We hope our readers enjoyed the brief intermission last week and took the opportunity to sip some Chenin and visit the popcorn stand for some buttered popcorn, not the ersatz stuff that resembles brake lubricant, mind you. This is the fifth installment of our Days of Wine and Music series, and this week we return … Continue reading Greek Wine: The Island of Santorini
For those of you who have been paying attention, and we assume that that includes the vast majority of our readers, we indicated a while back that we would be running the next installment in our "Days of Wine and Music" series this week. But, as you know, all lengthy performances of a certain stature … Continue reading Audacia Chenin Blanc
Politian This is the fourth installment in our “Days of Wine and Music” series. We will begin by discussing the Greek contribution to opera and then zero in on a couple of important Greek varietals. Even a cursory look at the wine map that we uploaded last week will inform the reader of the large … Continue reading Greek Wine: It’s NOT Just Retsina, Part 2
In this third installment of our “Days of Wine and Music” series, we will briefly discuss the wines of Greece and complete the discussion next week in the fourth installment. In the fifth and sixth installments, we will introduce a Greek winery whose owner is an ideal candidate for our series and share her views … Continue reading Greek Wine: It’s NOT Just Retsina, Part 1
William F. O'Connor and Renowned Tenor Vittorio Grigolo This is the second installment in our “Days of Wine and Music” series. The proximate impetus for this series came about when this writer encountered renowned tenor Vittorio Grigolo on the set of Tosca, where the latter had the starring role of Mario and the former that of … Continue reading Days of Wine and Music: The Genesis
Gotterdammerung* This is the first installment in our “Days of Wine and Music” series. Over the next few weeks, we are going to delve into areas that at first may seem a little atypical when compared with our usual output, but it will eventually become clear where we are taking this. We like opera here … Continue reading Days of Wine and Music: An Introduction
In recent years, we have seen sake, or nihonshu, used in castella pound cakes, chocolate bonbons and other desserts. However, it was not until 2020 when Sake Ice opened in Asakusa did I hear of sake being used in ice cream, let alone a shop specializing in this sake-infused chilled creamy concoction. Soon after the … Continue reading I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Sake Ice (Cream)
Drinking Japan 