Posted in Imbibe Wine Club, Wine Reviews, Wine Stories, tagged Imbibe New York Wine Club, Syrah, Wine Reviews, Wine Stories, Wines from Northern Rhone on March 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Plummy round mounds of earth
She sensed musky violets
When the woman in warm leather passed
Juicy, so fresh it’s sour fruit
Tannins settled like dust on her shoes
In a sharp embrace
She took her tart and leapt
Leaving berries in her wake.
2001 Cuilleron Saint Joseph Les Serines
Posted in New York Wine Bars, tagged 10012, New York Wine Bars, Xicala Wine Bar on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Posted in Wine Stories, tagged jenny & francois, Wine Reviews, Wine Stories on March 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Red and black
Fruit in a clay vessel
Underground
Acidity like
Moonlight beaming
Mas Foulaquier Pic Saint Loup les Tonnillieres 2007
Posted in Wine Reviews, tagged Barolo, Nebbiolo, Wine Reviews on March 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Twenty-five bottles
Small black grapes
The mighty nebbiolo
Six villages
Like bedded lovers in spring day light
La Morra, Verduni, Barolo,
Castiglione Falletto,
Serralunga and Monforte.
Cru Wines include famed Cannubi
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Posted in Wineries, tagged Ben Feder, Clinton Vineyards, Edible Manhattan on March 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have a piece in the March/April 2010 issue of Edible Manhattan titled, “Trailblazer: Remembering an accidental vintner who put Hudson Valley Wine on the map.”
I never had the pleasure of meeting Ben Feder of Clinton Vineyards, but it seems he was a lovely man. You can read more about Ben here.
Posted in wine events, tagged Greek wines, New York Wine Expo on March 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Friday, she came to the Expo to drink
Hoping to shed cells like snake’s skin
Because toxic memories aren’t worth being kept
And it’s better to spit venom (and not wine)
When vexed.
