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If you live in the northeast, there are years—like this one— that you wondered if summer would ever arrive. Now, consider Galicia: the northwest corner of Spain, where cool, rainy springs help the albarino grape turn into refreshing summer wine. Galicia hugs the Atlantic Ocean, receiving the o...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleItalyNapa ValleyPiedmontTuscany
Face it, your father does not need another tie. Or golf club, key fob or coffee mug. If he could tell you what he needs—and probably wants—it’s a good bottle of wine. For your red-wine loving father (or father to your children) there’s a Napa red that gives cause to celebrate any day. On...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleBordeaux
Today’s post is the second in an occasional series I have about pairing food and wine. A few months ago, I wrote about Fontanafredda Barolo Riserva with dishes from the kitchen of Eataly in Manhattan’s Flatiron district. (see Pairings: Fontanafredda at Eataly). Now we move to France for an expl...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleAustralia
Hewiston’s Vineyard (courtesy of Hewiston winery) Next year will be Hewitson winery’s 20th -anniversary, but with its quality to price ratio, you’ll want to celebrate it now. Founded in 1998 in Australia’s Barossa Valley, Hewitson winery is a family operation with 52-year-old Dean Hewit...
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Party wine bins set the mood After a winter of full-bodied, higher-priced wines, Memorial Day weekend is the seasonal marker for turning to lighter, fresh, moderately priced wines for outdoor parties. Welcome your guests as winemaker Jose Moro did at Manhattan’s Rouge Tomate with a glass of th...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleItalyVeneto
Dario Tommasi in center, surrounded by his nieces and nephews of the fourth generation, (left to right) Francesca, Stefano, Paola, Giancarlo, Michela, Erica, Piergiorgio, Barbara, and Pierangelo. In various forms, the old saw about family business is: The first generation builds it, the second en...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleChampagneGermanyNapa Valley
I recall my mother eating chocolate every day of my life, but never drinking wine (or any alcohol) until my early 30s, when I introduced her to a German riesling spatlese. She was hooked after the first sip. I watched her run the tip of her tongue around her lips savoring the flavor, and remember h...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleBordeauxFrance
courtesy of Chateau Olivier Even when you own a property for centuries, sometimes you don’t know what’s there. In 1886, Alexandre de Bethmann, mayor of Bordeaux and a member of a family with a long legacy in European banking and business (some of which helped finance the construction of ...
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A Thursday Wine ArticleCalifornia
Randy Ullom with Kendall-Jackson wines at The Modern restaurant in Manhattan Randy Ullom, Kendall-Jackson’s winemaster, had two words to say about the origins of a wine barrel: “Prove it.” As half of the Kendall-Jackson, Jess Jackson—along with his wife, Jane Kendall Wadlow Jackson—create...
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Courtesy New York Botanical Garden No matter where you live in America, winter is over. Daffodils are joyous yellow, and Japanese cherry trees a riot of white, pink and red shades. These are the visual stimulation for opening bottles of fragrant wines as light and delicate as a spring flower pet...
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