“The art of life is a constant readjustment to our surroundings,” wrote Kakuzo Okakura. Internationally best known for his work “The Book of Tea”, this Japanese art maestro worked fervently to educate...
“It’s one of my only good traits. I never had a glass of alcohol. I never had alcohol, for whatever reason,” he added. “Can you imagine if I had? What...
Charles Caleb Colton is originally credited with the phrase, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” Yet it more often is attributed to Oscar Wilde, whose cheeky addition “…that mediocrity...
When I was studying for the Master of Wine exam, the running joke (and reality) about my study group’s wines was that the Institute couldn’t afford the very best wines....
The opening text incensed me. It was The New York Times review of The Metropolitan Opera’s Elektra by Anthony Tommasini. “The Metropolitan Opera is struggling right now, facing longstanding challenges...
The US wine industry is perched precipitously atop a rollercoaster – on one of those tummy-turning peaks where you can’t see over the front to anticipate which way you’re lurching...
It’s hard to believe I started this list five years ago. Wine bars on this list have come and gone, but with each update, the options improve. It is as...
New York is one of the world’s most dynamic wine cities. At many of these addresses, wine directors vie to secure allocations of miniscule production wines while others seek out...
