Blog Index
Bruce Sanderson
Back in Burgundy
Posted: 03:28 AM ET, 01/14/08
I’m back in Burgundy for a second look at the 2006 reds and whites. My first visit last June was an initial impression of the vintage as a whole. Now that the wines are at the end of their elevage, if not already bottled, I will be looking more closely at individual wines. Read more
James Laube
A Look Back at Some Homemade Wines
Posted: 05:39 PM ET, 01/11/08
Tomorrow I’m tasting a group of homemade wines from the 1980s and early 1990s, several of which I played a very small role in making. I helped pick the grapes and occasionally hopped in the fermentor, applying my size 13 stompers to the freshly squeezed must. Read more
Richard Betts
Buyer Beware?
Posted: 05:01 PM ET, 01/11/08
I say restaurant beware!
Most certainly I am not trying to set off an epidemic of returns-for-no-reason, not in the restaurant I work in, nor any other for that matter. What I am referring to is the dated and, frankly, rude policy of “buyer beware” when it comes to buying older wines on wine lists. Read more
Harvey Steiman
Back Label Blues
Posted: 09:26 AM ET, 01/11/08
Do you read back labels on wine bottles? Most of these little puffs of PR are designed solely to entice someone holding the bottle in a store to put it in the cart and roll it up to the checkout. Although many make me roll my eyes, some good ones offer useful information. Read more
James Laube
Sbragia Leaving Beringer After 32 Years
Posted: 05:46 PM ET, 01/10/08
After an illustrious career spanning 32 vintages, Ed Sbragia is leaving Beringer. The exact wording of his new association with Beringer will be wine master emeritus. But as he told me today, he’s effectively turning over winemaking duties to his long-time assistant, Laurie Hook, who has worked with him for 21 years, and he will be a paid consultant. Read more
James Suckling
Read This And Dinner on Me
Posted: 04:44 PM ET, 01/10/08
“That’s the last bottle,” said the owner of the restaurant.
Those words are like great rock n’ roll to my ears, when I score a great bottle for a great price in a restaurant. It’s happened many times in my career. Read more
James Laube
Dark Horse Zin in the Winner's Circle
Posted: 07:42 PM ET, 01/09/08
I like the vibe from Dark Horse, a new Dry Creek winery. It calls itself "The wine for cowboys, not to mention cowgirls, cowhands, hell, even the cows themselves. Pigs and chickens too."
Michael Loykasek is the winemaker, a veteran from this northern Sonoma appellation, who worked at Meeker and Armida before starting his own label, and he consults for De La Montoya and Hauck Cellars. Read more
Richard Betts
My Best Meals of 2007
Posted: 04:19 PM ET, 01/09/08
As 2007 has come to a close, I give pause to think about where I had some of my best meals of the year, and here they are in no particular order!
Eleven Madison Park, New York
I ate at Danny Meyer’s elegant Madison Square restaurant six or seven times. Read more
James Suckling
Sleeping Wine Bars and Telephone Sommeliers
Posted: 03:05 PM ET, 01/09/08
Went to a wine bar in Pasadena, Calif., last night with some friends. Something annoying happened. Some might find it amusing, but I think it’s not cool. And it gives sommeliers a bad name. Moreover, I would have thought more of the service at Vertical, which is a wine bar and restaurant located one story above street level. Read more
James Molesworth
Waiting for the Other U.S. to Show Up
Posted: 02:16 PM ET, 01/09/08
I’m still waiting for the Other U.S. to show up, winewise that is. By Other U.S., I mean American wines produced in states other than California, Oregon and Washington. Read more
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