Classic Wines

Ever since the days of last minute back-to-school shopping and sudden thoughts returning to that boy in chemistry -- Labor Day Weekend has marked the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Fall just happens to be my favorite season, those school-age ... read more

As we sit languidly on our couches watching people perform shocking physical feats in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, it can seem from our horizontal positions that we have more in common with a house cat than these superhuman-humans. But interestingly enou... read more

My friend Blythe had a birthday last week, and so did I, but hers was so much more planned out... so hers is the one we'll discuss. This was mostly due to one of her friends so graciously planning it for her. This once again illustrates for me the wond... read more

My apartment doesn't have air conditioning. This tragedy is born from a combination of long work hours, lack of car and a questionable financial position. Thus, for this article I find myself focused on temperature again. When the heat makes all your t... read more

When my friends who had been storing their wine in their cool coastal garage opened one treasured bottle one evening to find it gone off, they panicked. It had been a particularly hot day in San Diego, and even their darkened, cool, oceanfront garage s... read more

Alcohol has gotten a bad rap, and deservedly so given liver failure, heart disease and the social dysfunction it can cause, however wine is in the paradoxical category of actually improving health. There has been a lot of talk lately about the componen... read more

It's wedding season, and rather like hunting season, there are rules and gear involved. First there is the emotional excitement and/or turmoil that friends' weddings cause, then there's the logistical turmoil of travel to said wedding, presents for sai... read more

Summer is upon us! The weather has been so schizophrenic here in New York that it has thrown me into a sort of state of denial about the advancing months (yes, I'll blame the weather) -- until suddenly here I sit, eyeing last year's tiny summer wardrob... read more

Ahh... June. Summer time. Birds are chirping, mowers are humming, skirts are shrinking and everywhere college kids are graduating. Yeah, June is good. On sunny, lazy days like these I get all nostalgic thinking about my own graduation day. My mom and I... read more

One thing I love about NYC is the BYOB. There are BYOB restaurants everywhere, but there is a little known other BYOB once a month, and that is BYOB Cinema. My friend and colleague Matt Kohn puts on Speakeasy Cinema one Monday a month at The Tank theat... read more

One of my favorite local vineyards here in New York is Channing Daughters, on the North Fork of Long Island (http://channingdaughters.com/). They always have interesting new blends and methods to try - - and thus far, according to this girl's palate, n... read more

Wine and the City has gone back to the beach. I am currently in (not so sunny) San Diego for my grandfather Randy's 93rd birthday. Yes, he is celebrating his NINETY THIRD birthday this week, it must have been the red wine in his youth -- of course bein... read more

It's so cool that now green is cool, because kids, it's getting warm in here -- and Napa has noticed. As the region makes 90% of the wine consumed in the US, what they do and how they do it affects us all on some level. It's a tale both scary and affir... read more

So yes it was quite tragic to me at first that I couldn't hook up the Bulgarian Film Festival with wine for their event with my wonderful skills - however imagine my surprise and glee at discovering what they did come up with!I arrived post-hosting to ... read more

I'm sure a lot of you worldly, outgoing wine people have encountered a chance to host an event. Whether it be a convention of sorts for work or an event to raise charity: where you have people, you must have wine and yummy edibles. The yummy edibles yo... read more

Art openings rock. Yes, there's art, and that's really great and all, but what's truly great about art openings is the Open Bar where wine (and sometimes stronger stuff too!) flows freely. And that's what initially brought me over to Cueto Project (551... read more

"Dear, we have 650 eggs." "I know, Darling, what ever will we do?"Ahh childhood memories... Around every holiday people turn into kids again, at least I know I do. Are you scrambling around your shrubbery looking for breakfast? Chances are you're chann... read more

I had another lovely evening at Park Bar last night (15 E15th Street, just off Union Square) and it occurred to me I have yet to share this little gem with you guys. While they have a full bar for those who want their appletinis or neat bourbon, what's... read more

St. Paddy's day is right around the corner kids and I know what you're thinking, "Green beer! Green beer! Oh where, oh where, Romany, can I get my grubby 1/10th Irish-But-Just-For-Tonight-Off-The-Boat hands on some GREEN BEER?!?"Well, too bad for you, ... read more

Well I'm back in the city, and what better way to celebrate my return to the Capital of Culture than by seeing some thee-a-tah. Last night I had the pleasure of seeing something completely new at the Bushwick Starr (207 Starr St., Brooklyn). I grabbed ... read more