Maximum Wolf* This is yet another Intermission in our Days of Wine and Music series. We return once again to JFEX 2024 and take a look at another one of the fine products we encountered there—Lone Bee Sparkling Mead from New Zealand. Some of our curious readers may have asked themselves that perennial question of … Continue reading A JFEX Gem: Lone Bee Sparkling Mead
This is yet another Intermission in our Days of Wine and Music series. The 1960s hit “Come a Little Bit Closer” is authentically un-Mexican (how’s that for an oxymoron?), but it does conjure up images of a border town, a bar that is presumably redolent of tequila, and a sultry temptress who has mastered the … Continue reading A JFEX Gem: Comisario’s Ultra Premium Tequila; Come a Little Bit Closer
This is yet another Intermission in our Days of Wine and Music series. Snacks have gotten a bad rap, deservedly so, of course. But not all snacks are detrimental. When a boy, this writer used to consume raw carrots as a snack. Deliterious? No way. Bunny food may not be everyone’s idea of a tasty … Continue reading A JFEX Gem: Burdock Chips
This week’s entry is another Intermission in our lengthy Days of Wine and Music series. Last week we mentioned this drink in our coverage of some of Shiino Foods’ offerings. If you haven’t already checked it out, please do so. Awamori is Okinawa’s most famous alcoholic beverage. It deserves greater international recognition, and we hope … Continue reading A JFEX GEM: Vintage Seifuku Awamori
This week’s entry is another Intermission in our lengthy Days of Wine and Music series. If you are the type of person who scrapes the caviar off the cracker and eats the roe, who cuts the decorative buttercream flower from the center of the birthday cake and consumes it whole, or drinks the rum and … Continue reading A JFEX Gem: Some Offerings from Shiino Foods
Japanese Cypress* This week’s entry is another Intermission in our lengthy Days of Wine and Music series. Well, it is late June when this is being written and that means only two things: 1) ultra-abysmal rainy-season weather and 2) JFEX, a huge food and beverage exposition that never disappoints. The venue for the former is … Continue reading A JFEX Gem: Yudanaka’s Blue Forest Ale
This is the tenth installment in our Days of Wine and Music series. Once again, we will provide our readers with more information on the Republic of San Marino, before we turn our attention in subsequent installments to the wines of the country and one winemaker-musician in particular. In this entry we will not include … Continue reading Striking Our Fancy
Drinking Japan 