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• Wine of the Week: Fjord Vineyards 2025 Hudson River Region White Gamay Noir

  

  There's something special about ending the day on my front porch with a glass of wine in hand. This summer, my porch has become my favorite tasting room. Read more

  Posted on 16 July 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine of the Week: Château Des Antonins Bordeaux Blanc 2023

  

  With temperatures soaring last week, I started digging through the fridge looking for something crisp and refreshing. I came up with a 2023 Château des... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine of the Week: Ronchi Di Cialla Schioppettino 2021

  

  One of the things I love most about wine is that every bottle tells a story. Sometimes that story begins in the vineyard. Sometimes it begins during a... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Grape of the Month: Traminette

  

  When people talk about aromatic white wines, the conversation often turns to Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, or Gewürztraminer. But there's another grape that... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine of the Week: Avinyó Gran Reserva Cava La Ticota Selecció 2017

  

  Some corks are pulled on an ordinary day. Others mark a moment you'll be talking about for the rest of your life. This week's bottle falls squarely into the... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Patagonia – Where the End of the World Meets Extraordinary Wine

  

  At the bottom of the world, where Andean winds scour the land and volcanic soils stretch toward the horizon, a handful of pioneering winemakers are crafting som... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine of the Week: Vale Do Homem Loureiro 2022 Vinho Verde DOC

  

  When most people hear the words Vinho Verde, they often think of an inexpensive, slightly fizzy white wine that appears at summer picnics and backyard barbecues. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine of the Week: Domaine Cep d'Or 2023 Auxerrois Coteaux De Stadtbredimus

  

  As I prepare for my upcoming trip to Luxembourg, I decided it was time to start exploring some of the country's wines. I opened a bottle of Domaine Cep d'Or 202... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Schioppettino: Friuli’s Peppery Secret and the Women Preserving It

  Somewhere in the northeast corner of Italy — 500 meters from the Slovenian border, an hour and a half from Venice, tucked into a green valley of gentle hills an... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine of the Week: Pajzos 2022 T-Furmint – A Dry Taste of Hungary

  

  When a friend brings wine to dinner, I'm always excited to see what appears on the table. This week's wine was especially exciting because it checked two boxes... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• June’s Grape of the Month: Rkatsiteli — The 8,000-Year-Old Wine Built for Summer

  

  If your summer wine rotation has gotten a little predictable—same Sauvignon Blanc, same rosé, same chilled Chardonnay on repeat—I want to introduce you to the... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine of the Week: Elena Walch 2024 Rosé

  

  There’s something about that first truly warm spring day that immediately makes me reach for rosé. serious. That’s exactly what happened when I pulled a bottle... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Memorial Day Feels Different This Year: What I Miss About the Restaurant Industr...

  

  If we hadn’t sold the restaurant, Memorial Day weekend would look very different for me right now. I’d be checking reservations. Reviewing staffing schedules.... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine of the Week: Weis Vineyards 2021 Finger Lakes Cabernet Franc

  

  Last May I was up in the Finger Lakes and had a wonderful tasting at Weis Vineyards and come home with about a case of wine. One of those bottles was the 2021... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 🍷 Wine of the Week: Benmarl Winery 2024 Estate Grown Seyval Blanc

  

  There are certain wines that go great with food and also as summer sippers. Benmarl’s Seyval Blanc is one of them I pulled Benmarl Winery's 2024 Estate Grown... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Wine of the Week: 2022 Immel Biowein Weissburgunder Trocken

  

  It was one of those beautiful spring days, this spring Mother Nature isn't sure what season it is, so I had to take advantage of the nice weather. Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• Malbec: Your Go-To Wine for BBQ Season

  

  As the weather starts to warm and grills come out of hibernation, there’s always that question: what wine actually works with BBQ? Let me make this easy for... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 5 Wines I Always Bring to a BYOB (And Why You Should Too)

  

  BYOBs were never really a thing for me. It wasn’t until I moved to South Jersey that I found myself surrounded by more BYOB restaurants than ones with liquor... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• 🍷 Wine Discovery - A Chablis That Turned a Home Project Into a Celebration

  

  What do you open when you get a new roof?Something special… because apparently this one is guaranteed for 50 years. And if that’s true, this is officially the... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK

• The Pinot Noir I Almost Didn’t Open (And I’m Glad I Did)

  

  I was rummaging through my Pinot Noir collection to find a wine to bring to dinner at a BYOB restaurant. I came across this bottle of 2015 Burn Cottage... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2026 DRINK, FOOD & DRINK