Well, I’m not proud to admit this, but it’s taken almost a week to recover from the hangover 4 days in NYC gave to me. I don’t regret a single ounce of  anything that touched my lips in that city. Metropolitan New York isn’t a wine producing region, but I’d argue it’s the best city for […]

Whenever Mediterranean wine and food comes up, so do cheese and charcuterie. Contrary to popular belief, people in Spain and Portugal eat more than soft cheese and cured ham–shocking, I know. Recently, I was reminded of how well Portuguese wines can match with foods that are quite opposite to ...

I was just in NYC for a week of true drink-toxing, and  sipped enough rosé to quench the thirst of a small island nation. In fact, the best rosé I found came from an island nation, but surprisingly from a land-locked region. That region is the mountainous Amyndeon area near the border of Greece ...

The answer is always Drink-tox, though a recent wrist injury in Portugal and handfuls of questionable pain medication forced me into an actual detox. Now, I’m back to drinking and it’s about time.  However,  avoiding alcohol got me thinking about “Sober January” and other alcohol “cleanses” ...

The title pretty much says it all here, folks.  Wine and cheese have been frolicking together in a happy dance across countries and grape varieties since fermentation was discovered, and their union is as delicious today as it was all those millennia ago. Originally, the two were eaten together ...

This isn’t your average Super Bowl. This is the Super Bowl in New York. (Or close enough that we’re calling New Jersey “New York” for a day.) This is the face off between teams from the only states with legal marijiuana. This is also the 10th anniversary of Janet Jackson’s infamous halftime ...