by Andrew Chalk Carménère, the closest thing to a National Grape in Chile, is spreading. This example (75% Carménère, 25% Merlot) comes...
by Andrew Chalk I am working my way through the treasure trove of Asian and Mediterranean restaurants that occupies the northeast...
by Andrew Chalk What happens when a top Texas winery makes a wine from Texas’ most famous vineyard with grapes that we can’t grow here?...
by Andrew Chalk From the front label of The House of CAMUS’ new releases: The CAMUS Philosophy • We value independence in a world...
by Andrew Chalk Looking for a change of pace in your beer for hot summer days around the pool? Pilsner fits the bill with its cool, clean...
by Andrew Chalk With everything we hear about soil types, climate, and their influence in winemaking it is instructive to actually pace...
by Andrew Chalk Logroño is the capital of La Rioja, and a thriving historic city with a cathedral dating back to the 15th century. As...
by Andrew Chalk Balcones Distilling, one of the best, and most innovative, distilleries in Texas (despite just turning 10) began a huge...
by Andrew Chalk All the online restaurant shows on the Barely-About-Food Network tell restaurateurs to do the same thing -- keep the menu...
by Andrew Chalk Personally, I would have had a red face if I had used the MAX8 in a travel advertisement. RE: [SPAM]- More Experience,...
by Andrew Chalk Hopdoddy invited ‘influencers’ to their Uptown, Dallas location yesterday to try their new burger. It’s called the ‘Bidi...
by Andrew Chalk The people of Ann Arbor, Michigan know something that the rest of us don’t. That their town is a thriving community of...
by Andrew Chalk It was quite a night at Dallas chef Kent Rathbun’s home earlier this week when he and Jordan Winery hosted a huge send...
by Andrew Chalk This red wine is a classic Bordeaux blend (0% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Malbec, 5% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot, and 3% Cabernet...
Big environmental changes plus two 100 point wines. by Andrew Chalk Robin Lail, founder of prestige Napa winery, Lail Vineyards, was in...
by Andrew Chalk I’m currently exploring restaurants in the quadrant of Dallas that you might loosely call ‘northeast’ (roughly I-30 in...
by Andrew Chalk Ruby color with medium intensity. In the nose raspberry, blackberry, and cassis underlaid with cedar and notes of forest...
by Andrew Chalk I met Jose “Pepe” Hermosillo, founder of Casa Noble Tequila, for lunch recently. He founded Casa Noble in 1993 (first...
by Andrew Chalk This is the kind of wine that could only come from Italy. The nose contains violets, raspberries, and spices. The...
Media Release... San Luis Obispo, CA: The San Luis Obispo (SLO) Coast Wine Collective—formerly SLO Wine Country—today announced the...
by Andrew Chalk This is not a Prosecco. Rather, it is an Italian wine produced using the same technique used in Champagne. That used to...
by Andrew Chalk They may not be able to spell, but Mionetto has a wider range of Prosecco products than most producers. I just tasted the...
by Andrew Chalk Check this out before it's pulled. Mionetto, one of my favorite Prosecco producers, has a slick, professionally produced,...
by Andrew Chalk This year, storied winery Chalone Vineyards will release wines that it hopes will be the best in a quarter of a century....