Posted in Spirits on Jul 28th, 2009
I’m a sucker for all things terroir-driven. If you’ve read my scribblings previously, you’ll know I’ve geeked out on the origins of hops, the tell-tale slate of Mosel Rieslings and the bizarre wines of Jura. To me there is something beautiful about a grape being grown a world away and ending up as wine in […]
Bourgueil (100% Cabernet Franc), Les Galichets, C&P Breton, 2007, Loire Valley (12% alc) I found myself sipping on this wine last week and was reminded how hypnotic Cabernet Franc can be. Fragrant and juicy with crisp acidity, it is often blended with Cabernet Sauvignon in other wine regions, but in Bourgueil (pronounced “boor-geye”) it is […]
Posted in Beer on Jul 18th, 2009
Homebrewing is sort of like parenting… Watching the little tyke evolve from the ornery days of vicious fermentation may just be akin to the terrible two’s where your kid would rather nash at your arm than peacefully eat his or her porridge. And like a good parent, a brewer must give the beer proper temperatures to […]
Seattle rules. For an NYC boy like me to get to see more than a sliver of the sky at a time, it’s a pleasure, but to see the entire sky at once was beyond therapeutic. And the sheer amount of art? Whoa. I thought the East Village was artsy, but its got nothing on […]
Ploussard, La Chamade, A&P Bornard, Arbois, France, 2006 (13.5% Alc) Barton Fink is one of my favorite movies. I first saw it when I was fifteen, and remember it vividly. It was like no other movie I’d ever seen: complex, dark, and quirky with strange characters (a neurotic NY playwright who moves to LA to […]
