http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:37:22 -0500 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:50:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/22/Tasting-2007-Bordeaux Anyone in the NY area and inclined to buy Bordeaux might want to check out the Union des Grands Crus tasting tomorrow, held at The Four Seasons restaurant, a few blocks away from Sherry-Lehmann, which is presenting the event (tickets $75/$125). I sto... Tastings White Wine Red Wine Wines Above $40 Wines $20 to $40 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:50:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/22/Tasting-2007-Bordeaux Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/8/Washington-DC-The-New-Sommelier-Capital For such a small city, my hometown of DC is packed with a lot of good wine experts, from Andy Meyers at CityZen to Inox' John Wabeck and Proof's Sebastian Zutant. This is old news to regular readers of DonRockwell.com, DC's pioneering cha... Tastings Sommeliers Fri, 08 Jan 2010 11:10:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/8/Washington-DC-The-New-Sommelier-Capital Emily Kaiser http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/7/THE-DRINK-SITUATION-ON-MTVS-JERSEY-SHORE-RON-RON-JUICE Normal 0 0 1 307 1754 amexpub 14 3 2154 10.265 0 0 0 Muscle-head Ronnie on MTV's Jersey Shore is the last guy I'd expect to see drinking a girly cocktail, but surprisingly, his pre-partying... News Recipes Spirits Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:29:15 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/7/THE-DRINK-SITUATION-ON-MTVS-JERSEY-SHORE-RON-RON-JUICE Alessandra Bulow http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/23/NYC-Escape-from-Shopping-Madness Midtown Manhattan this time of year is one of the more frenetic places one can find oneself, but I've found an excellent escape hatch. Go to the I. M. Pei-designed Four Seasons Hotel on 57th Street, go through the revolving doors, up the stairs, ... Restaurants Wine Bars Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:40:31 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/23/NYC-Escape-from-Shopping-Madness Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/18/10-Wine--Spirit-Gift-Ideas I was thinking through what I'd tasted, and read, and heard about, and so on through the course of 2009, and it seemed like a good idea to recap a few highlights as possible gift ideas. After all, there's still time left—and even if the... White Wine Holidays Red Wine Wines Above $40 Wines Under $20 Wines $20 to $40 Sparkling Wine Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:10:08 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/18/10-Wine--Spirit-Gift-Ideas Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/17/The-Latest-in-Wine-101 If you’re looking for a gift for someone brand new to the wine world, Dara Moskowitz Grumdahl's new Drink This: Wine Made Simple does just that, and provides a useful survey of who’s who in today’s wine world with her many &#822... [More] Wine Books Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:22:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/17/The-Latest-in-Wine-101 Emily Kaiser http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/16/Wine-Deals-for-the-Holidays A good article by Patrick Comiskey about wine gifts in today's LA Times got me thinking about the fact that there are some remarkable deals out there right now, largely thanks to this year's economy. At the high end, I've seen recently th... News Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:53:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/16/Wine-Deals-for-the-Holidays Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/15/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-12 On the 12th Day of Wine Bags my true love gave to me, a tote made from an old sleeve. Hooray! We've made it the twelfth and final bag in this holiday wine carrier spectacular! I've had a fun time tracking these things down, and it's been ... Holidays Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:58:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/15/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-12 Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/15/The-Next-Tasting-Room-You-Visit-Will-Be-Red In one of the stranger studies I've run across recently, UK's Daily Telegraph reports that German researchers have determined that people find wine to taste fruitier and sweeter in rooms lit with red light, as opposed to white or green light ... News Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:54:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/15/The-Next-Tasting-Room-You-Visit-Will-Be-Red Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/14/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-11 Last Friday, I finally made it to the bar at the new Breslin at NYC's Ace Hotel (you know, the newest place from the Spotted Pig cohorts Ken Friedman and F&W Best New Chef 2007 April Bloomfield) I was really lucky to get there on the early si... Holidays Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:06:12 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/14/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-11 Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/11/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-10 Today's wine bag (10 of 12) is the Rolls Royce of the whole bunch. It's luxurious, classic, well-fashioned, a little boxy and incredibly pricey. Did I mention that it comes with a wool picnic blanket? Certainly not for the novice wine-lover, ... Holidays Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:33:51 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/11/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-10 Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/11/Cool-Wine-Clips Recently I received some press info in the mail, as I do pretty much every day of the week, but in this unusual instance I found myself much more interested in the paperclip holding the information together than in the information itself. How ni... News Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:36:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/11/Cool-Wine-Clips Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/10/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-9 Okay, today's wine bag might be a little over the top, but while some people simply bring a bottle of wine to a party, this bag makes it so that you can bring the party to the party. Holding a whopping nine bottles (how appropriate for my 9th ins... Holidays Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:56:42 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/10/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-9 Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/9/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-8 This super-hip tote from Hero Bags, one of my favorite finds of the year, has a home in our December issue's gift guide. Nevertheless, I'm excited to present it to you again (just in case you missed it the first time around) as the 8th bag in... Holidays Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:41:50 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/9/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-8 Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/8/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-7 Confession: I'm a little bit obsessed with everything that Roost makes. Whenever I'm on the hunt for anything tabletop- or home-related, I usually start with the Roost catalog and go from there. So, when I set out to find 12 days' worth o... Holidays Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:15:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/8/12-Days-of-Wine-Bags-Day-7 Megan Krigbaum