Posted in Beer, NYC Events, Spirits, Wine on May 7th, 2010
On Monday, Lincoln Center was descended upon by the food & beverage community who harbored an insatiable hunger and thirst. Between the number of kegs cashed, martinis housed, Champagne guzzled and bites of food gobbled up, if one were to convert the ounces of alcohol and butter consumed to kilowatts, you could have lit the […]
Posted in G&G Videos, NYC Events, Wine on Apr 29th, 2010
Year: 2050 “Grandpa, what’s that?” “Well, that’s a wine bottle, honey” “A what?”
Posted in Beer, NYC Events, Wine on Apr 16th, 2010
After countless months of planning, dreaming and scheaming, the doors have opened at Terroir | Tribeca. She’s a stunning belle of the highest caliber. And she’s gonna take NYC by force. A force built on passion, irreverence and a commitment to bone-numbingly high standards. The beer list is my baby. A collection of my international […]
Posted in Beer, NYC Events on Apr 13th, 2010
I wonder how long it would take me to consume a beer that’s five stories high? A month? A year? A lifetime? Maybe I’d get halfway through, swear off beer forever and switch to Riesling… In the dead of winter of 2009, Stella Artois embarked on The Ritual Project high above the streets of NYC. (Now, granted […]
Posted in Beer, NYC Events on Apr 9th, 2010
Calling all East Coast brew geeks! It’s coming. A day of sun-soaked, beer-drizzled, hop-tinged, fun-loving craft beer worship is coming soon. And the only way to get there? By boat. That’s right, kids, on Saturday, June 19th, Governor’s Island is going to be overran by beer hounds. And I don’t mean the Pabst-swilling, Coors Light-guzzling […]
Posted in Beer, NYC Events on Apr 2nd, 2010
Something special happens when people clink a glass or break bread together. It’s primal. I was reminded of this when I read a post on Simplybeer.com called “Beer People are Good People”. Peter, the author, made the point that some of the most generous people he’s come across are in the beer world. And it […]
Posted in Beer, G&G Videos, NYC Events on Feb 24th, 2010
They say that any day brewing is a good day. I couldn’t agree more (well, except for all that pesky sanitizing—that can be a real bitch). However, a good day brewing can go sour. And for us this weekend, it did. Dead yeast? Nope. A broken carboy smashed all over our apartment? Nope. A boil-over […]
Posted in NYC Events, Spirits on Jan 23rd, 2010
“So, I know this underground Sake bar nearby…wanna go?” “Hmm…I never really got into the stuff. The process is interesting but the taste is pretty rough,” I said. “But an underground Sake bar, you say?” My fearless guide was my friend, Taylor, an actor turned doctor who somehow manages to know more cool restaurants and […]
Posted in NYC Events, Wine on Jan 9th, 2010
“The Mondavi Chardonnay? Yes, its on Aisle 312 next to the Weber Twin-Propane Tank, Stainless Steel, Mega Wild-Game Grill.” All across New York State, legislators and the wineries and wine shop owners they represent are in a heated debate. Should New York grocery stores be allowed to sell wine or should it remain the sole […]
Posted in Beer, NYC Events on Sep 11th, 2009
Fire up the bat signal, commissioner! We’re being invaded by an army of citrusy hops and specialty malts this city has never seen the likes of! Rouse Batman from his cave, cause NY Craft Beer Week begins today and there’s no turning back! As I write this, the taps are being screwed on, the glasses […]
Posted in NYC Events, Wine on Aug 31st, 2009
Look ma, I won me an award! And its drinkable! I’m stoked to announce that my piece entitled “Portugal: the Land that Time Forgot” has been selected as a second place winner for the European Wine Blogger’s Conference awards. Looks like my time traipsing through the streets of Europe with a backpack on finally paid […]
Posted in NYC Events, Wine on Aug 12th, 2009
From the moment my foot hit the tarmac upon debarking from the plane, I knew I was in a different world. The warm Portuguese sun hit me square in the face and I had one of those palpable moments in life that you never forget. I literally felt the sands of time slow down, forcing […]
Posted in Beer, NYC Events on Mar 22nd, 2009
There are innumerable similarities between what I drank yesterday and what the great man in tights drank. And so, in some bizarre, cosmic twist, time repeated itself in the beer world. I found myself (for the third time) at the Manhattan Cask Ale Festival at Chelsea Brewing Co with the Hudson river lapping at the […]
Posted in NYC Events, Wine on Mar 8th, 2009
“Terroir speaks in a very still, small voice. It is easy not to hear it above the stentorian tones of 100% new oak, 15% alcohol and the extreme tannic extraction that we find in modern wines. We winemakers need to look long and hard in the mirror” It pays to be curious, to take risks, […]
Posted in NYC Events, Wine on Dec 3rd, 2008
On a brisk November day, after a two-hour selection gala, Marlies Dumbsky, the 22-year-old winemaker from Volkach, rose victorious and placed the tiara upon her head as she was deemed the 60th German Wine Queen. And now, her world tour begins… For one night only, we at Terroir wine bar found ourselves in the blessed […]
