Archive for the ‘Wine Places’ Category
We all know how to make reservations. And most all of us know how to make them on-line at this point. We reserve hotel rooms, tables, seats at shows, transportation options and much more. The reason we reserve anything is because there is only a limited number of the things we need and the reservation guarantees us a place or a thing? Are visits to winery tasting rooms somethng to be reserved? Increasingly, in Napa Valley and other wine country…
The town of Napa, my newish home, has exploded with new restaurants and food destinations. And this has led to lots of coverage for this 80,000 person place. And it's all good. In fact, I'd argue that Napa is probably the best food town in the Valley at this point (sorry, Yountville). But as a local, what is needed is a place where you can just "go" and not really have to plan or make an evening out of it…
Anyone who has visited Las Vegas recently will recognize it as a Circus of Hip and Dazzle with sin, excess and hope holding court in its three rings. It's not so different from Napa Valley. I recently had a chance to revisit Vegas after a long hiatus. I used to regularly go to Vegas to play poker at the Mirage (once the center of the poker world that has not been replaced by the Bellagio). My most recent trip was…
What's the difference between Wine Country and New York City? The question isn't a set up for punchline. After spending a bit of time in New York again for the Vino 2011 Conference, I've been thinking about this question. Clearly there are many difference between, say, Napa Valley or Sonoma Valley and New York City. But I'm not thinking the key difference between New York City and Wine Country is the number of good Jewish delis, the number of taxis…
Leo McCloskey is a very smart man. He probably knows more about the chemical composition of great wine than anyone else alive and he puts this information to use through his consulting firm, Enologix. He is also a keen observer of market condition in the wine industry. He’s also a very creative man with a variety of fascinating notions. Recently McCloskey issued a press release that did not get the attention it deserved. In the November press release, McCloskey outlined…
