It’s Italian Cucina–Hosts Cocktail Tasting Featuring Spirits of Il Contratto on Thursday, March 29, 2018, from 5 to 7 PM. Join Al Fini, proprietor of It’s Italian Cucina to explore three cocktails made with spirits from Il Contratto, a Piedmont wine house that has been producing fine wine and spirits for 150 years. Enjoy 3 […]
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Falvo’s in Flight
Summer is coming!!! This pair from Lewis Wines should be on the ready in your fridge. Swim spot is a refreshing blend of Albariño and Blanc du Bois, a grape developed to thrive in the Texas climate and to resist the deadly Pierce’s disease. The 2016 Parr Mourvèdre Rosé is simply delicious and packed with […]
Falvo’s in Flight
A head trained, cane pruned vine above the tasting room at Ridge Vineyards Montebello. You can see the bits of decomposed Franciscan green stone mixed with clay and loaf at the base of the vine and behind it to the left. This lays atop fractured limestone. It is here, at approximately 2300-2600 feet that the […]
Frappato? How Would You Know?
I opened a bottle of Frappato this evening, hoping to tell you all about this little-known grape from Sicily and found that the one I had simply did not conform to the Frappatos that I had previously known. The first time I had a Frappato, I was jazzed. It was a cool, new grape for […]
Washington State Wines Come to Austin
The winemakers of Washington State rolled into Austin today for a trade and media tasting, and what a tasting it was! The day began with a seminar moderated by Sean Sullivan of Wine Enthusiast magazine, presiding over a panel with Master Sommelier Craig Collins, Master Sommelier Greg Harrington, and Winemaker Juan Muñoz-Oca. The takeaway for […]
Falvo’s in Flight
Texas has some fantastic wine these days, but if you asked me what my favorite was, I’d have to answer the Duchman Family Winery Vermentino. It’s consistently the one I gravitate towards whether I’m searching on a restaurant list in Austin or buying for a party on a sunny Texas day. The Duchman Family Winery […]
Alinea–Chicago
Alinea was a bucket list experience for me and it lived up to all expectations. I would return in a heartbeat. Oceans of internet ink have been spilled over the food, the presentation, the chef and the overall experience. Who am I to rehash all of that? Of course it was all exquisite, playful, delicious […]