http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:48:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The wine business is a crazy little world. I get people asking about it all the time and to be honest, other than the fact that we work in an insane business selling alcohol to people across the country and usually drinking too much ourselves, it is just like your ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=41 I love traveling and I love running across people who really "get it" when it comes to food, eating and drinking. Last week I was introduced to the owner of the Belmont Butchery, Tanya Cauthen with her wine buyer Brad Hemp, as well as the saucisson master, Chris Mattera. This is ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=37 Spanish wines are in vogue for a very good reason.  They are delicious, have amazing pedigree and often times blow the roof off with quality at entry level prices.  I think that I've found a great spring time white.  Don Sancho Londono, Cortijo Blanco (100% pure delicious viura), from Rioja.  ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=31 So I'm traveling and working in Alabama and am told that I must go to this restaurant, Chez Fon Fon.  What the heck does Fon Fon mean?  Well, nothing.  It's a made up name that chef owner Frank Stitt apparently liked.  But let me tell you.  I went there twice ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=28 Gelatto is one of my favorite things to eat, especially on a warm summer night. And Georgia has plenty of those hot, sticky, humid summer nights that require slow movement, slow talking and of course gelato as a primer. So what is gelato? And where did it ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=23 I recently stopped in at Laurent Gras' new phenom restaurant L20. L-2-0 - As in Laurent and Water, seafood and sunshine, service and ambiance, savory and sweet, etc. What an amazing amount of detail in the food. A few days before we ate at L2O I had ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=5 I travel quite a bit for this wild and great wine company and I am very fortunate to meet all types of people from every corner of the USA. Being in the beverage business sometimes requires a bit of drinking and it still boggles my mind that ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=15 Ole Imports, an amazing, young Spanish importer of high caliber wines held their annual tasting in Chicago last week. Not only are the wines impressive, they cover a breadth of style, price point, regionality that is the press' adoration. The winemakers that Patrick Mata and Alberto Orte have ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=14 The Federal Wine and Spirits bottle shop in Boston has to be one of the most interesting retailers that I've come across in years. Federal Wine and Spirits is located in historic downtown Boston, next to the Old State Building. The Old State Building is the oldest public ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=12 It's been 10 years since I've walked through the gardens in Boston. And I must admit that I forgot how beautiful the city is in the summertime. The verdant, ripe and rich landscape is adoringly accented by the twisting and curving streets of Boston and the aroma of ... http://www.localwinecompany.com/blog/?p=11