Monthly Archive for May, 2012

As we load up the gear to head back to the urban jungle, it’s only right I wrap up some special bottles of brew that I can’t get in NYC. This is important travel protocol for any wine, beer or spirits geek.  If you’re not smuggling home some juju juice, then you’re a plain ol’ […]

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Welcome to Colorful Colorado

Just rolled into Denver and was met by two old friends.

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NY Spirits and NY Roast Pig

What’s the date today?  Really?  Wow.  Where did the week go?  Oh, right.  We’re opening a new wine bar in the next few days…on a railroad track…in the sky…but more on that later. In the meantime, I must close up some loose ends for the Manhattan Cocktail Classic because it went more beautifully than a […]

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Going to the Gala with the Gals

A pic from last night’s soiree at the 2012 Manhattan Cocktail Classic Gala with some of my fellow managers from Hearth & Terroir. And yes, that is a black bear behind us standing on his hind legs, fangs and claws bared.  Thankfully, we weren’t harmed, but I did hear the bear was spotted loitering around […]

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Mark your calendars, people. Rally the homebrew club.  Cancel your weekend gambling trip to Macao.  Request the day off from work…hell, request two days off from work.  Cause it’s about to be ON. Four days from now, it’s time to stand up for the craft beer cause.  Time to declare your independence from the mass-produced […]

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Stoked to hear, hot off the presses of the Beard Foundations Twitter account, that my boss/colleague/compatriot/rebel-rouser/mentor/fearless maniac, Paul Grieco, just won the 2012 James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional. This is awesome, well-deserved news for me and all the other glorious misfits that call Hearth & Terroir home.  Well done, Paul. […]

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That’s Some Effective Signage

On the wall of Stinky Bklyn, the deliciously olfactory-overpowering cheese and beer shop in Cobble Hill.

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