by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Oct 30, 2019 | Sweet Spot, The Places, Wine/Spirits
What’s your idea of a great bar? Is it a place where you can drink a beer while listening to your favorite tunes on a jukebox and playing pool, or is it smoking a fine cigar while lounging on brass-studded leather furniture enjoying a rare single malt served by...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Aug 19, 2019 | Leisure, Wine/Spirits
Quite often, these guests are themselves used to being wined and dined all over the country, if not the world. So why is it, that with a prestigious wine list of over seven-hundred carefully curated selections, do sixty percent of these guests flip straight to the...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Jun 20, 2019 | Leisure, Wine/Spirits
Nestled among 140 oak barrels in a cellar off South Congress and St Elmo streets are six barrels the Elliott Family Winemakers use for producing their small-batch wines. When I arrived in March 2019, Travis Elliott, winemaker and co-owner of the business, had a...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Apr 8, 2019 | Leisure, Wine/Spirits
The Rías Baixas region in the northwest corner of Spain just above Portugal benefits from a maritime climate – moist springtimes, hot and fairly dry summers, and relatively mild winters. It also boasts a hilly terrain with rocky granite soil. These features are common...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Feb 11, 2019 | Leisure, Wine/Spirits
As I descended into the cellar of San Juanito Vineyard in Queretaro, Mexico, a swath of sunshine that followed me down illuminated a handful of the 266 oak barrels they have that are aging wine. At the bottom, dim red lighting from the edges of the ceiling are...
by SEDRIC.WALKER512 | Dec 1, 2018 | Leisure, Wine/Spirits
To be honest, where I have always thought myself capable of spending a few thousand dollars for a bottle of wine, Château Margaux 2000 comes instantly to mind, I’ve never felt the same inclination for a high-end Cognac. I have enjoyed fine Cognacs and Armagnacs...