http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:03:08 -0500 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:50:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/14/Ommegangs-Brew-News Last night, supertalented chef Bobby Hellen of NYC's Resto teamed up with Phil Leinhart, the brewmaster at Cooperstown, New York’s Ommegang brewery, for a gluttonous, nose-to-tail feast. It was the first of a series of Zagat-sponsored, craf... News Beer Chefs Pairings Restaurants Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:50:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/14/Ommegangs-Brew-News Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/19/Drinking-Through-a-Recession Yesterday on WNYC, radio host Leonard Lopate discussed the subject of running a restaurant during this recession with chefs Daniel Boulud of Manhattan’s DBGB Kitchen & Bar and Sosie Hublitz of Brooklyn’s Watty & Meg, as well as Na... News Chefs Restaurants Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:24:56 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/19/Drinking-Through-a-Recession Emily McKenna http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/30/PopUp-Wine-and-Design The coolest new place to take in great design, food and wine is MADCrush . This new pop-up bar appears for the first time tonight at NYC's great new Museum of Arts and Design. Restaurant design genius Stephanie Goto created the space largely from... News Chefs Wine Bars Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:42:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/30/PopUp-Wine-and-Design Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/28/Fonda-del-Sol-Smart-Pairings-Terrific-Food I've been to Fonda del Sol a few times now—it's just down the street from our office, conveniently—and it seems to be on an ever-inclining curve towards extreme tastiness. That's not a surprise to me. When I first met the rest... White Wine Sommeliers Red Wine Chefs Beer Pairings Restaurants Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:21:50 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/28/Fonda-del-Sol-Smart-Pairings-Terrific-Food Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/9/2009-Auction-Napa-Valley I had the opportunity to attend the 29th annual Auction Napa Valley this past weekend, which is definitely one of the more hifalutin' wine events I've ever run into. Held at Meadowood in St. Helena, it featured the requisite huge tent, some m... Red Wine Chefs Auctions Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:24:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/9/2009-Auction-Napa-Valley Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/5/15/Worlds-Most-Famous-Chef-Brews-Beer Actually, I can't say for certain that Ferran Adria of El Bulli in Spain is the world's most famous che, but he's certainly up there; and in terms of influence, he's definitely at the top of the heap. So it was a privilege to have him... News Beer Chefs Fri, 15 May 2009 15:10:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/5/15/Worlds-Most-Famous-Chef-Brews-Beer Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/4/10/Taste-Washington-Report This past weekend I had the good fortune to attend Taste Washington, an extravaganza of Washington State wines put on in a few places around the country every year. I was at the mothership incarnation of the thing, in Seattle, a mighty cool town (lik... Chefs White Wine Red Wine Wines Above $40 Pairings Wines $20 to $40 Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:22:27 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/4/10/Taste-Washington-Report Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/2/6/Mad-Geniuses-of-Wine A funny and characteristically sharp post by Alder Yarrow of Vinography about the assorted crackpots of the wine world called to mind the dinner I had just the other night with Ales Kristancic, the off-the-wall visionary behind the Slovenian winery M... White Wine Vintners Wines Above $40 Chefs Wines $20 to $40 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:26:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/2/6/Mad-Geniuses-of-Wine Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/7/8/Good-Times-for-Italian-Wine-Lovers-Scarpetta-Bar-Milano-DellAnima Sometimes it's easy to lose sight of how radically wine lists in restaurants have changed over the past, oh, fifteen years or so. I've been on a sort of Italian-resto-spree lately, and I'm coming out of it thinking that I'm either dre... White Wine Red Wine Chefs Restaurants Sparkling Wine Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:51:08 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/7/8/Good-Times-for-Italian-Wine-Lovers-Scarpetta-Bar-Milano-DellAnima Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/3/13/Great-Steak-But-How-About-That-Creamed-Corn It’s heartening when one’s home state strikes a powerful blow against the forces of darkness. And I’m here to tell you, if you want the forces of darkness whisked from your view like yesterday’s dust-bunnies, you’d bette... Restaurants Chefs Wines $20 to $40 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:31:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/3/13/Great-Steak-But-How-About-That-Creamed-Corn Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/11/14/Chocolate--Wine I had the interesting experience over the weekend of being the guest wine speaker for an all-chocolate brunch that the immensely talented Andrew Shotts, of Garrison Confections in Providence, put on at the James Beard House. Generally speaking, ... [More] Chefs Pairings Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:56:46 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/11/14/Chocolate--Wine Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/11/6/Two-Good-Things-To-Ingest Thing #1:2001 Pierre Sparr Riesling Grand Cru Schoenenburg ($35, give or take) This is still available out there in the world, according to wine-searcher.com, and that's a fine thing, because it's terrific Grand Cru Alsace Riesling that's... Restaurants White Wine Chefs Wines $20 to $40 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:39:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/11/6/Two-Good-Things-To-Ingest Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/7/11/Pairing-Tarte-Flambee--Alsace-Riesling Went to a nifty small-scale Alsace wine and food tasting the other evening, hosted by DB Bistro's chef de cuisine Olivier Muller and wine director Arnaud Devulder. There was a compelling reason to go, as DB Bistro produces (for my money) the best... Restaurants White Wine Chefs Tastings Pairings Wines $20 to $40 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:08:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/7/11/Pairing-Tarte-Flambee--Alsace-Riesling Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/4/25/Anthos-Great-Wine-Service-For-One-Thing The other night I went to Anthos, the new haut-chic-Greek midtown spot from chef Michael Psilakis and restaurateur Donatella Arpaia. As about fifty other bloggers and restaurant reviewers have noted, high-end Greek food seems to be having its flavor-... Sommeliers Chefs Restaurants Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:07:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/4/25/Anthos-Great-Wine-Service-For-One-Thing Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/4/19/Oceana-Brand-New-Menu-Same-Great-Wine-List Went to dinner the other night at Oceana, that venerable-in-NY-restaurant-terms monument to all things, well, oceanic. I was there primarily to check out the cooking of new chef Ben Pollinger (who most recently worked at Tabla under Floyd Cardoz, and... Chefs Restaurants Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:08:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/4/19/Oceana-Brand-New-Menu-Same-Great-Wine-List Ray Isle