Monthly Archive for December, 2011

Christmas Turkey, You’ve Met Your Match

Posted in Wine on Dec 25th, 2011

Riesling Spätlese Feinherb, Leiwener Laurentiuslay, St Urbans-Hof, 2008. Happy Holidays, everyone.

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A Mocktail for a Pregnant Lass

Posted in Spirits on Dec 22nd, 2011

Being pregnant sucks.  Well, let me rephrase that…being pregnant is beautiful…but not being able to savor the fine intracies of a well-balanced cocktail blows goats.  But rest assured, ladies-of-the-bump: a good mocktail can satisfy that craving, and not leave you with a sauced fetus. We recently checked out the new Astoria haunt, The Astor Room.  […]

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Pay the Palate! Miller Resigns from Wine Advocate

Posted in Wine on Dec 14th, 2011

Jay Miller is out at Wine Advocate.  Claiming innocence in a payola scandal that has rifled through the rolling hills of Spain and the wine community as a whole, Mr. Miller has stepped down from his role as editor of Spain, South America, and the Pacific Northwest.  It’s a fascinating story of claims of strong-arm tactics, […]

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White Whiskey: I Just Don’t Get It…

Posted in Spirits on Dec 11th, 2011

I have to admit, I don’t understand white whiskey.  As someone who oversees a bar program, I find myself confused as to how it fits into the mix.  Is it a sipping spirit?  Can it stand on its own?  Or is it simply something bound for a cocktail and that’s the end of it? To […]

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Homemade Ribs and Dunkelweizen = Divine

Posted in Beer on Dec 7th, 2011

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You’re Mine at Last, Cantillon

Posted in Beer on Dec 6th, 2011

After months of being on allocation, six bottles of Cantillon Fou’ Foune finally arrived today at Hearth.  I might as well just stash them deep in the recesses of the beer room under the East Village for my own personal sipping.  Maybe, just maybe, I’ll decide to let them see the light of day and […]

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