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This Thursday, April 23rd, Mark Gasbarro will be hosting Part One of his 2010 Brunello Tasting. The 2010 vintage in Italy is being heralded as a great one, which we know seems to be said quite a lot recently. However a lot of people are saying it, including Mark, so I am a believer. This Continue reading 2010 Brunello Tasting at Gasbarro’s on Federal Hill Please follow and like us:   
 
As usual we’re going to do a Top Ten Red Wine list, this time from the recent Savor CT event. In itself that is not unusual. What is going to be unusual is the vastly disproportionate amount of the list that is taken by wines from Italy. They dominated this event, at least as far Continue reading Top Ten Red Wines from the 2015 Savor CT Event Please follow and like us:
Robert Irvine If you like wine and food events you can tell when one is done right. We always rave about the Newport Mansions event in September. Mark Gasbarro does a beautiful event for one night as well in the Providence area. Now everyone has to move over and make room for a Continue reading Quick Review of Savor CT: A Great Wine and Food Event Please follow and like us:
UPDATE: May 16, 2015 Dinner Since we went back to Mel’s for dinner during our son’s graduation weekend we felt we needed to provide an update. The original review below is a very good one. The experience at this dinner was the opposite. We arrived right on time for our reservations and the hostess asked Continue reading Dining Review of Mel’s at 22 in Cooperstown, NY Please follow and like us:
We were in Cooperstown, New York over the weekend, visiting Alex at school for Easter, and used a few leisure hours to visit some of the local wineries. One, Rustic Ridge, we had been to before and the reviews this time were similar. The other however was brand new, and we got a chance to Continue reading New Wines at Pail Shop Vineyards – There’s More Than Baseball in Cooperstown Please follow and like us:
Let’s review a few of the upcoming wine and food events. There are several, and unfortunately some occur simultaneously. Still, it means there’s plenty to do this month, and plenty of wine to try. Let take a look. Most of this is from event press releases, and it will give you what you need to Continue reading April Wine Events in the Rhode Island Area Please follow and like us:
We’ve been so busy with other things that the reviews of wines we tried over the last eight months have been building up. Here are two of them, both whites. One is from Campania, Italy, and the other a Napa Valley offering. Our notes follow: Wine: 2010 Fiano di Avellino by Azienda Agraria San Paolo Continue reading A Nice Fiano and a Middle of the Road Sauvignon Blanc Please follow and like us:
The debate about what constitutes wine value will go on forever, and since it is always dependent on your own personal tastes and budget there will always be unlimited opinions. Our own perspectives have changed over time, fluctuating with our individual tastes and income, but never really getting too far afield from their early roots. Continue reading Trader Joe’s Two (or Three) Buck Chuck and Musings About Wine Values: Are More Expensive Wines Better or Worth the Money? Please follow and like us:
If you read any of our blog you know we love wine and food events, or food and wine events, or beer and pizza events etc. etc. It’s not just due to the great wine and food, meeting new people or generally just having a good time, it’s also because they are almost invariably attached Continue reading Savor CT Coming April 10-11! Wine and food, and lot’s of it! Please follow and like us:
This is the sixth, and sadly last for the near future, installment in our series on the wines of Stellenbosch, South Africa. Here we’ll take a look at something a bit different, and by that we mean a place which is part winery, part botanical garden, part philanthropic institution and likely a sublimely therapeutic estate. Continue reading Part 6 of the Stellenbosch Series: The Wines of DeMorgenzon Please follow and like us:
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