Going to dinner tonight with my wife at a very nice Italian restaurant. Reviews have said the food is prepared like the Tuscany region of Italy. What wine or wines would anyone suggest we bring? Oh it is a BYOB...
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Welcome to the Weekend Cook and Tell. Every Wednesday we pore over the food sections of various national newspapers to create a weekend cooking project. We hope you will cook along with us and share your experiences, recipes, and photos...
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I opened a bottle of red wine today and the cork was half stained; little pieces of it stuck to the inside of the bottle's neck. I am wondering if that's what corked means; although to my palate the wine...
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We just got off a cruise last week and got very friendly with the sommelier. He told us his favorite summertime drink is mixing red wine with Coke and chilling it. Has anyone ever done this? It sounds absolutely disgusting...
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I just watched an episode of No Reservations (5th season) where he went to Spain and went to a shindig of sorts and drank wine out of a porron. Does anyone know of an online retailer (or better yet someone...
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There are more than Starbucks on the UWS now. Extremely trendy to open, I miss the days when the only wine bars were The Room and some early West Village places. Nevertheless, what are your favorite wine bars in NYC...
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Which wine goes with: Pork Beef Lamb Poultry Fish Shellfish Vegetarian I always have Pinot Grigio with chicken or seafood and merlot with any red meat, but I don't know much about wines. I never spend more than $20USD; will...
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Talk to any winemaker today, and they will tell you climate is a huge factor What that change is, is still up in the air. If it really is catastrophic and not just a blip, vintners will definitely change how...
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i don't cook with wine. what can i use to substitute when sauteing mushrooms?...
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Red or white? Drink what you like? We've done chards and sav blancs with ham (honey-baked style) for so many years in the past, I'm thinking of doing a pinot noir or merlot this time. Is that too radical? We...
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