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A neighborhood in Queens with a plethora of Korean restaurants is called Muk Ja Gol Mok, or restaurant street.

Bernardus Chardonnay is well known for being a quality wine.

Texas Viognier Is Rocking the Wine World Against Big Names in California and France Yesterday, I received this media release from Andrew Chalk, who you've known as a wine writer and blogger at D Magazine and currently editor of CraveDFW. It is another arrow in the quiver for the still fledgling but rapidly rising Texas

So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available Grab The 1WineDude.c...

First light warming the vineyards in the #Napa Valley

Good weekend reading from Will Lyons. via WSJ Germany produces some of the best dry white wine in the world frequently sold at very affordable prices' originally appeared on Winecast. Licensed under Creative Commons.Germany produces some of the best dry white wine in the world frequently sold at very affordable prices' originally appeared on Wineca...

Old 504 Vanilla Coffee Porter from Chafunkta at The Chimes Covington I've been to a handful of places on Lake Pontchartrain's Northshore, but overall I'm fairly inexperienced when it comes to the entire area other than driving through on I-12. I've competed in the Hammond Blues and BBQ Festival twice, filmed at the local breweries and eaten at th...

Charlie Trotter has been sued for selling a fake wine. In the complaint, Bekim and Ilir Frrokaj allege that they contacted Trotter about purchasing a magnum of 1945 Domaine de la Romanée Conti from the restaurant's cellar (the restaurant closed last August). They allege that Trotter told them to book a table at the restaurant The post Charlie Trott...

  When I started writing about wine, I met a lot of wealthy collectors. They had cellars in the tens, if not hundreds of thousands of bottles, almost always the usual suspects: Bordeaux First Growths, Burgundy Grand Crus, Yquem, and California Cabs that were popular then, like Dunn Howell Mountain and Opus One. I would

New wine magazine in Paris Paris It is now a fact that the Japanese are among the most demanding wine amateurs in the world, but this was still a surprise for me to discover that several of these Paris-based Japanese...

Factions in France, a country whose national image has historically been intertwined with wine, are waging a bizarre campaign against wine. They opened a new front in their battle last week: trying to ban blogs and social media from talking about wine. The initiative, part of a report from Professor Michel Reynaud with the cheery The post France to...

Chardonnay is the everyday wine pairing answer to lobster.  Whether it's lobster bisque, grilled lobster tail drenched in butter, or a decadent lobster souffle, Chardonnay antes up a complementary richness, often with creamy oak-induced textures, and its own butter-appeal due to the tandem influences of oak and malolactic fermentation....Read ...

TODAY: Red Wine And Wine Gadgets For Father's Day, including a Spirits Aerator… for good measure … Yesterday, I wrote about the 2012 Simi Sauvignon Blanc and the HOST CHILL Cooling Pour Spout. Breaking it up into two separate days just makes good sense, since we all know how little time we have for blog The post Red Wine And Wine Gadget...

If you want to achieve that Tuscan or Napa inspired look in your kitchen, then I have some suggestions for you! These types of wine racks are usually made of a wrought iron style metal with ornate details and soft curves.  Whereas straight lines, minimalism and light colored metals characterize modern style, the opposite will The post Style Your Ki...

Charles Smith of K Vintners founded Magnificent Wine Company in 2004. In the fall of 2006, a majority of Magnificent Wine Company was sold to Washington State-based Precept Brands. Magnificent’s flagship brand is House Wine, originally just offering two wines, a red Cabernet blend and a white Chardonnay blend. Since then, the House Wine line House ...

Aaaaannnnd… Episode #5 of The Punch Down is now in the books! The replay of our controversial chat with iconoclastic importer/author/word-magician/documentary-maker/Riesling-freak Terry Theise is below for your viewing pleasure. Terry expresses his love for the Hosemaster of Wine, gets political on Champagne, and sets on straight on why Riesling is...

Let's see…  White Wine And Wine Gadgets For Father's Day… I'm going to start with a 2012 Simi Sauvignon Blanc just for the fun of it, because we need a white for one of the gadgets. Simi Winery was one of the very first wineries that I visited 20 years ago, when Jose and I moved The post White Wine And Wine Gadgets For Father's Day appe...

There are many options ranging from fancy picnic baskets to heavy-duty canvas totes, empty but for what you fill it with.

  The 2007 Smith-Madrone Cabernet Sauvignon comes from grapes that have been dry-farmed from nearly 40 year old estate vines at 1,800 feet of elevation on Napa's Spring Mountain.  These grapes have had to work to thrive and the result is intensity, depth, and concentration, pledging pure palate pleasure. From dense black fruit to cedar...

While I was in Portugal in May judging at the 2013 Wines of Portugal Challenge, I met a well-spoken and well-studied former Luftwaffe pilot named Axel Probst, who now provides one-on-one Port consultations (seriously, there’s a business for this in Europe, apparently). Axel looks every inch like an air force pilot: well-mannered, calm, fit, nice ...

Timid foliage in a wet spring Vermont, near Villié-Morgon (Beaujolais) This story took place in the 3rd week of may and Beaujolais was quite damp and cold. We visited a couple of vineyards with Georges Descombes, and the vines looked...

I announced on Facebook a week ago that Monday, June 10th, would be a huge day in TV land. I made a post last Friday about The Freshman Class that will be airing tonight on The Cooking Channel. In addition, earlier this year a show called Last Call Food Brawl filmed in New Orleans. I had the pleasure of serving as a judge for the burger battle o...

The last six weeks have seen me travel (almost) the length of the country to recruit, and then to judge, the regional heats of the No3 Gin cocktail competition. The brief was very wide simply asking bartenders to make a “twist on the gin & tonic” and it was amazing to see all the different

So, like, what is this stuff, anyway? I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes with you via twitter (limited to 140 characters). They are meant to be quirky, fun, and easily-digestible reviews of currently available Grab The 1WineDude.c...

  Saturday’s two wine panels at the Kapalua Wine & Food Festival were both on Pinot Noir. The first, “In Pursuit of Balance,” was about a newer generation of winemakers: Rajat Parr (Sandhi), Pax Mahle (Wind Gap), Jamie Kutch (Kutch) and Gavin Chanin (Chanin). The theory, I think, was that these are all wines of

From January through April, a camera crew from the Cooking Channel followed four freshman at the Louisiana Culinary Institute in Baton Rouge during their first semester of culinary school. The show will premiere this upcoming Monday, June 10th, at 9:30 PM CT. I'm excited about watching the show, and if you keep watching throughout the season, yo...