Web magazine Table Matters explores eau de vie, the fruit-based digestif that many Americans associate with the expression “tastes like burning.” But the unaged brandy, when done well, cuts an impressive gastronomic figure: “‘If the fruit doesn’t have it, the eau de vie...

The days are numbered. The Cincinnati Int'l Wine Festival is this weekend. Hundreds of wine, hundreds of people, and you with your tasting glass. How on earth do you survive it? I have my own tips for Wine Festival Survival. I polled a large group of wine bloggers on Twitter and discovered that my t...

I have been working hard on a new creation as I try to satisfy all my interests with their own websites and blogs. This is one I am really happy with so far: Florence Wine Merchants I plan to devote......

There we were, two tourist bums sitting on Pondicherry's seawall, drinking wine hidden in a bag.  Pondicherry (now Puducherry)  is in South India, and therefore the wine was Indian--Grover Vineyards Cabernet-Shiraz, produced from grapes grown on the slopes of the Na...

Subscribe to Cynthia’s free newsletter Jean Luc Thunevin and his wife Murielle in their St Emilion garden Grab this! It's a 2005 Bordeaux and it less than $20 per bottle. Now, that's a sweet combination. If you loved the 2002 and 2003 of this wine, can you imagine what you're going to think about ...

The best way to sell a wine is to give someone a sample of it.  As much as I wish the Internet were a solution to everything, the fact that you can't taste a wine over the Net is inescapable. But, here's a French winery using their Web site (alas, I don't read French) to get ...

“They were to observe them as days of feasting and merrymaking (y’mei mishteh v’simha) and as an occasion for sending gifts to one another and presents to the poor.” -Esther 9:22 Other than reading and/or hearing the Megillah, every mitzvah of Purim is mentioned in this one v...

Subscribe to Cynthia’s free newsletter The Rully Vineyards - Source of great value white Burgundy What a gal! Barely out of her twenty-somethings and Erel is already making incredible Rully that can rival a Meursault. Now that's an idea that's mighty appealing when the stock market is acting very ...

The work week's (finally) over—now's your chance to get really creative and industrious. Skim through our ten tips for enjoying a cheaper, tastier, and intriguingly fun night out or party at your pad. Photo by Joe Shlabotnik. 10. Find great beer to drink Leaving the house doesn't mean having t...

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