From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Secrets of Pairing Wine with Seafood at London Lennies

by Marisa D'Vari26 January 2010
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Awaiting the Tasting
“Now this Volnay would go perfectly with salmon!” says Becky Wasserman, the vibrant American-born French wine importer and head of Becky Wasserman Selections who is giving a presentation to the eager young staff at London Lennie’s, a famous, casual, yet upscale high quality seafood restaurant in Queens that is celebrating its 50th Anniversary [...]

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Understanding Barolo

by Marisa D'Vari24 January 2010
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“Why is Barolo so expensive!” I remember asking a savvy clerk in my local wine store, fresh from my first class in Italian wines. As an exuberant young student I had been eager to taste the regions I studied, yet the upper-market wines from Piedmont seemed totally out of reach. Even the new vintages were [...]

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2004 François Parent Monthélie 1er Cru Les Duresses

by Marisa D'Vari23 January 2010
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 François Parent winery circa 1930
So I decided to splurge today as it was a gorgeous (yet freezing!) day in New York with a bottle of 2004 François Parent Monthélie 1er Cru Les Duresses as a lunch wine for myself and a friend. Wines from Monthelie at top restaurants like Restaurant Daniel and Le Bernardin are [...]

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Winter Tasting Menu at Jean-Georges paired with Baron de Brane Bordeaux 2005

by Marisa D'Vari21 January 2010
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Amuse Bouche at Jean-Georges
 
So many choices, so little time! As you can imagine, a wine list at Jean-Georges has many pages of fine wine on richly textured paper. Some have many zeroes, some only one or two.

The restaurant is one of the three best in the city, and well worth pairing the cuisine with a [...]

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AWineStory.com now featured on New York Wine Bloggers

by Marisa D'Vari20 January 2010
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Wine Friends
… very excited and honored to be part of New York Wine Bloggers a site offering articles by other New York based wine bloggers I know put together by Tony Karrer, Phd. I first found the site doing a search on some wine-related keywords, and was surprised to find many long time and newer [...]

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How to Train Yourself to Memorize Varietal Characteristics

by Marisa D'Vari6 January 2010
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White Burgundy Tasting
Imagine yourself at a very elegant restaurant, hosting an important client, or trying to impress a date. You both decide on white fish as an entrée, so you are leaning toward a white wine. And since Chardonnay is such a popular grape, and Burgundy, France, such a respected region, you decide to go [...]

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Do you love wine? Visit the New York Wine Expo

by Marisa D'Vari5 January 2010
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New York Wine Expo
Imagine how exciting it will be to discover all the new trends in wine, and sip wine from Italy, Germany, Australia, South America — even from Oregon and California. It happens in NYC February 26 – 28 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center

I went last year and it was lots of [...]

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Q/A with Kanonkop Winemaker Abrie Beeslaar on 2007 Pinotage

by Marisa D'Vari3 January 2010
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Kanonkop Abrie Beeslaar
One of the advantages of living in the new millennium – for wine students, at any rate, is the opportunity to compare tasting notes on the Internet and even connect with winemakers. Recently I tasted 2007 Kanonkop Pinotage with an eye on how I would know it was a 2007 South African Pinotage [...]

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