While we’re talking stylish wine ladies, here’s another! Talia Baiocchi is one of my favorite wine writers out there right now. She’s young, she’s funny, she’s way smarter than me, has great taste and a super fresh perspective on all this wine stuff. She is currently the wine columnist at Eater.com and contributes to a whole bunch of other online and print publications like The San Francisco Chronicle, Bon Appetit and Serious Eats.
So, let’s do this here thing!
Name: Talia Baiocchi Hometown: Laguna Beach, CA Current location: Brooklyn, NY
Favorite Winter beverage: Sherry. Still have some La Bota #15 Fino that I dig into every now and again. Also loving Lustau’s Manuel Cuevas Jurado Manzanilla Pasada and Colosia’s Sangre y Trabajadero Dry Oloroso for everyday.
Favorite cocktail or spirit: Rye Manhattan
Favorite place to grab a drink: For wine: Terroir, Anfora, Balthazar. Cocktails: Maison Premiere, Keens (for the classics), Death & Co.
Favorite toast: I prefer to defer to someone else, because I am pretty sure I’ve never given a toast that wasn’t incredibly awkward for all involved. In other words, I suck at toasts.
Favorite post-dinner quaff: Amaro. Always. Nonino and Varnelli Sibilla are favorites.
Favorite food & beverage pairing: Champagne + cured pork items.
If you could travel to one region of the world right now for its food and/or drink where would you go? I’d probably go back to Sicily. I was just there in September for the first time and the trip wasn’t long enough. The cuisine is uniquely its own thing and the wines have never been better. Also: pretty beaches.
What’s for sipper? I am writing a story about Sicilian white wine at the moment so I am deep into Carricante and Grillo as of late. So, tonight I’ve got the Grillo Integer from Marco de Bartoli on deck.
And here’s Talia with Kyle MacLachlan drinking his wine. You know, cause that’s the kind of stuff you get to do when you’re Talia.
