Profile: Dylan Black
DYLAN BLACK • 34 • Owner-Manager • Green Street • Central Square Cambridge Located in Central Square between Cambridge’s twin pillars of academe Harvard and MIT, Green Street (formerly with ‘Grill’ appended) has long been a people’s pleasure dome, serving its neighbors since the Great Depression. Owner Dylan Black, steeped... Read More
Paso Robles
PasoRobles is an Approved Viticultural Area AVA, positioned halfway down the huge Central Coast AVA as it stretches from just south of San Francisco to just north of Los Angeles. Its 24 square mile surface is positioned at the northern edge of San Luis Obispo County and contains 26,OOO acres... Read More
Vouvray
The Loire flows in beauty for 6OO miles. It heads north from its source deep in the interior of France just to the west of Burgundy, then turns west toward the sea just beyond the first pair of its notable wine-growing areas, Pouilly-sur-Loire and Sancerre. Its mouth is in Brittany,... Read More
Irish Beer
I was leaving on a trip to Europe not long ago and stopped in the Jet Rock bar at Philadelphia International to while away the time I’d wasted by being at security the advised two hours before my departure. I dropped anchor perused the taps, and made my decision. I... Read More
Endangered Cocktail
endangeredcocktailOF THE MONTH To help “breed raise, and release nearly extinct drinks into the wild” the ladies of LUPEC Boston have created the Endangered Cocktail of the Month series. Each month they select a classic cocktail to revive, share a little background on (both here and on their blog), and... Read More
Cordials and Liqueurs
Flavor Still the primary focus. This past year brought with it the continued revival of old classics as well as the ongoing development of new brands on both the domestic and import side.Think the economy has industry folks worried? Think again. The over-whelming sentiment is that spirits are cloaked in... Read More
The Dick Cantwell Interview
Born in Germany and raised in the Upper Midwest Dick Cantwell developed his passion for beer as a homebrewer living and writing in the Boston area in the late 198Os. By 199O he decided to move once again, this time to Seattle, where he became the head brewer for the... Read More
Profile: Paul Souza
PAUL SOUZA • 6O • Manager • New England Wine & Spirits (NEWS) • Newburyport MA Paul Souza is a salesman extraordinaire. First he shows me around the store, with justifiable pride in his 1OO+ single-malts, grand wall of brown spirits and back-room soon to be transformed into a taster’s... Read More
Everone Wins Cocktail Competitions
Cocktailcompetitionsare perhaps,most effectivebecause,ironic thoughthis sounds,everyone wins. With more and more brands and extensions hitting the market every month, it’s safe to say that, now more than ever, shelf space is an extremely valuable commodity. Then, of course, there’s the little matter of winning the hearts and minds of bartenders, who... Read More