Authental Wine

Here's a recent Bloomberg piece about some techniques used in France to verify authenticity of very top-end bottles for investment or sale in restaurants: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601116&sid=aXH.BC0Bs6J4...

dmcker sayeth: "...or that it was insurance fraud because the owner suspected or knew the bottles were fraudulent and wanted to get value from them as if they were real." I think this is the most interesting angle of it...

Do you know where the private collector is living/located, and how were the auction participants being reassured regarding authenticity, storage and bottle conditions, etc.?

http://manhattancocktailclassic.com/ "Welcome to the Manhattan Cocktail Classic, New York City’s first ever multi-day event celebrating the history, contemporary culture, and artful craft of the cocktail. Part...

Why not? You get some cheese, grate it, and put it on some noodles and some tomatoes and capers, all from different areas and all are good on their own. So why not wine? How else to learn anyhow. Take a real simple...

Gemischter Satz mit Shlag (Schlag) by Alice Feiring, June 24, 2009 About the wines of Vienna and the terroir hype of Wiener Gemischter Satz! Vienna has more than shlag, it has terroir. In fact the snow covered Alps...

Hey everyone, Im Lio and Im 19. I fell in love with wine about two years ago through the restaurants I was working at in Denver, Colorado, Piatti Locali and Texas de Brazil. Both of these fantastic and authentic...

Well the 2005 Barolos are tasted, and I can’t help but think back to what I said last year. 2005 is a successful vintage that reflects terroir and winemaking more than weather and will need more time to be as...

Ah the food's ok. The view and wine cellar are the main draws. OK that's unfair but frankly the food is what one can find here in NYC. This is not why I go to Italy, or Piemonte for that matter. You want the best food, Da...

This is probably one of the best authentic Gewurz you will come across. Not too sweet. If you see this label, buy it. Good value for the quality.