http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:04 -0500 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:58:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/19/Blowout-CraftBeer-Dinner Last year, I was one of a supersmall group of journalists and brewers invited to the Brewers Association’s first-ever craft-beer dinner at NYC’s Gramercy Tavern. This year's dinner was even more spectacular. Some highlights:New Glarus... Beer Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:58:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/19/Blowout-CraftBeer-Dinner Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/19/Drinks-at-Drink I finally made it to Boston this weekend so that I could grab a stool at Barbara Lynch's newest spots, Sportello and Drink. The dishes at bright, modern Sportello was the sort of homey, upscale comfort food found at all of Lynch's restaurants... Red Wine Spirits Restaurants Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/19/Drinks-at-Drink Megan Krigbaum http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/18/Meantime-Brewings-new-Scotch-Ale  Last night I attended a phenomenal craft-beer dinner at NYC’s Gramercy Tavern (more on that later in a tomorrow's post). The brewers at the table got to talking about the most exciting beer innovations and innovators around the globe.... Beer Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:18:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/18/Meantime-Brewings-new-Scotch-Ale Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/18/Argentinas-Craft-Beer El Chaltén is Argentina's youngest city, placed near the Chilean border in 1985 by the government to beat its rival country to the land claim. The place still feels like a frontier town, with packs of wild dogs patrolling the streets, but in... Beer Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:08:27 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/18/Argentinas-Craft-Beer Kelly Snowden http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/16/Bar-Henrys-Genius-Wine-Program Hanging out in the heart of NYU territory in Manhattan—not something I usually do. But here’s a great reason to start: the wine program at the now-actually-opened Bar Henry on West Houston Street. John Slover, whom I love from his days at... Wine Lists Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:06:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/16/Bar-Henrys-Genius-Wine-Program Kate Krader http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/9/Bordeaux-Blowout-at-Hand Interesting article on Yahoo today (by way of AFP) about Diageo Chateau & Estates's apparent decision to get out of the Bordeaux market and what's likely to happen to Bordeaux prices as a result. Necessary reading, if you drink or collect... News Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:47:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/9/Bordeaux-Blowout-at-Hand Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/2/The-Worlds-Best-Mai-Tai I've always thought Mai Tais were kind of campy, something fun to have with roast pork shoulder and pineapple. Now I know better. Recently my friend Joe Raffa, a Hawaiian native, mixed the world's greatest Mai Tai from his extensive rum colle... [More] Recipes Spirits Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/2/The-Worlds-Best-Mai-Tai Emily Kaiser http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/27/Rocks-in-Your-Mouth A group of geologists in Oregon have a few skeptical things to say about the notion of "minerality" in wine, the Southern Oregon Mail Tribute reports. They've got a good point or two—that the amount of actual minerals in wine is b... News Tastings Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:14:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/27/Rocks-in-Your-Mouth Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/27/Black-Tea-Vodka When angry colonists threw tea into Boston Harbor in 1773, they had no idea that their rebellion would eventually lead to the American Revolutionary War in 1775, or that it would inspire the creation of another kind of beverage in 2009: Absolut Vodka... News Recipes Tastings Spirits Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:20:53 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/27/Black-Tea-Vodka Alessandra Bulow http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/21/Red-Wine--Fish-or-Why-I-Love-Science So it seems that researchers in Japan have determined the cause of that horrible metallic super-fishy taste that occurs when some red wines are paired with fish. It's iron. Specifically, the amount of ferrous ion present in the wine. You can read... News Red Wine Pairings Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/21/Red-Wine--Fish-or-Why-I-Love-Science Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/20/Your-Tongue--Bubbles There's a fascinating article in the NY Times today about how the tongue perceives the particular taste of carbonated beverages—a category that includes sparkling wines. Evidently, it isn't the prickliness of the popping bubbles that gi... News Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:02:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/20/Your-Tongue--Bubbles Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/15/Twitter-Wine Yes, oddly enough, social networking phenomenon Twitter is coming out with a wine (full story from the SF Weekly blog here). No idea how good the juice is, as it won't be bottled until August of 2010, but the proceeds are going to a good cause&#8... News Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:04:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/15/Twitter-Wine Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/13/Wine-Vs-Wrestlers Yes, it's come to this—as the LA Times reports here, wrestling mogul Vince McMahon and his World Wrestling Entertainment company are taking legal action against the Philadelphia-based American Wine Foundation to prevent it from referring to... News Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:02:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/13/Wine-Vs-Wrestlers Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/12/NYC-Wine--Food-Festival-Beaucastel-Tasting Over the weekend I had the good fortune to introduce (and then sit on a panel with) Marc Perrin of Château Beaucastel, as eighty or so equally fortunate people got to taste through a vertical of Château Beaucastel going back to 1988. The wi... Tastings Red Wine Wines Above $40 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:04:21 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/12/NYC-Wine--Food-Festival-Beaucastel-Tasting Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/8/Dogfish-Heads-Peruvian-Chicha-Brew I’m always game to try a funky new beer, but when Maggie Fuller of Beer Ethos called to say she’d scored a bottle of chicha from Delaware's Dogfish Head Brewery, I nearly wimped out. Chicha is a traditional South American brew made fr... Beer Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:34:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/8/Dogfish-Heads-Peruvian-Chicha-Brew Jen Murphy