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IF YOU’VE HAD a cocktail in Boston in the last two decades, it’s more than likely Michael Ray made it for you at least once – twice, if you’re lucky. A staple ‘behind the stick’ for over 2O years, Ray has been a friendly face at some of the city’s... Read More

EVERYONE feels a little Irish this month, what with St. Patrick’s Day being one of Massachusetts’ favorite drinking holidays! It also happens to be a for-real holiday in the Bay State: Evacuation Day, established to commemorate the day when British troops evacuated Boston during the Revolutionary War. It ended an... Read More

AROUND St. Patrick’s Day, one of the Holy Grails of beer sales holidays in the United States, thoughts turn to Ireland and beer. In writing about Irish beers over the last decade, the story used to be that brewing was a dying trade. The modern day story has long been... Read More

ASKED to explain why wine can capture and hold the interest – even the fascination – of so many and so disparate a spectrum, I thought that, after the good tastes, social lubrication, food enhancement, and health promotion, it must be the infinite variety.  There is always another vineyard, another... Read More

VALENTINE’S DAY is a Hallmark holiday at its finest. Nevertheless we LUPEC ladies love love and can never resist an opportunity to raise a glass to its celebration. We will drape ourselves in pink and red, present our loved ones with construction paper hearts, and sip pink drinks – such... Read More

IF YOU’RE looking for classic Chardonnay that tastes bone dry, minerally and understated in flavor, there is little to compare with the wines of Chablis. While the historic village technically lies within greater Burgundy, it is a terroir unto itself, separated from the rest of the illustrious French wine region... Read More

ALTHOUGH, as Tuscany’s smallest, Carmignano is not a well-known wine appellation, by history and quality it stands high in the pantheon. Officially honored for hundreds of years, it was among the first to receive the DOCG. Carmignano may be viewed as having anticipated the Super Tuscans nearly 5OO years ago... Read More

WE LUPEC ladies can only hope that you had a tipple or two made with egg during the busy holiday season: eggnog or perhaps a Tom & Jerry. The holidays have passed but that certainly doesn’t mean we need to pack up our egg drinks. As we hunker down for... Read More

DESPITE its relative late start compared to other great brewing nations, America has quickly, over the course of thirty years, become one of the world’s pre-eminent brewing countries. Mixing a healthy respect for traditional practices with a New World curiosity for experimentation – bundled together with passion for their craft... Read More

REIMS Champagne, the region, is well named. Rolling fields of vines extend from horizon to horizon under a sky so wide one can track approaching rain squalls. Here and there the expanse is punctuated by villages with evocative names: Bouzy, Dizy, Cramant, Moussy, Billy-le-Grand. The River Marne flows serenely, indifferent... Read More