http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:00:30 -0500 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:27:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 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/2009/10/21/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/2009/10/12/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/2009/9/22/Revisiting-a-Classic In my October column on 50 of the classic wines of the world, I singled out Castello di Monsanto's renowned Il Poggio bottling as a defining example of Chianti. So it was good fortune, or weird coincidence, or something, that Monsanto's Laura... Tastings Vintners Wines Above $40 Vineyards Red Wine Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:39:02 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/22/Revisiting-a-Classic Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/21/Wine-Week-Part-Three Obviously, last Wednesday was an epic day (as evidenced by the fact that it's taken me three days to blog about all of its goings on). The day began with New Zealand Riesling and Pinot Gris, shaded into Sauternes and then was pleasantly capped of... Tastings Red Wine Wines Above $40 Winemakers Wines $20 to $40 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:07:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/21/Wine-Week-Part-Three Megan Krigbaum http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/1/Today-Show-End-of-Summer-Drinks I was on the Today show this morning (check out the clip here), recommending a few summer's-almost-over-don't-miss-them beers and wines to Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb. It was, as usual, a slightly crazy affair, but a lot of fun.Beer-wise... Dessert Wine Beer Red Wine White Wine Sparkling Wine Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:05:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/1/Today-Show-End-of-Summer-Drinks Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/20/Argentinas-Great-Imported-Winemaker Alberto Antonini is one of the world's most influential winemakers, consulting on wines everywhere from his native Italy to Uruguay, California and Portugal. I recently sat down with Alberto to taste through a selection of wines he's consulti... Tastings White Wine Wines Under $20 Red Wine Winemakers Wines $20 to $40 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:50:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/20/Argentinas-Great-Imported-Winemaker Megan Krigbaum http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/19/Opened-Wines-that-Stay-Fresh-in-the-Fridge In a staff meeting recently, we talked about whether there are clear ways to predict if a wine will be just as good, or even better, on the second day after the bottle's been opened. In general, young wines do better than old wines. But young win... Red Wine Wines Under $20 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 18:28:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/19/Opened-Wines-that-Stay-Fresh-in-the-Fridge Kristin Donnelly http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/18/Wine-and-Waves-in-South-Africa While researching a piece on the best wineries near beaches for a story that will appear in our October issue, I discovered that there is a die-hard community of surfing winemakers around the world, from Santa Barbara to Basque country. Perhaps the m... News Vintners Winemakers Red Wine Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:14:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/18/Wine-and-Waves-in-South-Africa Jen Murphy 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/2009/7/30/Is-Malbec-Next-for-Long-Island People have come to think of Long Island for good Merlot and perhaps to a lesser extent, Cabernet Franc. Sauvignon Blanc is also getting a bit of buzz. In new wine regions, producers and wine writers love to proclaim the new hot grape variety every f... Red Wine Winemakers Wines $20 to $40 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:28:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/30/Is-Malbec-Next-for-Long-Island Kristin Donnelly 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/2009/7/21/A-Little-Grenache-Geekery--A-Good-Cheap-Cabernet Chris Ringland, the star Australian winemaker whose eponymous and much acclaimed Chris Ringland Shiraz sells for a modest (ahem) $600 or so a bottle, stopped by the office the other day to pour a few of his substantially less pricey wines. (In the in... Tastings Wines Under $20 Red Wine Wines Above $40 Winemakers Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:07:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/21/A-Little-Grenache-Geekery--A-Good-Cheap-Cabernet Ray Isle http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/1/Secret-of-Aussie-Grenache At the recent F&W Classic in Aspen I had a chance to sit in on a seminar with bacon-obsessed Australian wine fanatic Dan Philips, an F&W contributing editor and the owner of the Grateful Palate. While telling the crowd about what’s new ... Red Wine Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:14:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/1/Secret-of-Aussie-Grenache Jen Murphy http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/26/Aspen-Recap-2-Burger-Bonanza-Wines The 2009 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen wrapped up this past Sunday, but I figured I'd blog about one or two highlights from it anyway. One of them, not to blow my own horn, was the slightly crazy blind-burger-pairing-old-world-vs.-new-world-wi... [More] Tastings White Wine Red Wine Pairings Wines $20 to $40 Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:25:00 -0500 http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room/2009/6/26/Aspen-Recap-2-Burger-Bonanza-Wines Ray Isle