I arrive today in Paris to attend this weekend's Whisky Live. This will be the farthest I've ever traveled for the express purpose of drinking whisky. After that I'm going directly (by way of London Glasgow) to Islay to attend the Bruichladdich Academy. I will be hauling my computer along, and hope to post from both Paris and Islay.Today we'll have a best of story - a story which looks at the art...

Today I should be leaving Islay and heading to Glasgow for a night. My plans include hitting the famous Glaswegian pub The Pot Still. Then I'll be headed home tomorrow.----------------The following was a well-received story that discusses the wonderous effects that wood has on whisky. A shorter, more simplified version ...

Just recently I posted about wineries going organic, and it is nice to see that wine folks out there in the industry actually read my little ol' blog here because I soon heard from the nice folks at Charles Krug... Continue .

Sonoma the next day - touting - Caymus Vineyards Special Selection 2003 - best Cabernet that Napa has ... are rich and intense, boding well for short- to mid-term cellaring. Best from 2007 through 2014 - So...

... and apricots. It captured the Governor's Cup, awarded to the best wine of the show, and a platinum medal, denoting an ''extraordinary wine.'' The winning entry eclipsed 251 wines in the daylong ... German and French dessert wines I have savored. Alas, most mortals will never see it. Only 75 cases of 24 ... to the premium white dry wine market. The three runners-up, platinum medal winners, were dessert wines. The '86...

... with an immediately produced - small black book - extensive cocktails and hard liquor listings - wines by the glass ... - four minutes - Montelena - Estate - Cabernet Sauvignon - 2000 - a wine best described as - "more...

Have written many times about Coturri Wines - no matter how much I like them - I would be remiss by not admitting - that they're not for everyone - Rich - syrupy - all natural - they are what I call real wines - So I opened a bottle of Coturri - Zinfandel - 2002 - with a summer night steak BBQ - offering my wife a taste - expecting her to immediately switch to a cool white Sauvignon Blanc...

wines were stored As he carefully explained - they go back to the beginnings of wine-making ... - a bit of everything - had to define - one of Jay's two - what should I get for under $10 - wines - good...

Annual tasting at one of the 5th Avenue clubs - twenty some assorted wines - set as a walk-around - chance to rate  - the great - the good - the bad - the ugly - Benziger - Sauvignon Blanc - North Coast - 2004 - classic - thumbs up - Lincourt - Chardonnay - Santa Barbara - 2004 - lots of oak ... - but the three wines that I "really" did not like - Chasseloir - Esmonin - Perdrix - were all at the same table...

Amelie Joyful, Elegant, Gentle In the Contado, the medieval vineyards and lands ruled by the Counts, it was often the tradition to celebrate a new birth by planting a plot of vines or dedicating to the new born a special wine. This would bid well and endow him/her with symbolic ...