New York City’s popular Restaurant Week is returning from Jan. 17 until Feb. 12 for its fourth annual “Winter Outing,” a way to lure visitors and locals out and about in the chilly weather even after the holiday season has ended. The event spotlights more than 460 restaurants from all over Gotham, including 57 Wine Spectator 2022 Restaurant Award recipients, from …

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  Continued from Part 2 Wine Diet Within two weeks of announcing their new low-carb wines, Brown-Forman received orders for more than 200,000 cases. The beer market has had similar success: since Michelob Ultra low-carb beer was launched in 2002, it has become Anheuser-Busch’s fastest-growing brand ever. Low calorie light beers comprise about 40% of the U.S. beer market. Is …

(Wikimedia) What does the future look like for American wine négotiants? In SevenFifty Daily, Roger Morris looks at the challenges and benefits of being a négociant in the U.S. “One might think there would be more American négociants, as owning winemaking facilities is optional and thus less capital investment is needed. But sourcing product and getting it in the hands …

  Continued from Part 1 Wine Calories Alcohol contributes more calories than sugar. For example, a six ounce glass of slightly sweet German riesling, with just 7% alcohol, will still have fewer calories (about 110) than a dry, robust Australian shiraz with 15% at about 175 calories. Over the past five years, the level of alcohol in many wines has …

  My dieting heroine is Bridget Jones from the movie of the same name—not because she was that successful in losing weight, but because she never abandoned her glass of chardonnay (and still managed to snag Colin Firth). For me, dieting is unbearable if I have to give up all the sweets and my wine. (And if I stopped drinking, …

Founded in 2002 by Bill Price (shown here), Three Sticks is part of Price Family Vineyards & Estates, and, so, has access to some of California’s best vineyards, including two of Sonoma’s most prestigious—Durell and Gap’s Crown.  In this article we review a selection of Three Sticks Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs from the challenging 2020 vintage.  Overall, these are well …

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Kata and Petra Zsirai I make wine in one of the most complex wine regions in the world – it’s always a challenge,’ says Kata Zsirai of the family-owned Zsirai winery. The cool, continental, northern climate is prone to weather extremes, and has incredibly diverse volcanic soils, varying between, and even within, vineyards. The range of wine styles adds further …

The Shelter Island Heights community and yacht club with a view across the bay towards Greenport. Battling traffic on the Long Island Expressway (LIE) towards wine country, about 120km east of Manhattan, you’ll find references to the layered history and various peoples who have inhabited the land in passing village and landmark names – Native Americans, Dutch and English settlers …

Sheep in the vineyards and Domaine de Lorient, where they practise polyculture. ‘Faced with extreme, repeated and cumulative climatic hazards, how can we best support and adapt our vineyard? Considering these changes, how can the balance of wines be preserved?’ Like many winemakers, Ambre Delorme of Domaine de la Mordorée is embracing 2023 with hope, but also a degree of …