Belgian Beer Primer

Decoding the world’s most acclaimed (and confusing) brews.

Scent-Free Dining

Whether or not to wear perfume to restaurants.

Thankful for Burgundy

It’s a special treat to taste these Thanksgiving-friendly wines in their true habitat.

The Allure of Cheap Wine

Why a $40 bottle is not better than a $10 bottle.

Recession-Proof Wines

You can still drink well on a budget.

Roasted Rack of Lamb

Marinated with rosemary and thyme.

Old Lambic Drie Fonteinen Girardin 1882 Black Label Oud Beersel Oud Geuze

Hello, These are my thoughts on my meal here last April. Please click here for full commentary and photographs: http://foodsnobblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/oud-sluis-sluis/ Some might be surprised to read that over four hundred...

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found a ferrero rocher pack OU-D at Target along with their rodnoir chocolate

Has anyone been to La Vieille Auberge, on Hwy 7 in Rockwood? I’ve driven by it many times, and always wondered if it’s any good.

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1995 Gevrey Chambertin Vieilles Vignes, Domaine Geantet-Pansiot (Burgundy, France): I have to confess a weakness for this producer and for this wine in particular, having first had this in Vincent’s cellar while still in...

The suggestion to post beer reviews here sounds fun so I’ll dip my toes in the water. The other weekend, after getting positively fixated on lambics, I decided to have an informal tasting of three bottles; Oud Beersel,...

We tasted this blind along with 11 other 2007 Southern Rhones and it was, IMHO, the star of the night. While definitely much too young to be drinking, this wine was wonderfully focused with an amazing purity and balance. Dark...