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April 13, 2012
30th Anniversary Food & Wine Classic in Aspen

FOOD & WINE will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its legendary FOOD & WINE Classic in Aspen, June 15 – 17, 2012, with a series of new events and programming this year.

The annual F&W Classic is the nation's premiere epicurean event, setting the standard for modern
weekend culinary festivals. FOOD & WINE will introduce new formats to select seminars; the 2012
FOOD & WINE Best New Chefs will be featured in the famed Grand Tasting Pavilion; and other

May 17, 2012
Vineyard Roots

An empty restaurant table where Mike Wallace, William Styron and Art Buchwald once dined.

When Mike Wallace died this spring, he was the last of a trio of media amigos who for decades dined regularly at the Le Grenier restaurant on Martha’s Vineyard, where Wallace and humorist Art Buchwald had summer residences and novelist William Styron and his family lived most of the year.  Styron died in 2006, and Buchwald a year later.

May 11, 2012
Signature Dish: Charlie Trotter

“I’m the opposite of most chefs in my approach. The taste of wine is fixed more or less when you open it, while the food is adjustable.  I can add fat or acid or garlic puree, any number of things to match the wine.”

"I’m the opposite of most chefs in my approach. The taste of wine is fixed more or less when you open it, while the food is adjustable.  I can add fat or acid or garlic puree, any number of things to match the wine."

After 25 years, his eponymous Chicago restaurant is being retired, but Charlie Trotter, the chef, continues his journey.

May 4, 2012
Three Winegrowers of Italy

Tasting wines with three producers provides a contrast in styles and in the philosophies of winemaking.

Sometimes juxtaposition is a funny thing.  A couple of weeks ago, I met separately with three winemakers who had no relationship with each other except they are all from Italy and all were in New York City on the same day.  And yet, I felt as through in a few hours I had sliced through a good part of what makes up the Italian wine scene.

May 2, 2012
Lunch at 21 Club with J Vineyards

If you want a nice range of excellent wines, drop everything and call J Vineyards.

I just had a wonderfully stimulating lunch with some folks from J Vineyards. Attending were Kathryn Lindstrom, their COO, George Rose their Communications Director, and Melissa Stackhouse their VP of Winemaking.

May 1, 2012
Almaviva Winery~Chile's Gold Standard

Almaviva winery began in 1997 when the Baroness Philippine de Rothschild recognized the potential of Chilean terroir and entered into an agreement with Don Eduardo Guilisasti Tagle, Chairman of Concha y Toro, a premier Chilean producer.

I had the very good fortune of travelling to Chile recently and to visit many vineyards, meet several winemakers and other winery personnel and to taste a selection of Chile's many and varied wines.

April 19, 2012
West Coast Style

With lamb, fish, and lighter fare supplanting hearty deep-winter food, Pinot Noir becomes the obvious choice for pairing with almost any dish.

California and Oregon Pinot Noirs, with their broad range of styles and prices, make excellent foils for the seasonal cuisine of spring. With lamb, fish, and lighter fare supplanting hearty deep-winter food, Pinot Noir becomes the obvious choice for pairing with almost any dish. We asked our panel of six Pinot Noir loving sommeliers to recommend their favorite spring wines.

April 10, 2012
Bordeaux’s 2011 Vintage a Keeper, But the Dance over Prices Continues

As was the case with the 2008 vintage, the jumbled weather in 2011 had all the right elements – sunshine, rain, heat, cold – in all the wrong places, thus gathering early predictions of gloom.

Coming just days before Easter, Bordeaux pulled another rabbit from its hat with the 2011 vintage wines during last week’s barrel tastings in the fabled French wine region.
As was the case with the 2008 vintage, the jumbled weather in 2011 had all the right elements – sunshine, rain, heat, cold – in all the wrong places, thus gathering early predictions of gloom.

April 5, 2012
The Finger Lakes

According to Native American legend, the lakes in upper New York State were created when the Great Spirit placed a hand down on earth in a blessing that left an imprint of the sacred fingers on the land. 

According to Native American legend, the lakes in upper New York State were created when the Great Spirit placed a hand down on earth in a blessing that left an imprint of the sacred fingers on the land. According to science, they were formed by the Ice Age glaciers that retreated a million or so years ago, creating in their wake enormous basins gouged into ancient streambeds.

March 28, 2012
Daughter of the Blue Nun

To new owner Bettina Sichel, all her Laurel Glen wines need are better marketing exposure.

What do you do if your father is the man who made Blue Nun the biggest wine celebrity in the U.S.?  If you’re Bettina Sichel, you follow in his footsteps and become a wine marketing expert.

March 23, 2012
2012 Pebble Beach Food & Wine

Don't Miss the Culinary Event of a Lifetime!

Pebble Beach Food & Wine is the premier epicurean lifestyle event on the West Coast, bringing 5000 national and international attendees to Del Monte Forest, one of the most picturesque strips of coastline in the world.

March 23, 2012
Burgundy wines tastings - Terroirs & Signatures de Bourgogne

The Burgundy Wine Board (BIVB) cordially invites you to attend "Terroirs & Signatures de Bourgogne," the year's most prestigious trade tasting event.

Join us from 1pm - 6pm on

Tuesday April 24th, 2012 - San Francisco City Hall San Francisco

Thursday April 26th, 2012 - Tribeca Rooftop, New York

RSVP by April 10th for an opportunity to attend an educational seminar from 11am - 1pm entitled "Climats et Lieux-dits de Bourgogne".

Click here to RSVP.

March 23, 2012
Burgundy wines tastings - Terroirs & Signatures de Bourgogne

The Burgundy Wine Board (BIVB) cordially invites you to attend "Terroirs & Signatures de Bourgogne," the year's most prestigious trade tasting event.

Join us from 1pm - 6pm on

Tuesday April 24th, 2012 - San Francisco City Hall San Francisco

Thursday April 26th, 2012 - Tribeca Rooftop, New York

RSVP by April 10th for an opportunity to attend an educational seminar from 11am - 1pm entitled "Climats et Lieux-dits de Bourgogne".

Click here to RSVP.

March 22, 2012
New Hazard Communication Standard is Official

OSHA has implemented a new hazard communication standard that is expected to impact the majority of U.S. employers.

The Federal Department of Occupational Safety has announced the new hazard communication standard, featuring the implementation of the Globally Harmonized System (GHS), will be published in the Federal Register March 26 and become law May 25,2012.

March 14, 2012
Wild Thing

In Chef Tony Maws’ kitchen, spring arrives each year with pungency, borne on the ripe scent of wild ramps.

In Chef Tony Maws’ kitchen, spring arrives each year with pungency, borne on the ripe scent of wild ramps. The first delivery of these onion-like odorous greens signals that ramps have made their seasonal rebound, popping their leafy heads up through local forest leaf litter as they do each spring. In his restaurant, Maws readies himself for the vegetable’s brief, bold visitation.

March 8, 2012
19th Annual Cultural Awareness Salute and Black Tie Dinner

BCA Celebrates Diversity in the Hospitality and Culinary Industry at 19th. Annual Cultural Awareness Salute and Black Tie Gala.

BCA Celebrates Diversity in the Hospitality and Culinary Industry at 19th Annual Cultural Awareness Salute and Black Tie Gala.

February 29, 2012
Research May Eliminate Common Foodborne illness

New research may eliminate one of the most common types of foodborne illness.

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Edinburgh, England are hoping their research can eliminate one of the most common causes of food borne illness, Campylobacter.

February 27, 2012
Perfection: 1,000 Points of Wine

A tasting of 10 wines with perfect ratings at this weekend's MidAtlantic Food + Wine Feast in Wilmington, DE, shows that not only the Oscars deserve a red-carpet walk.

It certainly is an intriguing thought – a wine tasting worth a thousand points, made up of 10 wines that a least one major wine publication or guru has rated 100 points each.  Ten perfect wines at one sitting.

The question is: Would it turn out to be The Perfect Tasting?

February 1, 2012
Vertical of the Century's First Decade

As a vertical tasting of Chateau d'Issan's first 10 vintages of the 21st Century shows, Bordeaux wines are flying high at a level of consistent quality not previously experienced.

It seems like only minutes ago that we were deciding what Champagne we were buying to drink in the new century while worrying whether we were going to catch the millennium bug.  But already we have raced through the first decade of the 21st Century and are well into the second.

January 22, 2012
Ca’ Salina and Villa Almé

As you enter the Veneto region at the base of the Alps you encounter steep mountains of grape dedicated to developing the best and only offcially designated Proseccos.

Driving north from Venice, Italy, you leave the relatively flat planes of the Adriatic coast and enter the mountainous region of the Italian Pre-Alps. As the mountains loom closer,

January 4, 2012
Matchmaking with Chef Sarah Scott

“I don’t talk about pairing wine and food. . . . I speak about balancing instead.”-Chef Sarah Scott

As the senior executive chef for Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley for more than 14 years, and now as a chef and culinary consultant for wineries and restaurants around the country, Sarah Scott

January 3, 2012
Personal Chef Summit-San Diego

Being a personal chef has pros and cons. Learn how to make this career choice work for you!

WHAT: The 2012 APPCA Personal Chef Summit, empowering personal chefs to realize ultimate success in their careers, their businesses, and their lives. CLICK Here for the full Agenda.

December 31, 2011
At the End of the Year, Venue Counts

Where we drink doesn't change the taste of a wine - but it does change our enjoyment of it.

On their first visits to faraway place

December 14, 2011
The Winter Bar

Dark gloom beckons for a cozy room and a lovely cocktail to match.

A working definition of a winter bar may be impossible to establish.

December 9, 2011
Sweet Piece of Greece

A natural and unique sweetener from Greece.

“ Mastihareminds me of my childhood, and how I would lick the sap from my fingers after I climbed the trees,” reminisces Chef Nick Danellis of Ammos restaurant in New York