A group of us stopped by the much-hyped new restaurant/cocktail destination Tailor last night, where mixologist Eben Freeman's esoteric cocktails are the primary partners to chef/wunderkind Sam Mason's equally esoteric food. Esoteric how? Con...

Off the shelf 2007 18th Street Bianco Lodi Cuvee Firenze ($13) This latest in Bi-Rite Market's house wines is tailor-made for light dinners. It's labeled Bianco, but its straw color and racy acidity give away the fact that it's 100 percent Verdicchio...

Off the shelf 2007 18th Street Bianco Lodi Cuvee Firenze ($13) This latest in Bi-Rite Market's house wines is tailor-made for light dinners. It's labeled Bianco, but its straw color and racy acidity give away the fact that it's 100 percent Verdicchio...

... color, but it’s too tight. Free yourself from the frustration by going to a tailor! Want ... of the people who do the actual sewing in Thai tailor shops are of Chinese origin. Due to the fact...

If you are a winemaker or owner of a wine farm and you have not yet made the acquaintance of Wineware Consulting, the new kid on the wine block, now is the time to do so. Wineware Consulting offers, tailor-made software solutions that will simplify the way you run your wine-production system, optimise productivity and increase profit margins...

Stacy Buchanan of AmericanWinery.com comments on Peltier Station Winery's solution to the problem of being a domestic producer of port wine .  Some more background on the design is here . I like USB port almost as much as Quady Winery's "Starboard" . Anyone know of other clever work-arounds?  Both these wines seem tailor-made for wine.woot.com...

Here’s a hole-in-the-wall that deserves a visit and a little publicity. New Gold Mountain is the creation of four local guys who’ve toiled in well-known bars from London to Melbourne. They contracted with a bold young Aussie architect, Cassandra Fahey. Here, she’s combined an old tailor’s studio near Melbourne’s Chinatown with a theme right out of an opium den in colonial era Shanghai. It’s all...

Each barrel is a hand-crafted masterpiece, made for the customer’s needs, in the same way that a Savile Row tailor makes a suit for you (well, perhaps not quite Thomas Mahon and English Cut, but I’m sure get the idea). Every barrel you can see on the Devon beach above was made for a specific job. This is how it goes. A winemaker orders a barrel, or 10 or 20, made from not just oak, but oak from...

Filed under: Wine , West Coast , New Products , America Hopefully, you were able to secure a stunning location last year and already have your perfect fairytale princess dress at the tailor's. Now all you have to think about for your big day is...wine ? Trust me, though everything about a wedding matters to you, everyone will think you looked gorgeous and that the wedding was "nice." In other...

Filed under: Wine , West Coast , New Products , America Hopefully, you were able to secure a stunning location last year and already have your perfect fairytale princess dress at the tailor's. Now all you have to think about for your big day is...wine ? Trust me, though everything about a wedding matters to you, everyone will think you looked gorgeous and that the wedding was "nice." In other...