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Organic, Shaken and Stirred
As organic foods and wines grow in popularity, it’s no surprise that organic cocktails are now popping up in restaurants and bars. Publishing a green version of a mixed drink book could have been as simple as taking your average bartender’s guide and adding organic before every ingredient. Fortunately, Paul Abercrombie has gone the extra [...]
Continue reading...101 Recipes For Making Wild Wine At Home – John Peragine
By Adam Morganstern - Jan 19, 2010
You would be hard-pressed to find Monkey Wine at your local store, but thanks to John Peragine’s 101 Recipes For Making Wild Wine At Home you can attempt to make it yourself, provided you have 3 lbs. of ripe bananas and some raisins on hand. In fact, Peragine shows you how to make wine out [...]
Continue reading...Hugh Johnson’s Wine Companion (6th Edition, 2009)
By Paul Howard - Aug 28, 2009
The first edition of this book ignited this writer’s fledgling interest in all things vinous some twenty-five years ago. It was the first wine book I ever bought, almost by accident. I was initially attracted to it because of the superb illustrations by Paul Hogarth rather than by the words; they added to my treasured [...]
Continue reading...Pioneering American Wine
By Adam Morganstern - Apr 16, 2009
This volume collects the most important writings on viticulture by Nicholas Herbemont (1771-1839), who is widely considered the finest practicing winemaker of the early United States. Included are his two major treatises on viticulture, thirty-one other published pieces on vine growing and wine making, and essays that outline his agrarian philosophy
Continue reading...The Battle for Wine and Love or How I Saved the World From Parkerization
By Adam Morganstern - May 12, 2008
Alice Feiring wonders herself if she should have written a screenplay instead. She might have come up with The Stepford Wives. Around the world, wines she used to cherish have lost their personalities and are all starting to taste the same. Why? To please their man of course; Robert Parker, the world’s most influential wine [...]
Continue reading...Wild Wines by Dawn Marie
By Adam Morganstern - Apr 26, 2008
If you’ve ever dreamed of making your own wine, you probably thought you needed a vineyard. Or, at least, some grapes. According to Dawn Marie, neither are necessary. In her book Wild Wines she gives a complete guide to making wines from fruits, flowers, roots and leaves. Imagine a quaint afternoon on the porch sipping [...]
Continue reading...In Defense of Food, An Eater’s Manifesto
By Nicki Sizemore - Apr 3, 2008
New eating guidlines by Michael Pollan
Continue reading...True To Our Roots
By Nicki Sizemore - Mar 16, 2008
Paul Dolan’s turning point came early one crisp fall morning in 1987 while, as head winemaker of Fetzer, he was tasting grapes in the vineyards before the harvest. He tried a ripe Sauvignon Blanc grape from an experimental vineyard that was being farmed organically. The fruit was bursting with lush, creamy flavors. Only fifteen feet [...]
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By Adam Morganstern - Jan 22, 2010
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