http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:48 -0500 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:57:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/3/A-Wealth-of-Champagne-Information I think the advent of September, and, thankfully, a breath or two of cool breeze in NYC, has gotten me thinking about Champagne. (Of course, simply waking up in the morning can make me think about Champagne.) In any case, lately when I think about Ch... News Champagne Sparkling Wine Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:57:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/3/A-Wealth-of-Champagne-Information Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/7/Today-Show-Made-in-America-Wines I had a good time appearing on Today this morning, recommending wines for their "Made in America" Friday whip segment. (On the whip they run through four or so variations on a topic in a speedy way.) In this case "made in America"... News Champagne Rose Wines Under $20 Red Wine White Wine Sparkling Wine Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:44:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/7/Today-Show-Made-in-America-Wines Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/12/1/Champagne-Now-Thats-What-I-Call-Service There's a remarkable article in today's Daily Mail, which I got to by way of my restaurant-critic pal Alison Cook at the Houston Chronicle, that somehow finds a charming note amidst all the horrorshow of the attacks in Mumbai (follow this lin... News Holidays Wines Above $40 Wines $20 to $40 Champagne Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:58:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/12/1/Champagne-Now-Thats-What-I-Call-Service Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/11/20/Stunningly-Good-Champagne Sometimes a wine is so good that you immediately have to get on a plane and fly to Italy for five days just to calm down, which is apparently what happened to me after I went to the Champagne Jacques Selosse dinner at 11 Madison Park about a week and... [More] Wines Above $40 Restaurants Champagne Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:23:20 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/11/20/Stunningly-Good-Champagne Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/7/17/Bollinger-Rosé I had lunch yesterday with Ghislaine de Montgolfier, the somewhat impish but very elegant chairman of Bollinger, which has just released its first non-vintage rosé Champagne. Madame Lily Bollinger is of course responsible for the classic Champag... News Wines Above $40 Champagne Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:17:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/7/17/Bollinger-Rosé Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/1/2/Champagne--Barbecue It's unlikely that many people reading this will end up at Kasper's Meat Market in Weimar, Texas anytime soon, which is a shame, because the bbq brisket they serve up each weekend is mighty good stuff (their dry sausages are great, too, and y... Champagne Holidays Wines Above $40 Pairings Sparkling Wine Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:09:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2008/1/2/Champagne--Barbecue Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/12/27/Champagne-for-New-Years--Beyond Champagne and sparkling wine sales are rising like, well, bubbles in a glass of bubbly this year—U.S. fizz-fans are on line to down about 900 million glasses of the stuff, about four percent over our consumption in 2006 (so says the 2007 Impact... Holidays Wines Above $40 Wines $20 to $40 Champagne Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:53:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2007/12/27/Champagne-for-New-Years--Beyond Ray Isle