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D.O.C. Wine Bar: A diamond in the hipster rough of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

saltysnack — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 20:27:19 +0000

There’s no shortage of great food in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, but with an influx of giant, themed mega-restaurants, you’ll want to fine tune your foodie radar to weed out some of the mediocrity. Go small instead of big. Go old instead of new. And go where there isn’t a mob of Manhattanites loitering on the curb. [...]

A quick DC day-trip to Bluemont Vineyard

Joel — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:07:27 +0000

During the Labor Day weekend, my wife & I were looking for a quick day-trip that wouldn’t take us too far from our home base just outside of Washington DC. After asking around, a friend recommended Bluemont Vineyard, which turned out to be a fantastic choice. About an hour and 15 minutes outside city limits, [...]

The smell & flavors of wine

Chase — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:30:05 +0000

I promised you an article about wine tasting for this week. Sadly my life has been crazy as I search for a job in NYC so I haven’t had time to write said article. But, thinking that it would be wise to still give you something, here is a clip from “French Kiss” that talks [...]

Wine and Cheese Forever!

dre27nyc — Sun, 31 May 2009 13:00:33 +0000

Living in New York City where everything is so unavoidably expensive, who doesn’t love a bargain? So if walking into a ‘no frills’ warehouse-style discount liquor store means scoring a great bottle of wine on the cheap, why not? Sure, I venture in one every now and then, but to me, there’s something about the [...]

Going Red in The Face

Chase — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:00:26 +0000

Last week I wrote about white wines because I think it is wiser for those getting into wine to start off with whites and then more to reds. But as there are those of you reading this blog that are probably a little past “starting off” I have put together a list of three red [...]

White Wines Everyone Can Enjoy

Chase — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:00:26 +0000

In “Hello. My name is: Chase” I told you a bit about how I got into wine. What I didn’t tell you was that I spent almost an hour reading and re-reading the back labels of almost half my local liquor stores wine selection. I picked up each bottle aware that I was not looking [...]

A Quick Note on Finding Wine Events

Chase — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:56:26 +0000

If you are interested in finding Wine Events around you, a good website full of wine events all around the world but particularly in the USA is Local Wine Events. Being able to locate local wine events is a huge help for beginner as it will help you get tied into a community that is [...]

What Wine Goes With This?

Chase — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:27:18 +0000

As I see it, there are three reasons to get into wine and they are: keeping face, looking suave, and sounding intelligent. If you are at a business dinner and your boss asks “What kind of wine do you think will go best with this fish?” You better pick something white. If you are invited [...]

Hello. My name is: Chase.

Chase — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:30:17 +0000

I grew up in a family where wine was not part of life. From time to time my mother might buy a cheep bottle for a recipe she wanted to try. After that night the bottle would sit in the back of the fridge and wait for my step-father to grow tired of pushing it [...]