Long Island Wine Rises in the East
These are giddy days for lovers of Long Island wine. Four decades after the first vines were planted on the East End in 1973, Manhattan residents have fallen for the wine region just 100 miles from our...
View ArticleDock to Dish Cuts out Middlemen by Bringing Fish Directly to Restaurants
For so long chefs have ordered fish the same way they order salt, butter or flour: see how much they need, check if the supplier carries their favorite brand and then pick up the phone. Most of the...
View ArticleEl Presidente to Join Sister Restaurants in Montauk and Little Italy
It’s a good time to like Mexican food if you live in Manhattan. El Presidente in the Flatiron District will be opening this month with the full service taco treatment. Owner Dario Wolos told me he was...
View ArticleThe Man Who Made Long Island Wine Country
“There are a lot of knowledgeable people,” says Alice Wise, viticulturist and education specialist at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County since 1991, “vineyard managers who work seven days...
View ArticleArgentinian Wine Is More Than Malbec
#malbec #argentinewine #gougenheimwinery A photo posted by Eileen M. Duffy (@cellarette) on Oct 5, 2015 at 5:15pm PDT Nearly fourteen years ago, Patricio Gouguenheim had the come-to-Bacchus moment...
View ArticleInternational Wine Center the Only Licensed School for Wine Careers in City
Mary Ewing-Mulligan MW, left and Linda Lawry of International Wine Center. Photo courtesy of International Wine Center. After two and half years of filling out forms and filing applications,...
View ArticleHow to Tell If Your Brunello Is Counterfeit
A selection of 2011 and 2010 reserve Brunello at a recent trade tasting. Brunello di Montalcino is one of the most popular and pricey wines in the world; it’s also one of the most counterfeited. At the...
View ArticleTwo Short Self-Guided Wine Tours on the East End
Until Google’s driverless car makes us forget how to use a turn signal, city dwellers have to plan transportation to Long Island Wine Country. Illustration by Rebecca Clarke. Every winery on Long...
View ArticleCity Sommeliers Are Staying Local with Riesling
Thomas Pastuszak’s wine is made at Red Newt Cellars on the east side of Seneca Lake. Photo courtesy of the NoMad Bar. New York’s love affair with Finger Lakes riesling continues. And the trend of...
View ArticleThe Finger Lakes Make Some of the World’s Best Rieslings—Here’s Proof
Row 56. Clone 90. Looking strong, harvest coming early next week. #beaboundarybreaker #flxharvest2016 #flxriesling #neustadt90 A photo posted by Boundary Breaks (@boundarybreaks) on Oct 13, 2016 at...
View ArticleWhat’s a Long Island Cheese Pumpkin and Where You Can Find It
We celebrated the Long Island Cheese Pumpkin this past Sunday @jimmysno43 during a chef cook-off. Learn more about this #ArkofTaste pumpkin and the Long Island Regional Seed Consortium:...
View Article3 Standout Bottles from Slow Wine’s 2017 Guide
In the Gavi region of Piedmont, three sisters make the namesake wine, Gavi, that uses the cortese grape. Photo credit: Facebook/La Mesma Truly, few people are better dressed than the men and women who...
View Article7 New York Wines You Should Be Drinking
Long Island is on a streak of good vintages starting with the 2013, whose reds are beginning to mature. For the sixth year, March has been NY Drinks NY month, a promotion to get New York City, one of...
View ArticleBuy This Wine and Help Build Bee Pollinator Habitat
Proud Pour’s new wine is a 2015 pinot noir from the Umpqua Valley in southern Oregon called “The Bee.” Photo credit: Facebook/Proud Pour Last year Berlin Kelly debuted a new wine brand Proud Pour with...
View ArticleThis Wine Subscription Service Supports Small Producers and Good Causes
For its monthly shipments, Vinfluence features one producer who then picks three wines. Photo credit: Facebook/Vinfluence. Editor’s note: We kicked off our first annual Food Loves Tech event last...
View ArticleLong Island Wine Rises in the East
These are giddy days for lovers of Long Island wine. Four decades after the first vines were planted on the East End in 1973, Manhattan residents have fallen for the wine region just 100 miles from our...
View ArticleDock to Dish Cuts out Middlemen by Bringing Fish Directly to Restaurants
For so long chefs have ordered fish the same way they order salt, butter or flour: see how much they need, check if the supplier carries their favorite brand and then pick up the phone. Most of the...
View ArticleEl Presidente to Join Sister Restaurants in Montauk and Little Italy
It’s a good time to like Mexican food if you live in Manhattan. El Presidente in the Flatiron District will be opening this month with the full service taco treatment. Owner Dario Wolos told me he was...
View ArticleThe Man Who Made Long Island Wine Country
“There are a lot of knowledgeable people,” says Alice Wise, viticulturist and education specialist at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Suffolk County since 1991, “vineyard managers who work seven days...
View ArticleArgentinian Wine Is More Than Malbec
#malbec #argentinewine #gougenheimwinery A photo posted by Eileen M. Duffy (@cellarette) on Oct 5, 2015 at 5:15pm PDT Nearly fourteen years ago, Patricio Gouguenheim had the come-to-Bacchus moment...
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