Posted in Beer, Food, G&G Videos, Wine on Mar 29th, 2012
One year ago today, Kat and I donned backpacks and boarded a plane to Paris. What followed was a 93-day journey which wound us through Europe, with only wine and beer as our compass. 8 countries, 34 hotels, 9 rental cars…and 3 years of dreaming. Like ants in a newly-begun ant farm, we forged our […]
Posted in NYC Events, Wine on Mar 13th, 2012
As part of our Hearth & Terroir all-hands-on-deck monthly Bordeaux tastings, the entire staff marched through the sunny streets of the East Village to gather in Hearth’s main dining room. It’s sort of like the pilgrims on Thanksgiving, but only with better wine. And no turkey. Oh, and no muskets. Well…maybe a few muskets. Today […]
Posted in Wine on Feb 23rd, 2012
Tonight, my folks rolled in to meet Cadel and play the role of eager grandparents looking to link this fine, wee gent into the long line of Flaherty men, so I decided to bring a bottle of wine to celebrate. Strangely enough, Kareem Massoud of Paumanok came skipping in to the restaurant today in the […]
My English in-laws (and perhaps in a few states, outlaws?) rolled into town to begin laying grandparent groundwork. Their first plan of attack was to prepare a heaping bowl of vegetable pasta. And to compliment their efforts, I set off into the cold on a mission to the local wine shop. Now pay attention, here’s […]
Posted in Wine on Feb 5th, 2012
An hour before the NY Giants step in and wallop their way through Super Bowl XLVI, it seemed appropriate to open a big, bold bottle of bad-ass vino: the 1997 Etude Cabernet Sauvignon. (Why I’m watching the Lingerie Bowl on MTV2 in the meantime, I have no idea…but these ladies hit hard!) Go get em, […]
Posted in Wine on Dec 25th, 2011
Riesling Spätlese Feinherb, Leiwener Laurentiuslay, St Urbans-Hof, 2008. Happy Holidays, everyone.
Posted in Wine on Dec 14th, 2011
Jay Miller is out at Wine Advocate. Claiming innocence in a payola scandal that has rifled through the rolling hills of Spain and the wine community as a whole, Mr. Miller has stepped down from his role as editor of Spain, South America, and the Pacific Northwest. It’s a fascinating story of claims of strong-arm tactics, […]
St. Nicholas de Bourgueil (100% Cabernet Franc), La Mine, Yannick Amarault, 2008, Loire Valley Southampton Publick House, Vic (antique porter aged in oak), New York Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge (100% Pinot Noir), Phillipe Colin, 2008, Côte de Beaune
Posted in Wine on Nov 6th, 2011
Our apartment is filled to the brim with boxes of our belongings as we prepare to move out for bigger digs down the block. Got an organic chicken roasting in the oven and some cauliflower and potatoes on deck. What better time than now to crack some damn bubbly? Based in the North Fork of […]
Posted in Wine on Oct 27th, 2011
Mannie Berk of the Rare Wine Co. held a wee little Madeira dinner tonight at Hearth—and by “wee” I mean the “sickest line-up of old wines I’ve ever beheld in person.” I stood by somewhat slack-jawed as he pulled these incredibly old bottles out of his knapsack like a kid unloads his lunch box and […]
Posted in Wine on Oct 25th, 2011
I found this clip today while rifling through the videos from our Europe trip. Here, we sit in France’s Southern Rhone Valley on the famed hill of Hermitage. **Wikipedia’s post about the history of the hill: “According to legend, the Knight Gaspard de Stérimberg returned home wounded in 1224 from the Albigensian Crusade and was […]
Posted in Beer, NYC Events, Spirits, Wine on Oct 15th, 2011
I was fortunate enough to lead New York Post writer, Chris Erikson, through a tasting last week in anticipation of NY Cider Week; we had a blast (final article above–click to enlarge). Over the course of two hours, I poured eight different hard ciders from around the world and circled back to illustrate how the […]
After months of hard work, followed by weeks of stress and feeling like our world had been placed between the plates of a slowly tightening vice, we are coming up for air and the new Terroir Murray Hill is prepared to open its doors. Minutes ago, I was fortunate enough to drink the first beer […]
Posted in Beer, G&G Videos, Wine on Sep 15th, 2011
On March 29th, 2011, Kat and I landed in Paris. For the next 93 days, we wandered through the backroads of Europe on a wine and beer journey we had dreamed about for years. While there are many lenses we can see this trip through (and trust us, with over 1500 video clips on our […]
