December 4, 2008
There's no better way to tour a California vineyard than on horseback. So when Karl Wente, the 30-ish head of the 3,000-acre Wente vineyards in Liverm...
Molly Laas | Posted 11.15.2008 | Style
White Burgundies are steely and racy, with subtle toast notes, whiffs of gravel and agreeable, fresh fruit. There are few foods (and few dates!) that couldn't succumb to its charms.
Leslie Goldman | Posted 11.11.2008 | Living
Our gender may not believe we're as vulnerable as our male counterparts, but we account for nearly half of all heart attack deaths.
Simran Sethi | Posted 10.23.2008 | Green
Most candles are made from paraffin wax, which is derived from crude oil. Demand for these products plays into our reliance on fossil fuels.
Tony Sachs | Posted 10.21.2008 | Living
I've written sporadically about spirits and cocktails for HuffPost, so does that qualify me to review wine as well? Ummm ... sure!
Simran Sethi | Posted 10.17.2008 | Green
It's all about how far your wine has been shipped, and the materials used to package it. Aluminum screw-tops are more likely to be recycled than natural corks, and they prevent wines from going bad.
Marlene Rossman | Posted 10.13.2008 | Style
We in the U.S. don't love stinky. We grew up on too-sweet soda, Hawaiian punch and Yoo -Hoo, and we want our Pinot Noirs to taste like cherry cola (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Molly Laas | Posted 10.09.2008 | Living
For a while I have puzzled over the phenomenon Frank Bruni describes in his Times piece on gender roles in the dining room, and not for lack of someth...
Vicky Ward | Posted 10.06.2008 | Style
So thrift is the new chic in New York -- and, as one dinner companion and I reflected on it last week, we felt relieved.
Doreen Orion | Posted 09.04.2008 | Style
As I close in on fifty, I've made a shocking discovery: I just don't care. I'm learning that there is so much that is surprisingly, gloriously, wondrously liberating about the half-century mark.
Molly Laas | Posted 09.03.2008 | Living
White wine fatigue sets in at some point during the summer. The Austrian gruner veltliner, Sancerre, Muscadet and sherry that sustained me though blaz...
Josie Garthwaite | Posted 08.27.2008 | Green
For a greener version of the red Spanish punch, try sweetening sangria with honey from a nearby farmers market and opting for organic seasonal fruits and local wines.
Chris Weigant | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics
There was a news item today about a group of college presidents who have signed on to an effort to "rethink" the drinking age in America. While not e...
Marlene Rossman | Posted 08.15.2008 | Style
Why do we need experts (and I am one of those) to teach, tell and advise us on what wine tastes like? So we won't dribble it down our lips and bibs and never have a clue as to what we are tasting?
Isabel Cowles | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green
With global temperatures steadily climbing, everything you thought you knew about viticulture might change.
Marlene Rossman | Posted 08.06.2008 | Style
Lately here has been a great deal of bitching and moaning about restaurant waitstaff and wine service. Having been on both ends of the wine bottle, I can tell you that the feeling is often mutual.
Treehugger | Jessica Root | Posted 08.06.2008 | Green
There's a Latin saying that goes, "It is well to remember that there are five reasons for drinking: the arrival of a friend; one's present or future t...
Marlene Rossman | Posted 08.01.2008 | Style
You don't have to be a novice to have problems ordering wine. Many people who know a good deal about wine have had bad experiences with restaurant wine lists. So, the next time you're handed the wine list keep these things in mind.
mental_floss | Diana Wolf | Posted 07.25.2008 | Green
Torn between wines from Napa and Bordeaux? Well, if Dr. Tyler Colman had his way, you wouldn't be selecting your alcohol solely based on your palette ...
John Tepper Marlin | Posted 07.22.2008 | Living
Wine-making organic standards are more complex than standards for vegetables -- organic vegetable production is earth-friendly, health-friendly and tastes better. For organic wine the case needs more elaboration.
Grist | Posted 06.12.2008 | Green
About 15 years ago, a friend brought an organic wine to a dinner party I was giving. He explained to me that in addition to being made from grapes tha...
Ecopreneurist | MC Milker | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green
Vineyards are perhaps one of the most entrepreneurial of ventures. Long the dream of many a corporate worker and the fulfillment of one by celebrities...
Jacqueline Leo | Posted 05.05.2008 | Living
Finally, someone in grape valley climbed out of the wine cellar to figure out what wine drinkers really want aside from great taste: peel-off wine labels.
Melissa Gibson, Jodi Citrin, and Katie Nuanes | Posted 03.17.2008 | Living
If your relationship with wine and its selection process is anything like ours, then you're going to love Nirvino - the wine website that recently elevated us from wine-neophytes to virtual sommeliers.
Financial Times | Jonathan Birchall | Posted 03.05.2008 | Business
Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, is to start selling wine in the US, entering a business fraught with regulatory complexities and littered...
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Seth Bauer | Posted 12.02.2008 | Green