Wine

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First Look: Three New Indie Wine Sellers

The reign of the wine superstore is officially over.

Restaurants

What to Expect at Ball Square Wine’s Fourth Annual Beer Fest This Weekend

This Saturday marks Ball Square Fine Wine’s 4th annual beer festival, a free (!!) event that focuses on more obscure beers from the likes of […]

Wellness

Is Coffee The New Red Wine?

Is Coffee The New Red Wine? America’s favorite stimulant just keeps looking better with every headline. This time, Harvard researchers report that ladies who habitually […]

Restaurants

Tidbit: Central Bottle’s Wine Newsletter

Our inboxes are inundated with food-related e-newsletters – some we’ve signed up for, most we have not. And while we usually hit delete after just […]

Wine and Brine

Island Creek Oyster Bar’s Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli offers unconventional pairings for all your seafood favorites.

Restaurants

Drink Up: Urban Grape Wine Shop

By: Lindsay Tucker If you’re in the market for wine but can’t possibly stomach another trip to Blanchard’s or the ever-teeming Trader Joe’s, Chestnut Hill’s […]

Restaurants

First Bite: Tastings Wine Bar and Bistro

If you’re a grazer like me, you want to try one of everything on the menu. And guests can do just that, somewhat affordably, at […]

Weekender: Nantucket Wine Festival

May 14-18, 2008 Wed., 5:30-8:30 p.m.; Thurs., 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Fri, 11 a.m.-11:30 p.m.; Sat., 10:30 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sun., 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. (Check website for […]

Stellar Cellars

How do you know when to build a real storage space for your wine? If you’ve got bottles stashed on top of the fridge, piling […]

Liquids: A Wine Less Ordinary

A Wine Less Ordinary

The Wine List

The Wine List

Vintage New England

It’s barely 10 o’clock in the morning, and we’ve just polished off our third glass of sparkling wine. The taste is crisp and luscious, the […]

Liquids: Specialty Wineglasses

This past Christmas, practically every wine-drinking friend I know was given a gift of a set of stemless Riedel O glasses. But not me. My […]

Liquids: High-End Wines as Holiday Gifts

The holidays are the only time of year when I tend to break my self-imposed rule of never paying more than $15 for a bottle […]

Liquids: Holiday Food & Wine Pairings

Thanksgiving with my family is probably not like Thanksgiving with your family. Does your mother start the meal by clinking a glass with her fork […]