This is the twelfth entry in our Days of Wine and Music series. This week we expose our taste buds (nothing wrong with that) to another Sammarinese wine, with more than a passing connection to music (more on that later in the series). This one is a sparkling with some pretty series bubbles. Everybody loves … Continue reading Cavaliere Spumante Tre Extra Dry and Bottle Aesthetics
Birch* The gin market is a highly competitive one at the moment. To survive, you have to have a unique offering that cries out to be tasted and keeps them coming back for more. We encountered such a product at JFEX this year. The catchy name that comes dangerously close to offending the sensibilities of … Continue reading A JFEX Gem: Son of a Birch Gin
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
Drinking Japan 