Oh, look: Another entrenched writer at a legacy publication burped out 1,200 words on their "skepticism" of natural wine. Ho hum.
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Well, it would be the perfect recipe to pair with good-value light red wines, which have also still not gone viral despite my best efforts.
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Pastis and tapenade are a perfect pairing for the warm days ahead. You just don't know it yet, but trust me, you'll love it.
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What is the perfect cocktail and why is it the Perfect Manhattan with rye whiskey? Along with recipes for four other renditions.
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How do we ever really get to know wine? Sometimes, maybe not knowing is okay.
Unfortunately, most of it is not, and that's one reason why we suffer through so much poor wine prose.
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Visiting Lisbon's new wave of bars and restaurants rekindled my love affair with Portugal's obscure grapes.
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February 2023

On the Carthusian monks' decision to limit production of their famed liqueur and what it says about quality and scale in our soul-crushing modern world.
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As Portugal cracks down on hordes of visitors, what does a shot of cherry liqueur say about what's "touristy" and what's not?
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The letdown of dining somewhere between "cheap eats" and highbrow in an age of inflated prices and expectations. Plus, wines that remind me of the…
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What a football game translated into French can tell us about explaining foreign concepts to normal people.
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After a week of talking about the "crisis" in the wine business, maybe what we need is a ready-to-drink cocktail in a can.