Archive for the 'Food' Category

Wine Spectator Is In The News

All over the web we are hearing about Wine Spectator falsely “awarding” an Award of Excellence. Robin Goldstein, setup a fake restaurant and applied for the prestigious honor. He quickly found out his $250.00 application fee resulted in recognition by Wine Spectator of his non-existant restaurant. What a great story!
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Food and Wine Pairings - Can you go wrong?

The gourment & wine industry puts too much pressure on perfecting the “art” of food and wine pairings. All too often we hear “red wine goes with meat, white wine with fish.” I guess this would make sense if we all had the same exact palate when it came to food and wine pairings, but […]

Foie Gras - Quit Your Bitchin’

Foie Gras - I know it’s not a grape varietal, but food goes hand in hand with wine. For those new to this term, Foie Gras is:
“The liver of a duck or a goose that has been specially fattened by gavage.”
Sounds delicious right? Well for most folks it is, but animal rights activist are more […]