3 Things You Cannot Miss in Western Sicily
Sicily is a cornucopia of beauty, art, history, landscape, delightful food and wine. Here are three things you absolutely cannot miss, if you are going to travel in Western Sicily.
What I Learned Inside the CIA
I love to cook and love to learn, so when the Culinary Institute of America invited me to attend one of their culinary Boot Camps, gratis, I pounced.
Pairing and the Power of Suggestion
More often than not, food and wine pairing seems to me no more than hypnotism without the swinging watch. Some Authoritative Personality tells us that Sauvignon Blanc goes well with pesto because both are herba...
Bistro Zinc
Bistro Zinc is a destination restaurant, something to savor if you live in the neighborhood and to put on the dining list for any trip to the Windy City.
2003 Chateau Bouscaut
The nose has light florals, mostly violet, and aromas of cedar. Black fruits lead, with a light background of red currants. From mid-palate to finish florals shine through. A great balance of acids and fine tan...
2011 Redux: The Very Best Wine iApps
Editors' note: To close 2011, Palate Press: The online wine magazine will be featuring some of our top stories from the past year. Our second piece comes from Paul Mabray, Chief Strategy Officer of VinTank: Digital Think Tank for the Wine Industry, highlighting the most promising mobile wine apps by category.
Palate Press Wines of the Year
For the rest of 2011 we will be running two polls for our Readers' Choice Palate Press Wines of the Year, to join the Palate Press Wine of the Year selected by more than 100 wine lovers and wine professionals i...
First Wine for Lauren Auction lots go live on Monday
As I hope you know by now, we are auctioning off some absurdly great and rare wines for a very good cause, to raise funds to help find out what happened to a missing girl. To read ab...