… so in keeping with my theme of a “day” of a wine writer’s life I am sitting at the computer at two am with several wine bottles around me. One was left over from dinner at Le Bernadine -…

“This sparkling wine goes so well with food!” our hostess exclaims, lifting a fluted glass on a chill winter evening. “I always thought sparklers were for aperitifs or dessert!” As we celebrate 2009, let us also celebrate the end of…