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Restaurant Review: STK in Manhattan

by Marisa D'Vari16 December 2009
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“Look, horns!” A blonde gestures to the gleaming white fiberglass priapic shapes jutting above the heads of the testosterone-fueled bar crowd at the glamorous new Meatpacking steakhouse STK. “How apropos!”

With its sleek, dramatic design, STK exemplifies the new female-friendly, NYC steakhouse geared to a younger, hipper crowd.

Under the direction of executive chef Todd Mark Miller, [...]

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Review: Party Brunch at Bagatelle Restaurant in NYC

by Marisa D'Vari24 November 2009
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Bagatelle Restaurant
"I hear this place is like a nightclub during Sunday Brunch," a celebrated wine writer told me as we awaited festivities relating to a celebration of Beaujolais Nouveau, taking place just that minute at the Bagatelle restaurant in Manhattan’s trendy Meatpacking District. "People dancing on the tables, and all that."
"A club at lunch …" [...]

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Behind the Scenes at …. A Wine Shop Sales Call

by Marisa D'Vari6 November 2009
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Phill D’Ancona of Columbus Circle Wines
“I gave up selling to restaurants,” the wine representative tells me, lining up samples of wine on the cool granite counter of the upscale wine shop, Columbus Circle Wines. “Every time I’d walk in, there’s be a new wine director, even younger than the last, thinking he knew everything about [...]

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International Riesling Foundation Tasting

by Marisa D'Vari2 December 2008
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  Wine afficianados in NYC are so lucky that the Riesling Foundation organizes a tasting featuring Riesling producers from around the world. Germany, Alsace Washington State, Australia, South Africa, Long Island and the Finger Lakes were all represented.

On a personal note, it was great to re-visit the excellent wines I experienced in Germany a few [...]

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Glam life of sommeliers

by Marisa D'Vari24 December 2007

When you visit a glam restaurant like Michael Mina in SF or Cru in NYC, it is very easy to see the sommelier in the glamorous surrounds and think, wow, what a great job! Here’s an article from the Guardian…

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American Artisan Cheese

by Marisa D'Vari14 August 2007
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… so I was telling our table at tonight’s recap of the American Cheese Society Competition that Europeons are way ahead of most Americans in terms of their knowledge of fine cheese. (pic is of table mates Mike, a cheese…

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Pairing Wine with Tomatoes …

by Marisa D'Vari3 August 2007

Are you a wine aficionado who enjoys delighting guests with the perfect fairing of wine and food? Most of the time, you’re probably spot on. Yet even chefs and professional sommeliers sometimes have trouble pairing a tomato based-dish with wine….

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War of the Rose (wines …)

by Marisa D'Vari23 May 2007

For a recent article on Rose wine I interviewed the folks over at Crush here in NYC. The manager explained he has this really fun tasting/party called “War of the Rose” in which visitors vote for their favorite. If you…

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Greek Wine Rocks

by Marisa D'Vari21 May 2007

(More like this at http://www.AWineStory.com) Okay, so I admit I’ve been dragging my feet when it comes to writing up my experiences at the excellent Greek Wine Roadshow, in which we speed tasted (but not speed pronounced) the wines of…

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Eleven Madison Park review

by Marisa D'Vari15 February 2007
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Below you can read my review of Eleven Madison Park for the NY Press, but first I have to say that I have very fond memories of this restaurant after experiencing recently Restaurant Guy Savoy in Las Vegas ($290 without…

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Fun at Varietal Wine Bar

by Marisa D'Vari15 January 2007
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So when fellow NYC wine blogger Dr. Vino posted a meet up at Varietal on his blog earlier this week I had plans and couldn’t attend. Yet intrigued by the positve review, a friend and I checked it out the…

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