

Wherein I raise my glass to a versatile summer wine that’s like Reese Witherspoon in a glass.

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Hey, Sommelier–I’m Talking to You
July 8, 2010 – 6:38 pm | 4 Comments

Eric Asimov’s recent article about sommeliers who taste wine before serving it has sparked a lot of discussion in the wine blogo/Twittersphere. The practice doesn’t bother me, but the piece, and the reaction it provoked, got me thinking a lot about my sommelier pet peeves. The majority of my encounters with sommeliers have been positive…but I’ve had my fair share of negative experiences. And when things do go bad, it usually plays out a little something like this.

Dinner at Blue Hill Stone Barns
June 30, 2010 – 6:06 pm | 2 Comments
Dinner at Blue Hill Stone Barns

Happy anniversary to me and Paul! We celebrated with a fantastic dinner at Blue Hill Stone Barns, where we ate and drank well — and did a little inter-species mingling.

France Restaurant Rundown
October 12, 2009 – 7:22 pm | One Comment
France Restaurant Rundown

I’m about to turn 37 (yikes), and the older I get, the less tolerance I have for bullshit — especially when it comes to restaurants. I was really looking forward to our trip to France as a return to restaurant sanity.