Eat & Drink
Mattie Beason has a sommelier background, but when he found himself in the Basque country of Spain 10 years ago, it wasn’t wine that intrigued him. Mattie fell in love with cider, and in the years since he discovered his affinity for the drink, it has become increasingly popular in […]
If you’re like me, summer doesn’t mean giving up big reds on the right occasion. The other night we had prune-encrusted, grilled pork loin, and today’s wine was a stunning accompaniment. From Umbria, in central Italy, Montefalco Sagrantino is a bold red from a grape variety that combines power with a […]
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]It was a joke around The Glass Jug for awhile. “When people would come in,” explains co-owner Katy Creech, “they’d say, ‘Oh, this is cool. You work here? This is your place? So, you like, drink beer?’ … They mean nothing by it, and I’m not easily offended, but it’s been so nice […]
Roberto Copa Matos and Elizabeth Turnbull never take for granted the success of their Old Havana restaurant. Whether it’s choosing local heritage pork to make dishes that reflect Havana’s heyday as a bustling 19th-century port city or creating modern meals that reflect the diversity of the Latin experience in America, they ground every decision in […]
Historic Brightleaf Square welcomes a new neighbor this month: Bull City Olive Oil, a specialty food store with a focus on Ultra Premium Extra Virgin Olive Oil (or UP EVOO), as well as flavored oils and balsamic vinegars. Sourced fresh globally through a single-cultivar process, Bull City’s olive oil is […]
The “Trumpeter” brand is well known across America. Not as well known is the name behind the “musician” label. It’s Rutini, a 19th century Italian immigrant who built a wine legacy in the Mendoza district of Argentina. The winery’s old-vine Malbec is a serious red wine value. But today is […]
If you are the type who hopefully plunks down good money on an upscale Chardonnay, only to find it short of your expectations, rejoice at the 2013 vintage! It was nigh perfect in Sonoma and Napa Valley, and one needs to move quickly as this vintage begins to sell out. […]
The history of Aegean wines goes back millennia, and I find that tasting wines made from old, indigenous grapes is always an exciting experience. Therefore a wine from Crete, made from the obscure (and rare) Vidiano grape, presented a fun evening. The wine is called Dafnios, and is made by […]
The name Martin Ray connotes great beginnings of modern California viticulture. A protégé of Paul Masson, Ray planted vines in the Santa Cruz mountains in the 1940s, convinced that mountain vineyards would be the answer to quality wines from California. (This thinking of using hillside grapes was prophetic.) He eventually […]
Rule No. 1: Not all cider is sweet, syrupy, alcoholic apple juice. “There are bunches of people who are like, ‘I don’t really like cider,’” says Black Twig co-owner Mattie Beason. “And I’m like, ‘No, what you don’t like is what I don’t carry.’” Take the El Chavo from Michigan-based […]
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