This cozy, subterranean haunt is tucked away in a tiny side street just off of Tremont near Downtown Crossing. The dining room is definitively retro: the banquettes are lined in velvet and [...]
A truly fantastic wine is meant to be savored on its own; even a flavored seltzer chaser can diminish the experience. However, there are times when a little change of pace is in order, and when in mixed company, it never hurts to branch out and try new things. There are a number of fantastic [...]
While the “Going out in Boston” Issue is still on the stands, I thought it only fair to throw out a few more wine bar suggestions, this time for Paris. Far away? Yes. Expensive? Yes. Irrelevant? Absolutely not! It’s a wine-lover’s paradise, they even have a museum devoted to the stuff. Also, I am [...]
The staff at The Second Glass had an incredible time putting together the reviews for our most recent “Going out in Boston” issue, which hit the streets a few weeks ago. How do the hot-spots in the Hub stack up against those in other cities?
New York City sprang to mind, as a first stop for [...]
Apropos of last week’s post on the Plan Pegau, I decided to do a little follow-up on Chateauneuf-du-Pape, the leading appellation of the southern Rhone. This region was dubbed “the Pope’s new house or castle” in the 14th century when then Clement V relocated the official Papal residences from Rome to Avignon. Formerly an archbishop [...]
It was the end of a long hard night at the bar, and the mood was straight out of an Edward Hopper painting: I needed a stiff drink to soothe my throbbing psyche. None of those pedestrian pours would do - I wanted the best: our latest special, Domaine Du Pegau Plan Pegau Lot #2004. [...]
There’s nothing like this most recent, New England brand of bone-chilling spring monsoon to put one in the mood for music of heartache and loss: the kind of songs that bring a tear to your eye, put a frog in your throat and just make you want to curl up inside a bottle somewhere.
The preceding [...]
Just when I was beginning to get home-sick for Europe and life on vacation I received a big old welcome back in the form of another wine blog Wednesday round-up. This week’s assignment: compare and contrast one producer’s everyday bottling and their reserve of the same blend. It’s like hitting the Ck Calvin Klein [...]
I returned to the Boston late on Saturday night after an eight day stint in London, Paris and Champagne. Although I say this everytime that I go on vacation, I seriously want to move. However, until the almighty greenback regains some of its luster, I am thrilled to be, in the words of the illustrious [...]
I know, I know… there is some really great box wine out there. But my inner wine snob just cannot cannot get over the packaging. Where’s my embossed bottle? My fancy pants hand-painted label? What about my cork collection? However for this month’s Wine Blog Wednesday, I forced myself to cast aside all preconceived notions [...]
