Summer 2009 has become a summer of great health for this food and wine writer.  I have been focusing on exercise, eating well, and (you might want to grab a seat for this one) haven’t …

Free Coffee for Dads on Father’s Day
in Annapolis, Baltimore and Frederick
at Baltimore Coffee & Tea’s Three Retail Locations

WHAT: Kick Dad’s special day off right with a free medium coffee at any Baltimore Coffee & …

J.J. Prüm is one of my perennial favorite producers of German Riesling.   I recently had a chance to taste through many of Prüm’s 2007 Riesling’s with Katharina Prüm.   Katharina was very friendly and obviously …

In early May, Greg, Gabi and I had a chance to attend the St. Michael’s Food and Wine Festival.  This weekend in St. Michael’s, Maryland was a chance to experience great food and wine …

I will preface this with the fact that I hate the keyboards here in Italia and take no reponsibility for punctuation or grammar errors.  Note the photo is from 2007, I dont have access …

A few weeks back, Greg (our beer writer), Gabi (our friend) and I spent the weekend at the St. Michael’s Food and Wine festival. While we loved the event (post forthcoming) which featured hundreds …

Friuli is a small region (less than the size of Connecticut) located in Northeast Italy bordered by the Alps (separate from Austria), Slovenia to the east and the Veneto to the West. The …

Mother’s Day is one of those hallmark holidays that I actually think is great (as opposed to Valentine’s day, Sweetest day, etc).  A day in which we remind our moms that we love them and …

Crozes Hermitage is the largest AOC in the northern Rhone Valley of Southern France.  The red wines from Crozes Hermitage are Syrah based, with some wines seeing a touch of either Marsanne or Rousanne.  The …

I had this the other day with a friend of mine Daniel Hubbard of Domaine Select Estates, and Flavio Fantinel of Vigneti Fantinel (Friuli).  I was skeptical at first, but it really turned out to …