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S’well — the bottle whose name is an understatement
If Apple made water bottle it would look like the S’well bottle. The S’well bottle is just what some people needed. People, that is, who want their water bottle to be practical and stylish. The intent...
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“Quiet titan” Hudson Cattell gets life award at Eastern Wine Expo
Hudson Cattell talked not of himself –but of others – as he received the lifetime achievement award at the Eastern Winery Exposition in Lancaster March 7. That should have surprised no one. Despite a...
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Looking to DLW Colorado; Looking back to DLW Missouri
When I attended Drink Local Wine in Missouri last year, I didn’t have my act together enough to ship many wines back home. It’s a greater loss than failing to do so on the West Coast. DLW is held in...
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What local theater has to do with local wine
At several panel discussions and the concurrent Twitter exchanges at the Drink Local Conference in Denver, Co., last month, one theme came up and quickly got under my skin. Local wine has to be...
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Exploring Colorado Wine/Food at Smith Fork Ranch
I found out the meaning of “God’s Country” in remote Crawford, Colordo. There, on the banks of Smith Fork of the Gunnison River with Needle Rock rising out in the distance is Smith Fork Ranch, a great...
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Whetting appetite for Germany’s lesser-known wine regions
Meals don’t get more American than a barbecue. But on the day before my excursion to the German wine regions of Rheinhessen and Franken I went into the my cellar and dug out wines to give me a taste...
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Meet Jim Beau, Skytop Lodge Wine Director
Jim Beau doesn’t talk about much about wines that he likes. The wine director at Skytop Lodge with a long career in wine wholesaling would rather talk about wines the diners at Skytop like. Jim Beau in...
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Drink Local Wine offers immersion into Maryland Wine
At the Drink Local Wine Twitter Taste Off in Northern Virginia in 2010 we were enjoying cabernet franc, petite manseng, Norton, even albarino in a hotel ballroom when a small crowd gathered just...
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The true garagistes of Settembre Cellars, a winery in a suburban garage
Visiting a winery at its earliest, humblest stages is a true treat. I got that opportunity during a recent trip to Boulder, Colorado, with a visit to Settembre Wine Cellars. The wines, winemaker,...
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Dr. Frank’s gewurztraminer and aging Finger Lakes Whites
Fred Frank, the president of Dr. Frank’s Vinifera Wine Cellars, has taken a lead in showing the ageability of Finger Lakes wines. Following up on similar vertical tastings of riesling and rkatsiteli,...
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It was a Dark ‘N’ Stormy cocktail
Cola is too heavy for me. I’m long weaned off the sticky sweetness Pepsi and Coke. Artificial sweeteners don’t agree with me. Enter the Dark ‘N’ Stormy, a twist on the good Rum & Coke, or Cuba...
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Wine Buying Guides Worthless in Pennsylvania
Hey, Pennsylvanians! Were you excited to get your October issue of Food & Wine and peruse that awesome list of “50 Amazing Wines for $15 or Less” just in time for holiday wine buying? Of course you...
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After decade, Lassegue releases vaunted vintage
Pierre Seillan loves California as much as a Bordelais vigneron could. The long-time partner of Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke on projects in both Europe and California finds growing grapes on the...
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