While the Essex Street stop on the NYC subway is not noted for its gourmet restaurants and not featured on any tourist map of Manhattan, I was motivated to journey to this part of the city to find out how the wines from the Spanish vineyards of Bodegas Emilio Moro linked with the Balvanera Restaurant […]
GQ Man of the Month is Spanish wine Industrialist
Another reason to visit Italy: Celebrity awards for Italian wine from Tre Bicchieri (3 Glasses)
Power Annually, Gambero Rosso, an Italy-based organization, reviews and selects what they determine are the best recently-released Italian wines. The guidebook, first published in 1987 by Gambero Rosso (food and wine publisher), has become the most influential guide to Italian wines as it rates the wines for each producer per region. Thousands of Wines Evaluated […]
Bringing Charisma to the Wines of Spain: Jose Moro
While the Essex Street stop on the NYC subway is not noted for its gourmet restaurants and not featured on any tourist map of Manhattan, I was motivated to journey to this part of the city to find out how the wines from the Spanish vineyards of Bodegas Emilio Moro linked with the Balvanera Restaurant […]
Enjoy Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris? Try Hungary’s Furmint!
Until I read the Harriet Lembeck article on Furmint (January 2015, Beverage Dynamics), I thought it was a new Swiss chocolate/mint truffle. Lembeck references Bordeaux’s Samuel Tinon a sweet wine maker, who moved to the Tokaji region of Hungary, eager to make wine with botrytis cinera, or noble rot. Unfortunately for Tinon, because of climate […]
Kosher Wines: Competitive Advantage
Gone are the days when kosher wine tasted like melted popsicles. Fortunately for oenophiles kosher wines options have expanded beyond sweet Concord grapes of Manischevitz fame. The 1980s heralded the revival of the Israeli wine industry and today kosher wine has moved into a premium category. Kosher wines are produced throughout the world (including Israel, […]
Italian Barolo and Barbaresco Wine: Not for the Timid
Italy recently showcased their wines in New York. Forget about Fashion Week, it is Italian Wine Week and Vinitaly International that should take center stage and receive the media coverage that skirts and dresses attract. Italian Wine Week brings wine growers, wine makers, wine buyers, wine sellers, wine drinkers, wine educators, and journalists to a […]
Harriet Lembeck: Dean and Pioneer Wine and Spirits Education
Wine. An Art and a Science Wine is more than grapes, terroir, weather, science and luck. If it were, wines would be made in a laboratory and not on the hills and dales of villages and communities around the world. Because the production of wine is complex and the resulting beverage is more than “something […]
Memo to self: Drink more Italian wine
Fortunately for Italy, many Americans drink Italian wines (32.4 percent) as it generates $1.65 billion (January – November 2016) for the Italian economy. In fact, Americans consumed 5.9 percent more Italian wines in 2016 than they did in 2015. People who live in New York, California, Florida, Illinois and Texas drive consumption, representing 50 percent of […]
Grands Crus de Bordeaux: Delicious! An Understatement
Union Des Grand Crus de Bordeaux The Union includes 134 chateaux who are passionate about the unique personalities of their Bordeaux wines – along with 6 million French and international visitors who found their way to this special part of France in 2014. More than 50 percent of the travelers selected the destination primarily for […]