2O12 WORLD VALUE WINE CHALLENGE WINNERS
This year’s winners of the Beverage Testing Institute’s 12th annual World Value Wine Challenge (WVWC) have been announced Hundreds of affordably priced wines competed against their peers to gain accolades – all wines priced $2O and under from around the globe were welcome to participate. Winners includeBest White Wine under... Read More
A RANGE from CRAGGY RANGE
Although the 1999 was Craggy Range’s first vintage to appear on the market, more than ten years of preparation had been required to satisfy the exacting standards of the company’s principals. Craggy Range is led by New Zealander Steve Smith, an internationally distinguished viticulturalist, and American-born Australian international businessman Terry... Read More
ENDANGERED COCKTAIL OF THE MONTH
With the holidays upon us,who doesn’t want to raise a glassof something elegant and sparkly? And for those mornings after you’ve had one too many, make no mistake – Champagne can sub in beautifully for a Bloody Mary as a hangover cure. As Charles H. Baker, Jr. wrote in “The... Read More
A DRINK WITH . . . KIRSTEN AMANN
KIRSTEN AMANN, BRAND CHAMPION for FRATELLI BRANCA, LUPEC LADY and WRITER EXTRAORDINAIREIt’s hard to pigeonhole Kirsten Amann as just one thing. She’s known as the bartender’s best friend in her role as Boston’s brand ambassador for the bitter, cultish Fernet Branca liqueur. She writes a cocktail column in this publication... Read More
Vinho Verde
Portugal is the world’s tenth largest wine producer but, outside of Port, its wines remain somewhat of a mystery in the US. About fifteen years ago I devoted considerable effort to importing and marketing Portuguese wines here because of the challenge of representing a country with a rich heritage and... Read More