Rex Pickett doesn't like the word "alcoholic." But the author of Sideways and the new sequel Vertical has given up drinking for the last four and a half months because he says he doesn't have the ability to stop drinking-read more-
Traditionally in haute cuisine wine service, a waiter refills wine glasses, and the diners never need sully their hands on the bottle. But traditional haute cuisine service is just about dead. Instead, the main reason servers refill glasses today is-read more-
We are tremendously proud to release The Best of the Press, Volume I, the first book under the Palate Press imprint. The Best of the Press, Volume I is a collection of the very best stories from the first year-read more-
Henry Sidel knows how to market high-end beverages; he helped launch Belvedere and Chopin vodkas. He thought he had his eyes open to the market obstacles when he founded Joto Sake in New York in 2005 but that doesn't make-read more-
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We are tremendously proud to release The Best of the Press, Volume I, the first book under the Palate Press...
A few weeks ago, we asked Palate Press readers to tell us how they felt about rating systems. Did they prefer the 100-point system, stars, or badges? Or would they rather have no ratings at all? The result? I like-read more-
It's hard to believe we published the first Palate Press: the online wine magazine a year ago today. In that time we published 796 stories, including 372 wine reviews. Our stories have been written by 120 different writers on five-read more-
Except for the absence of tie-dye, the second annual Natural Wine Week in San Francisco could have been an event right out of 1967. It was as well-intentioned and disorganized as a Be-In because nobody was really in charge. It's-read more-