Portugal, for a small country, has fourteen wine regions. My knowledge of Portuguese wine is light so when I saw Planet Wine, my local wine shop, doing a tasting, I thought it would be a fun tour. Of the fourteen wine regions, you're probably most familiar with... Vino Verde: Biggest and northernmost wine region in [...]
Finally made it to City Winery in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood on Sunday after reading about them for several years! What a cool spot...part winery (they make wine on-site), part restaurant/wine bar, part concert venue. We stopped into The Barrel Room, a tasting room and 30-seat restaurant, within this huge facility for some wine and apps. [...]
Next up is this Sunday's 18th Annual Screen Actor Guild Awards®. Red carpet festivities kick off with an official Taittinger Champagne toast. The Taittinger Moment will be hosted by Vitalie Taittinger, the Champagne House's Artistic Director and heiress, and Matt Czuchry, ensemble nominee for "The Good Wife." The SAG awards are another fun show as the ceremony takes [...]
Saturday I discovered three fun Italian wines in Sonoma...Sonoma Restaurant and Wine Bar in Washington, DC that is. ;) The first wine was over dinner (very good food by the way) and part of the Tiny Bubbles wine flight, a comparison of sparkling wines. The flights at Sonoma are generous pours so you really get a [...]
The great thing about wine tastings at a wine shop or wine bar is the opportunity it gives you to taste several wines side by side. Most people don't usually open up three to five bottles at home to try at one sitting. Wednesday night's wine tasting with Timothy at neighborhood wine shop, Planet Wine, [...]