Muscat goes by many names and is grown throughout the world wherever grapes are grown. It is highly aromatic with distinctive fruit and floral aromas
Budget Wines: Smoking Loon El Carancho Malbec Central Valley, Chile 2013
Purple highlights in the glass give away the varietal. There is blackberry and a stealthy invasion of funky earth on the nose, just enough to
Is Napa the New Bordeaux
I ran across this winy little piece at the Napa Valley Register. Apparently, Wine Spectator’s Top 100 wines from 2014 and the San Francisco Chronicle’s
The Sad State of Cooking in the U.S.
Via Eater, here is a list of the 10 best selling cookbooks in the U.S. in 2014. 1. Make It Ahead by Ina Garten (Clarkson
Serge Hochar, RIP
Serge Hochar, winemaker and proprietor of Chateau Musar, died last week while vacationing in Mexico. This may not be news since his death has been
Chefs Telling Secrets
In my Three Quarks essay this month—When Is A Meal Like a Van Gogh?—I point out the similarities between painting and cooking.
Exploring the Philosophy of Food and Wine 