http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:11:45 -0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:51:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/13/Spinach-Pie--Sparkling-Rose I am a spinach-pie fanatic. Doesn't matter if it's the Greek phyllo variety or the folded-dough Middle Eastern sort; there is no food more perfect in my mind. And just recently, I had a spinach-pie-and-wine pairing epiphany that makes the ult... Rose Pairings Sparkling Wine Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:51:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/13/Spinach-Pie--Sparkling-Rose Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/7/Today-Show-Made-in-America-Wines Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/1/9/A-Few-Good-Values-for-the-Weekend There's no particular theme to this last-minute grab bag of good, inexpensive wines, though I was flipping through my notes and I did come across this comment from wine importer Bart Broadbent: "Wines are like people. If they please everyone... Rose Wines Under $20 Red Wine Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:41:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/1/9/A-Few-Good-Values-for-the-Weekend Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2008/10/7/A-Mighty-Good-Rose-2007-Domaine-Tempier Since I'm in the Bay Area for our annual American Wine Awards event, I took the opportunity to head over to the East Bay and grab lunch at the Chez Panisse's Café. Seemed like a good idea, since I haven't been there in thirteen years... Rose Pairings Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:04:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2008/10/7/A-Mighty-Good-Rose-2007-Domaine-Tempier Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/7/26/Good-Roses In classic form, I stated that the results of my rosé tasting would be posted yesterday; of course, I am only getting to them today. But the world does seem to be spinning on its axis, so evidently promptness wasn't all that important.In any... Tastings Rose Wines Under $20 Wines $20 to $40 Thu, 26 Jul 2007 17:34:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/7/26/Good-Roses Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/7/24/What-to-Do-with-Rose There's an engaging thread today on Eric Asimov's blog, The Pour, at the Times, regarding rosé—worthwhile, not worthwhile, delicious, foul, etc. Many opinions are expressed. For my part I agree there's a lot of insipid ros&#233... Recipes Rose Pairings Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:37:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/7/24/What-to-Do-with-Rose Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/4/20/Value-Wine-Friday-Two-Under-12 There's a general air in NYC today that could be roughly summed up as, "Thank God. Spring. Finally!" The sun is out, it's breezy, and if I weren't sitting here in an office typing these words, I'd be sitting out in a park so... Tastings Rose Wines Under $20 Fri, 20 Apr 2007 13:23:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/4/20/Value-Wine-Friday-Two-Under-12 Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/3/19/Rose-Popularity On Sunday morning I did a segment on the weekend Today show about pairing wines with food (if they ever create a link to the video, I'll post it here). I finished my four-and-a-half minutes with a dry rosé—the 2005 Chateau d'Aqueri... News Rose Wines Under $20 Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:16:33 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/3/19/Rose-Popularity Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/2/23/Two-Under-20-Friday I'm hoping this will become a regular feature of this column—my sense is that the only thing that might stand in the way is lack of initiative on my part or vast lack of interest on the part of my readers. But I remain optimistic. Besides, ... Tastings Rose Wines Under $20 Red Wine Fri, 23 Feb 2007 11:04:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2007/2/23/Two-Under-20-Friday Ray Isle