Drinking

Does Napa Have Terroir?

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:34:48 +0100

Debates about terroir are as hot as ever, especially when it comes to California. My big question is always: Do wines from individual vineyards display a distinctive sense of place in, say, Napa Valley? It doesn't help that Napa produces hundreds of wines made by producers who are all over the map in their approach to winemaking. So when I had a chance to sample 63 wines made from Stagec ...

Boozy Whipped Cream

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:28:26 +0100

In a world where culinary trends come and go like so many rumaki on an enamel platter, one can truly appreciate the inevitable collision of food and alcohol in one perfect serving. Consider, for instance, the classic Jell-O shot, or this season's wildly inventive array of booze-spiked popsicles< ...

Japan's Fruit Fetish

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:38:35 +0100

Second in a four-part series on Japanâs unexpected wine scene. See Japan's Zen Winemakers, the first story in the series. What's wrong with $200 melons, $100 mangoes and $50 clusters of grapes? The answer to such an absurd question is less obvious if you are Japanese. The custom of giving expensive fruit as a bus ...