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Wine Spectator (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gramercy Tavern's beverage director talks about maintaining the restaurants Best of Award of Excellence and her approach to learning about--and teaching--wine
JancisRobinson.com (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
Canadian sommelier Lindsay Groves files this report on part of her recent travels in the Middle East.
Chinalyst - China blogs in English (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
By Jim Boyce Nicolas Carre is manager of the new Maxim’s (Solana) in Beijing, a trained sommelier, creator and director of local French-language newsletter Ping Pong, and Beijing rep for DCT Wines. Busy guy. I talked to him about trends in the local wine scene, his view on customers and wine, and what will be on the menu at Maxim’s. - What wine trends have you seen in Beijing during your five years...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
More Chicago Gourmet updates. Tickets went on sale yesterday for the Grand Cru Wine Tastings, September 27 and 28. Master sommeliers, including local talents Joseph Spellman, Alpana Singh and Serafin Alvarado, will select fifty of the best wines in the world for tasting. The ticket price, however, is steep: a nice, round price of $175 per person (that's on top of the $150 tag to enter Millennium Park...
Wine Camp Blog (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
Wine and health | Of sommeliers and stomachs | Economist.com Red, red wine and red, red meat. I always loved science....
Wine Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/18/2008
For the head sommelier of the Grand Award winning Daniel restaurant in New York, great wine is not only about acidity and minerality, its also about family
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
It had been nearly an hour in the aisles of Cost Plus World Market, a stone's throw from Fisherman's Wharf, and Christie Dufault was starting to get anxious. A Coppola Black Label Claret had been added to the cart, tentatively. A 2006 Muscadet looked...
The Informed Traveler (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
See France through rosé-colored glasses at the Hotel Meurice, the legendary hotel across from the Tuileries Gardens. Enjoy an incomparable wine-tasting experience, priced at EUR 90 per person, where Head Sommelier, Nicolas Rebut, takes you on a journey through the famous wine-growing regions of France. Starting at 7 pm in Bar 228, each delicious wine [...]
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
That restaurant staffer who hands you the wine list may know even more about wine than you think. In what appears to be a burgeoning trend, several Bay Area sommeliers don't just recommend wine to diners; in off-hours, they're vintners, too. Convinced that...
In the Land of Lynfred (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
About a month ago we received a very intriguing email from Andrew Stover, the Director of Wine Marketing and Sommelier for OYA Restaurant and Lounge , in Washington D.C. He wanted to create a ‘Road to the Wine House’ tasting during the presidential run so who better to contact than wineries from the candidates home states! So far we’ve been told that our Seyval Blanc is winning in the debates! Bill...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
That restaurant staffer who hands you the wine list may know even more about wine than you think. In what appears to be a burgeoning trend, several Bay Area sommeliers don't just recommend wine to diners; in off-hours, they're vintners, too. Convinced that...
Legal Marketing Canada (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
In addition to being a lawyer, a computer programmer and an SEO wizard, Skunkworks ' Technical Director Mark Hicken is also an avid wine buff - indeed his unofficial title at Skunkworks is "Agency Sommelier". Now he has combined that expertise into a new blog devoted to issues around the legal regulation and marketing of wine in Canada . He was also quoted in a recent National Post article on the...
The Food Section (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
Sommelier Daniel Johnnes cooks for Daniel Boulud and company: "Johnnes, who oversees wine operations for Boulud’s restaurant empire, invited Boulud and a gaggle of his lieutenants to his Brooklyn residence for a dinner that he prepared. Crazier still, he decided...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
A wine director at a famous French restaurant was robbed at gunpoint by three young thieves on the Upper East Side, The Post has learned. Eric Delcros, 34, who is employed by the tony La Grenouille at 3 East 52nd St., told The Post he was walking...
Mirabilis.ca (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
From The Economist: Of sommeliers and stomachs. Fine food sings on the palate, but pairing it with the right wine creates a chorus. Among those in the know, the plum, chocolate and spice flavours of Cabernet Sauvignons, Merlots, Pinot Noirs and Sangioveses best accentuate the rich flavours of red meats. Now, however, a group of researchers [...]
