There are so many wine-producing châteaux in Bordeaux that if you wanted to try one from each at a rate of one per day, you could go for nearly 20 years. While Bordeaux’s famous 1855 classification of first through fifth growths account for the bulk of the region’s...
Long before the 2004 movie ‘Sideways’ brought the battle of ‘camp Merlot’ vs ‘camp Pinot Noir’ to popular culture, wine lovers have had strong and firm opinions about Pinot Noir. At the very high end, Burgundy pinot noirs like Domaine de la...
The Perfect Martini is easy to create. Ingredients: 1 olive plus 1/2 ounce olive brine 1 dash dry vermouth 3 ounces gin, such as Plymouth, frozen How to: Shake the olive brine extra cold with large ice in a cocktail shaker. In a chilled Nick and Nora glass, drop in a...
When I first started taking sommelier training classes, it was a really daunting task to remember the exact locations of all the wine producing regions in the world in addition to their sub-regions, climates and characteristics. In Burgundy for example just keeping...
Much like modern club design is based off older clubs, the sangaree is the original form of the modern sangria. This punch is the perfect way to finish the back nine feeling fine! You’ll find all the ingredients, and an enthusiast or two, at your neighborhood Spec’s....