A Bill Grows in Jersey
Yesterday was a good one in my home state of New Jersey. No, they didn’t find Jon Corzine’s missing money. Or Jimmy Hoffa’s body. But the state senate did pass S3712, a bill that paves the turnpike...
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Fungus Without the “Fun”
The movie’s been made over and over: It’s the future, and humanity has achieved perfection in some form or another … only for the ideal to unravel in a string of unintended or unanticipated...
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Jersey’s Grape Progress
Nothing’s ever simple in New Jersey. I know: I grew up there (and in 1992 I had the mullet to prove it). Not only is it illegal to pump your own gas, this same state somehow managed to produce Frank...
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Your ACI Is Lower if You Care About Wine, Not Higher
A couple weeks ago, celebrated author and journalist Calvin Trillin wrote this article for Slate.com. The piece criticizes, in not so many words, those who care to achieve a higher level of knowledge...
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So You Want To Be an AVA?
Today Lot18 is offering the first wine ever to be labeled with the Pine Mountain-Cloverdale Peak AVA – the newly recognized region straddles the Sonoma-Mendocino border in California. An AVA is an...
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When to Open Special Wines? Whenever.
I try to follow three simple rules when it comes to opening the (relatively few) bottles of wine that I keep under lock and key: (1) Open a bottle when I’m in a bad mood, as it always helps or, failing...
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Chef Andy Ricker and Redefining Thai Food With Wine
Last night I was lucky enough to be cooked for by a chef featured in The New York Times Dining section last week, Andy Ricker (“Cuisines Mastered As Acquired Tastes,” May 29). Ricker is the proprietor...
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(Im)Proper Wine Storage Tips
Look for a wine fridge on Craigslist Last weekend, I made a startling discovery as I opened the door to my wine fridge to make space for a couple bottles that I’d just brought home: A thick layer of...
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Some People Just Know How to Party
The view from the rooftop. Last weekend, we were invited to a party on a friend’s rooftop on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. On the way there, my wife and I grabbed a $35 grower Champagne at the wine...
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Restaurants, Please Reconsider the Quartino
A couple weeks ago I was greeted by the pleasing and potent smell of marijuana as I and three companions walked into Oak at Fourteenth, a modern, gleaming farm-to-table restaurant in central Boulder,...
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