So you think the three-tier alcohol (wine, beer and sprits) wholesale distribution model is broken and you want to flush it? Read this first. (In the interest of full disclosure, while I blog at night, I work during the day-read more-
Opening a bottle of sparkling wine can be scary—here’s how and what to open. In the US, a lot of us are afraid of Champagne. We say we want to drink Champagne, we think we want to drink Champagne, but-read more-
Michigan. Ohio State. The college football rivalry has been around for 112 years. The wine rivalry, not so long. And maybe not as competitive, but my experience in this battle of state wines—my first ever as a judge—came complete with-read more-
Take our first-ever Palate Press Wine Poll, at Palate Press: The online wine magazine. "If I won the lottery I would ..." If I won the lottery I would(polls)
If someone in New York wants a bottle of Finger Lakes Riesling they can't buy it in a grocery store. If someone in Pennsylvania wants to buy a bottle of Chambourcin they have to go to a state-owned retailer. A-read more-
The friendly hum of good-humored conversation, punctuated by peals of happy laughter, proves that neither a clock nor a calendar is necessary to know that it's lunchtime on Friday at Galatoire's, a New Orleans classic with stars in the kitchen,-read more-
Icewine has been a blessing and a curse for Canadian wine's international reputation. A blessing, because it allowed Canadian wines to gain recognition - enough so that Inniskillin's Icewine was served at the banquet honoring Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize,-read more-
Break-ups are tough: rampant emotional swings, loss of appetite, dividing up stuff and friends, figuring out how to move on. I’ve been dealing with all of that in the past few weeks, but in my case, the list includes one-read more-