Know Your Vino

(The New Beaujolais has arrived!)
Every year in November, the French have a tradition of celebrating the harvest by drinking Beaujolais Nouveau, the very young wine made from the first pressings of Gamay grapes picked only a month or two earlier. Over a million cases of this wine make their way to all parts of the [...]

What is the first thing you do when you sit down at the table of a restaurant? For me it is to peruse the wine list and see if there is a champagne or sparkling wine to order by-the-glass to have and enjoy while I am looking over the menu. It is a wonderful aperitif [...]