http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:58:14 -0500 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:12:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/17/Coconut-Water-Judged-By-Wine-Experts Earlier this week, I popped into my old stomping grounds, Crush Wine & Spirits (I worked there on the sales floor a few years ago). Summer is typically the slow season for New York City wine shops so I expected everyone to have some down time to ... Wine Shops Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:12:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/17/Coconut-Water-Judged-By-Wine-Experts Kristin Donnelly http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/23/Nantucket-Wine--Fashion It takes talent to match just the right wine with a dish. Some would also argue that it takes talent to match the perfect handbag or heels with a dress. That makes Elisabeth English, the owner of Nantucket's Current Vintage, super-talented. After... Wine Shops Pairings Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:49:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/23/Nantucket-Wine--Fashion Jen Murphy http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/8/22/Best-Wine-Store-Next-Door-to-a-National-Park On the off chance you happen to be visiting Mt. Desert Island in Maine, which is home to a good chunk of Acadia National Park, and find yourself in need of wine, I'd suggest you make a point of visiting Sawyer's Specialties in Southwest Harbo... Wine Shops Wines Under $20 White Wine Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:17:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/8/22/Best-Wine-Store-Next-Door-to-a-National-Park Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/4/11/Good-Wine-Store--Great-Wine-Resource Eric Asimov has an engaging piece in today’s NY Times on learning about wine, which among other things underscores how useful a good wine shop is in terms of that goal. Read it here. I’ll just throw my two cents into the mix by saying tha... Wine Shops Wed, 11 Apr 2007 16:45:50 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/4/11/Good-Wine-Store--Great-Wine-Resource Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/2/22/Pennsylvania-Blues Today a reader wrote in to point out that of the 27 Pinot Noirs I recommended in my March Tasting Room column (out on newsstands everywhere right now! whoo-hoo!) only one of them is available in Pennsylvania.Part of the problem here is simply that Ca... Wine Shops Tastings Red Wine Thu, 22 Feb 2007 18:02:06 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/2/22/Pennsylvania-Blues Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/2/5/Hope-Spring-Eternal So here I've got this spiffy new blog; seems only appropriate to say welcome, and explain a bit about what's going to be on here. Much of it will be alerting people to great new wines that I taste in our handy-dandy wine tasting room (around ... Wine Shops Tastings Vintners White Wine Mon, 05 Feb 2007 10:12:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/2/5/Hope-Spring-Eternal Ray Isle