Food & Wine Pairing

As they say, ‘tis the season to eat, drink, and be merry, and between all the parties, dinners, and events in the coming weeks, this phrase will pretty much be the theme of our lives until after the ball drops into the new year. So, with Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s Eve celebrations […]

Two icons. One culture. Endless pairings. I remember the first Roero Arneis I drank. It was made by Bruno Giocosa. I was absolutely floored by the white wine’s silky texture counterbalanced by a lively character, which gave the wine energy on the palate. The delicate perfume of stone fruit and light spice sealed the deal.

It’s the taste that counts, not the aroma Many wine lovers go to great lengths to match the aroma of the wine to the aroma of the dish, for example, pairing a particularly fruity wine with a fruity curry or a red wine with a black olive aroma with Mediterranean-spiced lamb. This is fundamentally correct, but it is actually putting

Although red wine is not known for being sweet, its sugar content can vary more than you think, and understanding its levels can influence your choices without giving up the pleasure of enjoying a glass. In this guide, we explain how much sugar red wine contains, how to identify the less sweetened options, and what factors influence

It can get confusing, but hopefully this helps. Wine is challenging enough to understand, let alone when insiders start spouting off about the virtues of natural, the reliability of conventional, or the common sense of organic. There are ardent, even rabid, fans dedicated to each camp of natural, organic, biodynamic, and conventional. And that’s fine,