Back in 2007, the Town of New Paltz curiously ruled that the Rivendell Winery was not agricultural in nature. That blocked the owners from moving their operation to nearby land, and started a downhill slide that put them out of business altogether.
This week, Rivendell filed an appeal with the Appellate Division of the state Supreme [...]
DeNiro and E.J. Carroll in the wine aisle.
Was Robert DeNiro sending a message, albeit a mixed one, in “Everybody’s Fine”?
The film — the story of a man trying to build connections to his grown childern whose only connection with him was through his late wife — includes a a scene in which DeNiro’s character is [...]
Some day ago one of my favorite cocktail-blogger Dr. Bamboo posted some words about marvellous liquor - the Midori. And my cocktail-friend from St. Petersburg, Russia nabocov wrote about Melon sour (Midori-based sour). Actually it is strange thing - three blogers on one week wrote about Midori…
I explore some cocktails with the Beautiful [...]
[Photo from Dr. Frank archives]
In this nation of statistics nuts, someone somewhere must be keeping track of how many wine dinners at New York restaurants feature New York State wines vs. wines from elsewhere.
I’m not one of those people, but I do find it interesting when imported or non-New York wines are featured at pairing [...]
If you’re interested in how New York State wines fare against others from around the country and the globe, you’ll be able to do some head-to-head comparisons at the 3rd annual New York Wine Expo.
The event will run this Friday through Sunday, although Sunday is for trade only, at the Javits Convention center in lower [...]
Near-daily flareups over the matter of allowing wines sales in food markets have been chronicled around the state since Gov. David Paterson made the proposal part of his Executive Budget last month.
For the most part it breaks down into two camps — both of them professional — yelling at each other publicly while doing some [...]
The burgeoning craft distillery movement has prompted the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS) to today announce a new affiliate membership program affordable to the small distillers.
DISCUS, the major industry trade organization that deals in lobbying, education, research and related matters for the spirits industry, says its new “Craft Distiller Affiliate Membership” program [...]
A couple of posts back I had the honor of presenting a guest post. Now its time to present guest post number 2, this time written by Martin who usually writes on his own blog – the Whisky Critic. Here we go:
Greetings to WhiskyGrotto.com readers. As soon as I saw the first guest post published [...]
Lock away your precious wine with this metal wine cage–complete with drawbridge door. The cage holds 12 bottles and is generally awesome. Also, it will totally impress and intimidate your guests.
“Even the most oblivious house guests can’t unintentionally uncork your finest bottle of Chateau Margaux when it’s kept under such tight security.”
Metal Wine Cage @ [...]