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What’s For Sipper, David Rosoff?

12.14.2011
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Hey. Psssssst. Hey you! Can I be nosy for a second and all up in your business? Pretty please? Yes, you say? Thanks!! And such is the way I get all these nice people to let us read about what they like to drink and eat. And where they like to do those things in [...]

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Terroir al Limit

12.08.2011
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Tales of my Spain trip haven’t finished just yet! Don’t you fret. I haven’t talked about our brief visit to Priorat! We had an appointment with Clos Mogador in the morning and that epic Laureano visit later in the day and in between there was a small window of a few hours to meet with [...]

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Belgian Blue & Bottex Bugey

11.27.2011

The cheese extravaganza continues! The final video of our Cheese series is ready for your eyes (and taste buds). We’ve got a delicious plate full of herb roasted figs and Grevenbroecker blue cheese with an extremely lovely pink bubbly by Patrick Bottex. All cheeses in the Cheese series from Andrew’s Cheese Shop with wines from [...]

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What’s for Sipper, André Mack?

11.25.2011
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I thought I’d feature another kick ass NYC-er while I’m at it. So, Ladies and gentlemen…Mr. André Hueston Mack! André is a sommelier, formerly of The French Laundry and Per Se, and owner of Mouton Noir Wines where he sells his “unique and distinctive garage wines” and some pretty dope wine schwag. (which you can find [...]

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Pizza Vino

11.23.2011
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If you missed my Let’s Do class at Domaine LA last week, it was all about Italian wine and pizza pies. We talked regions, grapes and general food and wine pairing tips. Here are the wines I poured alongside some delicious Mozza pizza. I called them my Ultimate Pizza Wines. But really, only being able [...]

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Sneak Peek: The Cheese Series

11.21.2011
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Claire is busy at work editing our newest round of vids! Next stop on this food and wine pairing train? Cheeseville! Here’s a sneak peek…. Here we are chowing on some grilled cheese and throwing back some French cidre. Life was definitely good in that moment. Stay tuned for all three of the Cheese series [...]

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Els Jelepins & Superlative Sausages

11.16.2011
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On a very rainy evening, Christina and I arrived to the “town center” of Font-Rubí (really just a building and a sign) to a smiling woman and her young daughter waving warmly to us. This was Gloria Garriga and Berta of Els Jelepins. We all loaded into Gloria’s car, Berta’s violin and all, and carefully [...]

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What’s for Sipper, Jonny Cigar?

11.15.2011
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Jonny Cigar. The man, the myth…the wino. The founder of The Noble Rot and recently chosen as one of New York’s New Wine Prophets by Time Out NY, Jonny is spreading his vino gospel to the foodie masses in NYC with his “traveling wine salon.” Let’s see what this bow tied gent gets down with [...]

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A Day of Rioja with Peciña aka The Perfect Visit

11.10.2011
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You never know if a visit with a winemaker or to a winery will end up being thrilling or a snoozefest or somewhere in between. It’s usually the latter. But, SOMETIMES and usually with every big trip I’ve taken, there’s always that one visit that defines the whole thing. The one that you’ll laugh about [...]

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What’s for Sipper, Amy Atwood?

11.09.2011
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Amy Atwood is one of my favorite LA wine people. Why? Other than the fact that’s she’s purrrrty and real nice? She distributes some damn good wine here in California. A lot of the wine I buy and drink on a regular basis are wines that she selects/represents. She’s fighting the good fight, people! Name: [...]

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