http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/tasting-room Ray Isle's Wine Blog en-us Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:50:35 -0500 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:50:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/22/Tasting-2007-Bordeaux Anyone in the NY area and inclined to buy Bordeaux might want to check out the Union des Grands Crus tasting tomorrow, held at The Four Seasons restaurant, a few blocks away from Sherry-Lehmann, which is presenting the event (tickets $75/$125). I sto... Tastings White Wine Red Wine Wines Above $40 Wines $20 to $40 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:50:00 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2010/1/22/Tasting-2007-Bordeaux Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/18/10-Wine--Spirit-Gift-Ideas I was thinking through what I'd tasted, and read, and heard about, and so on through the course of 2009, and it seemed like a good idea to recap a few highlights as possible gift ideas. After all, there's still time left—and even if the... White Wine Holidays Red Wine Wines Above $40 Wines Under $20 Wines $20 to $40 Sparkling Wine Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:10:08 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/18/10-Wine--Spirit-Gift-Ideas Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/4/Today-Show-Wines-for-Takeout-Food Had a fun time today, as usual, on the Today Show with Kathie Lee & Hoda. This time around the subject was wines to pair with takeout food, part of my secret plan (actually not so secret, given I'm blogging about it) to convince the world tha... White Wine Red Wine Wines Under $20 Pairings Wines $20 to $40 Champagne Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:51:10 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/12/4/Today-Show-Wines-for-Takeout-Food Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/24/Thanksgiving-Day-Wines I was on the Today Show over the weekend, suggesting wines not just for the big Thanksgiving meal but all the other activities that go on this week—parades, football games, recovering after being mashed and jostled at the mall, you name it. The... White Wine Holidays Red Wine Wines Under $20 Wines $20 to $40 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:36:43 -0500 http://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/24/Thanksgiving-Day-Wines Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/11/19/Drinks-at-Drink Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/21/Red-Wine--Fish-or-Why-I-Love-Science Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/10/12/NYC-Wine--Food-Festival-Beaucastel-Tasting Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/22/Revisiting-a-Classic Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/21/Wine-Week-Part-Three Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/9/1/Today-Show-End-of-Summer-Drinks Ray Isle http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/20/Argentinas-Great-Imported-Winemaker Megan Krigbaum http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/19/Opened-Wines-that-Stay-Fresh-in-the-Fridge Kristin Donnelly http://172.31.0.190/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/8/18/Wine-and-Waves-in-South-Africa Jen Murphy 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/2009/7/30/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://172.31.0.190/blogs/tasting-room/2009/7/30/Is-Malbec-Next-for-Long-Island Kristin Donnelly