The American Society for Enology and Viticulture annually awards numerous scholarships to students pursuing a degree in enology, viticulture, or in a curriculum emphasizing a science basic to the wine and grape industry. We are pleased to recognize these outstanding graduate and undergraduate students who were granted awards for the ...

Just a quick note from Dubrovnik to say that Amuse-Bouche and its resident culinary ichthyologist will be on vacation in Europe until July 10. See you then! Just before we left, I found out that I am a finalist for two positions in the Association of Food Journalists’ 2006 awards ...

Over at Wine Sediments . Less than 400 cases made, so if you’re interested go give it a read.

After a fine birthday meal last night at Masa, today opened on a far more somber note, with news that Johnny Apple is gone. This was not a huge surprise to those who knew him; he had been in decline after a battle with cancer. But that doesn’t diminish the sense ...

Wine Spectator’s Marvin Shanken has suggested that his $90 tip on $1,200 of wine (that’s 7.5 percent) was justified by a 20 percent tip on food and the eternal problem of wine markups on expensive bottles.  GQ’s Alan Richman argues passionately Shaken is in fact a total cheapskate, and “The ...

Having announced our intent to operate a winery, however small and conscientious, our every action was on offer to an altar of scrutiny. Ironically, we could have decided to raise livestock like our other neighbors, including a family with an overachieving rooster that crows every morning at 4 am., and no one would have had the right to protest. We wanted a small winery and vineyard...

So what to do when you’re in North Carolina for a few days with food on the brain?  Eat barbecue, barbecue and more barbecue, of course. Stop by Price’s Chicken Coop in Charlotte for impressively moist fried chicken and a pile of fried chicken gizzards. And of course, go traipsing ...

It was a happy, barbecue-filled weekend down in North Carolina. I’m honored to say that I received both first and second place in the Association of Food Journalists’ 2006 awards for best food coverage on the Internet. (Full results here.)  I’m doubly amazed because this is the second year in ...

Gazing at a full moon on a warm, velvet summer night is definitely a pinot noir moment. The earth, mushroom, cherry and barnyard mystique of a good pinot noir celebrates the silvery effect of the moon on my surroundings and psyche. It reminds me of earth and tides and werewolves ...

Wine critic Robert Parker splashed through Paso Robles this week, and left behind a wake of about 600 open bottles. What to do, what to do . . . I don’t know about you, but in Paso Robles we call that a great excuse for a party. A whole string ...