Sips & Stories

Stories, insights and tasting notes from a life lived with wine.

  • The World’s Best Salt

    February 4, 2026

    1 min

    When you love to cook, and eat, you always appreciate salt. It can make, or break, a...

  • Istanbul’s Perfect Business Hotel

    February 4, 2026

    1 min

    A view from one of the rooms at the Raffles. While a location on the...

  • Why is SOMM Such a Dull Film?

    April 21, 2014

    1 min

    There has been such a dearth of good movies and television shows about wine for the past...

  • Not Your Usual Wines For Valentine’s Day

    February 11, 2014

    1 min

    Bubbles are wonderful all year long so there’s no need to just enjoy them on Valentine’s Day....

  • Does What Grows Together Go Together?

    May 13, 2012

    1 min

    How important are grass-roots food and wine pairings? Many wine producers, and restaurant operators, believe they are...

  • Save Miquel: how I came to embrace cork

    September 28, 2008

    1 min

    So I just got back from the cork forest in Portugal. It made a big impression on...

  • Great Drinks in My Hometown

    June 30, 2008

    2 min

    I was back in NYC for a few days this June and the sweltering heat just called...

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