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byStory and photographs by Bob Rozycki Walk through the front door and past the bar of Morello Italian Bistro on Greenwich Avenue for the…
Story and photographs by Bob Rozycki Walk through the front door and past the bar of Morello Italian Bistro on Greenwich Avenue for the…
Story and photographs by Bob Rozycki Life is a circle, maybe more oblong than round, for Jay Lippin. Jay, an amiable bear of a…
By Andrea Kennedy Centuries of artists have depicted the elm tree in historic and pastoral painting as a symbol of nature’s humble nobility. Chef…
By Geoff Kalish, MD With all the wine books and cookbooks out there – even with the marked decline in new titles over the…
Is it possible to be bedazzled by a wine? Not just to experience a profound palatal pleasure but be truly head-over-heels in love with a wine’s bouquet, flavor and the skill that went into fashioning it?
As the adage goes, “If you want to make a small fortune from a winery, start with a large one.” Such has been the case for many a second-career entrepreneur. Just ask Patricia Kluge, who reportedly received upward of $25 million from her ex-husband, media mogul John Kluge, and sank it and quite a bit more into a Charlottesville, Va. winery that declared bankruptcy two years ago. It’s now Trump Vineyard Estates, owned by none other than the Donald. So how does he expect to make money from this rather risky, capital-intensive business?
Do wines have seasons – and if so, what should we drink in the fall? In summertime when “the livin’ is easy,” most of us prefer light, fruity wines, quite independent of the fare. In cooler months, we trend toward heartier whites and reds and favor bubbly at year’s end with a wide range of starters and main-course items. However, for those with even moderately demanding palates, wine seasonality is best based not on weather or whim, but on the flavors of the fare usually served at that time of year.
Does Bacchus live at The Met? Beginning with a new production of Donizetti’s “L’Elisir d’Amore,” starring Anna Netrebko (Sept. 24), this year’s Metropolitan Opera…
Do real men drink pink? Apparently, yes. Retail shops in Westchester and Fairfield counties are reporting a dramatic rise in the sales of Rosé. Among the reasons is the realization that pink drinks aren’t only for women, with Rosés offering a welcome alternative to other warm-weather quaffs.
Our wine&dine columnist, Geoff Kalish, MD, waxes poetic on a 30-year love affair with La Camelia Restaurant, a northern Westchester institution
Often called “liquid gold” – because of its color and price – Madeira was the libation used by our forefathers to toast the signing…
Planting “flowers amongst the vines” often serves quite different purposes in so-called Old World vineyards as compared with those in the New World. In…
Winemaking and horse rescue, two seemingly divergent pursuits, merge rather seamlessly at Long Island’s North Fork Baiting Hollow Farm Vineyard. Settled in 1961 by…