Tag: wine
From Garden to Table, Expertly Paired with Wines
Wine is a living thing. It has a time of brash youthfulness, a span of optimal middle years, a graceful old age, and then...
Have Wine, Will Travel
By Bob Sacks |
Ever wonder why some restaurants allow patrons to bring in their own bottles of wine (BYOB) while others do not; and...
Drink Pink – Or Blush Or Gold Or Peach
By Tori and Sasha Sickles |
Some summer trends never die – Ray Ban shades, Italian ice at Strollo’s Lighthouse, and the tropical sounds of...
A Midsummer’s Night Wine Dinner
Story and photo by Bob Sacks
Summertime cries out for thirst-quenching white and rosé wines; certainly this summer’s oppressive heat and humidity, even more so, but...
Wines for End-of-Season Grilling
By Charles B. Rubinstein
“Sunburn is very becoming, but only when it is even –
One must be careful not to look like a mixed grill.”
–Noel...
What’s in a Name?
By Charles B. Rubinstein
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
– William Shakespeare, Romeo and...
Looking at Wine as an Investment
By Charles B. Rubinstein
Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs repairing.
– Billy Rose
If one considers the purchase of wine as an investment in...
Picking the Right Zin
By Charles B. Rubinstein
In the mirrorlike relationship between wine and human beings,
Zinfandel owned more reflective properties than any other grape…
As a result, its own...
How Restaurants Decide on the Price for Wine
By Charles B. Rubinstein
Buy it and never count the cost;
For one white singing hour of peace
Count many a year of strife well lost …
Sara...
The Pleasures of Sherry
By Charles B. Rubinstein
“If penicillin cures illnesses,
Sherry resuscitates the dead.”
–Sir Alexander Fleming
“I don’t get any respect,” was the oft-repeated line that the late Rodney...
