by Andrew Chalk As a fixture on the 49th floor of the luxurious Thompson Hotel, Monarch looks down on the empty rotunda of the closed 560...

by Andrew Chalk Cambria Estate Winery is a family-owned winery run by Jess Jackson and Barbara Banke’s daughters Katie and Julia. They...

by Andrew Chalk “This boozy tiramisu cocktail will certainly delight! We used Grand Brulot Coffee Cognac to add an extra coffee kick...

by Andrew Chalk Wine & Wildflower Journey will be happening this year from March 22 through April 16th this year at 42 wineries in the...

by Andrew Chalk The Celebrities is 100% old vines garnacha (grenache in French). Perfumy ripe strawberry fruit aromas roll out of the...

by Andrew Chalk 1800 St. Pat’s Ginger Margarita Mule 1 ½ oz. 1800 Silver ¾ oz. fresh lime juice ½ oz. honey syrup Pinch of fresh cilantro...

by Andrew Chalk “Stout & About”⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Grand Brulot⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Demerara⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Vanilla Bitters⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @stbcbeer Cold Brew Coffee...

by Andrew Chalk Same wines, same genre of cuisine, same number of courses (4), same price ($70++). But different menus. That’s the setup...

by Andrew Chalk A recent lunchtime reservation at El Bolero was the worst meal I have had for some time in Dallas, with not a single high...

by Andrew Chalk The Best USA Sommelier Competition (BUSA) is a new organisation established with one specific goal in mind: to win the...

by Andrew Chalk The brewers at Harpoon and distillers at WhistlePig renewed their partnership for a second year to create a beer inspired...

by Andrew Chalk If I said that I drank a whisky and asked you where it came from you might notice the missing ‘e’ (as in whiskey) and...

by Andrew Chalk After World War 2, Champagne Pol Roger was so grateful for the role its most famous customer had played in liberating...

by Andrew Chalk From the wires.... Given the pandemic precludes us from hosting in-person tasting events, Texas Fine Wine is going to...

by Andrew Chalk Dove Ct. Woodworks had a hard time during the pandemic, like a lot of us. However, the owner of the one-man business,...

by Andrew Chalk With Nashville chicken, Korean chicken, Hawaiian chicken, chicken-wings-only chicken, and heaven knows what other...

by Andrew Chalk Get special pricing on bottles and wine by the glass from 4 to 9 p.m. every Wednesday. Contact...

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by Andrew Chalk Artists, make Frank Gehry look like a piece of twisted titanium! Design a label for French winery Georges Duboeuf and see...

by Andrew Chalk Last June, I discussed the wholesale transformation at Center of Effort wines in Edna Valley, near San Luis Obispo, under...

Tasting the 2018 Kiona Vineyards Estate Lemberger, Red Mountain, WA ($17) with the food the winery family suggests. by Andrew Chalk Ever...

by Andrew Chalk In issue 183 (2021) of Ecological Economics Magali A. Delmas and Oliver Gergaud purport to present results that show that...

by Andrew Chalk Petite sirah, the American synonym for what started out as the lowly Rhône blending grape, Durif, continues to establish...

by Andrew Chalk I remember in the World Cup tournament in the late 1980s and 1990s pre-competition debate would center around who would...