Fred Bouchard

Gruetappeared as some kind of anomaly when the silver or gold-labeled bottles first spread along the East Coast in the 199Os. Gruet, priced well below Napa and Sonoma sparklers, soon caught a wave of enthusiasm. Today the winery, owned and run by members of a Champagne family, consistently captures awards... Read More

ROGER ORMON • 63 • Sales Manager • Brookline Liquor Mart • Allston, MA After 35 years at Brookline Liquor Mart, most of it as sales manager, Roger Ormon has acquired the long view of wine and wine sales. Having accrued plenty of wine (and people) wisdom, especially with tasting... Read More

With cramped Dublin ‘bed-sitters’ today costing as much as San Francisco lofts and Boston studios, it’s no wonder that dive pubs along the Liffey (like the now-toney former navvy-hangout warehouse section of Temple Bar) have mutated into posh saloons and the Irish whiskeys they serve (mixed in with your Cosmos... Read More

LOLLY MASON • 51 • Bartender • Meritage at Boston Harbor Hotel • Boston, MA Boston bar icon Lolly Mason is a hardhitting yet deft mixologist. This dynamic, self-taught woman with a deep history in Boston bars, has lots of fans, fine-tuned taste buds; she’s candid, quotable, and both sociologically... Read More

Candor, humor and persistence mark Dellie Rex’s style over her distinguished career in Boston’s wine world. Ms. Rex’s wide-ranging experience includes wholesale (Classic), sales rep (Racke USA, Dreyfus Ashby), entrepreneur (her own Wine Experiences and Rex Associates), consulting (Wines of Spain, Trade Commission of Portugal, Geerlings & Wade, United Liquors),... Read More

MICHAEL AHEARN • 34 • Head Bartender • Stella • Boston’s South End Michael could be having a bad day – worked ’til 3, up at 6 to mind sis’ kids, bar’s a mess, distributors are delivering waaaaay too early – but he’s upbeat, animated, witty, and his hair looks... Read More

Wine (sometimes beer, both with or without cheese, or even spirits) often create a perfect counterpoint to certain arts events. The synergy that comes in appealing to people’s good tastes on multiple fronts makes for memorable events and can effect positive branding for both sponsoring arts group and consulting supplier.... Read More

SCOTT HOLLIDAY • 43 • Wine Buyer/Bar Manager • Chez Henri • Cambridge, MA The holiday Monday (eve of The Fourth) is a day Scott Holliday suggests to drop by for a chat at the bar at Chez Henri, because he predicts it will be a ‘slow night’. Not really!... Read More

The arrival of Sula’s wines in Massachusetts may raise some eyebrows, as it heralds yet another incoming market of world wines, and presage extensive plantings of name-varietal vineyards throughout the globe’s tropical regions. An Indian Wine website is listing lots and lots of wines being made in India, but this... Read More

MARISA IOCCA and RITA d’ANGELO • 4Os • EXECUTIVE CHEF and GENERAL MANAGER of BRICCO and UMBRIA • BOSTON PROFILE Marisa Iocca and Rita d’Angelo get a gleam in their eyes when they talk food and wine, which is almost constantly – they get possessed, conspirational, gleeful. These two Adriatic... Read More