Posted in Beer, NYC Events on Jun 14th, 2013
Huge thanks to Dorothy Robinson of the Metro NY who interviewed me about beer gifts for that special Dad in your life. And even while changing a diaper! I’m not joking. Oh, and feeding my son dozens of black beans to keep him engaged. He’ll do anything for black beans. (click on clip below to […]
Posted in Beer, Food, NYC Events on Mar 18th, 2013
I was fortunate, and very flattered, to be featured in the 2013 Edible Manhattan “Alcohol Issue.” Huge thanks to the Edible team for including me, and especially to Joshua David Stein, who wrote such a great piece. (And, yes, I really was slapped by Liev Schreiber every night on stage for a summer…but JDS left […]
Posted in NYC Events, Wine on Jul 18th, 2012
In 6 days, The Jewel sets sail on the East River. Its destination? Pure, acid-pounding bliss. Its fuel to get you there? Riesling, and the downright f’in most rocking line-up of music that wise old waterway has ever seen. Ladies and gentlemen, we, your rambunctious crew of merry making ambassadors from Hearth & Terroir, are […]
Posted in Beer on Jun 21st, 2012
20 bottles of Professor Fritz Briem Grodziskie (Sour Smoked Wheat Ale) in da house. Just snagged a case for Hearth and Terroir EVil. Dr Fritz Briem (of the brewing educational/consulting center, Doemens.com) has made it his passion to recreate long-forgotten beer styles of the past. You would have found this one in East Prussia in […]
Posted in NYC Events, Wine on Jun 19th, 2012
So, we drank some grape juice today. 41 different wines, all from the same, magical grape. I’ll give you one guess… Germany to Austria, Alsace to Canada, and the Finger Lakes to Australia and New Zealand. For the next 94 days, shit. Is. ON. SOR 2012 begins.
Posted in Food, NYC Events, Spirits on Jun 17th, 2012
Slower | Start | Faster To see the full size images, you need to enable javascript in your browser. These awesome pics, by Gabi Porter, are of our recent Manhattan Cocktail Classic event at Hearth: From Farm to Still: NY Spirits and NY Roast Pig. 65 people. 4 courses. 520 Cocktails. In 2 hours. Huge […]
Posted in NYC Events, Spirits on May 12th, 2012
A pic from last night’s soiree at the 2012 Manhattan Cocktail Classic Gala with some of my fellow managers from Hearth & Terroir. And yes, that is a black bear behind us standing on his hind legs, fangs and claws bared. Thankfully, we weren’t harmed, but I did hear the bear was spotted loitering around […]
Posted in Beer, Food, NYC Events on May 8th, 2012
Mark your calendars, people. Rally the homebrew club. Cancel your weekend gambling trip to Macao. Request the day off from work…hell, request two days off from work. Cause it’s about to be ON. Four days from now, it’s time to stand up for the craft beer cause. Time to declare your independence from the mass-produced […]
Posted in Beer, Food, G&G Videos, NYC Events, Wine on May 7th, 2012
Stoked to hear, hot off the presses of the Beard Foundations Twitter account, that my boss/colleague/compatriot/rebel-rouser/mentor/fearless maniac, Paul Grieco, just won the 2012 James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional. This is awesome, well-deserved news for me and all the other glorious misfits that call Hearth & Terroir home. Well done, Paul. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 6th, 2011
My colleague, Steven Solomon, our esteemed and talented designer for Hearth & Terroir (and by “talented,” I mean “borderline psychotic”; and by “esteemed,” I mean “capable of striking terror in the hearts of the holiest”) did this fine homage to Steve Jobs today. It’s clean, it’s simple and it’s powerful…much like the creative products this […]
