August 21, 2008 – 5:16 pm
Next phone has to have a flash!
I spent last night at Cava Secreta with Cam Rizos & Co., drinking 1995 Barolos. Note the plural. We drank eight of them.
As everyone who has looked closely at my logo knows, I am a huge fan of Barolo, a wine that has a strong but limited following in [...]
August 11, 2008 – 4:01 pm
The key to a good drink is good ingredients.
(God! Sometimes I impress even myself with my wisdom.)
In the case of cocktails this means making sure you have fresh, genuine, ingredients.
Your basic Caesar recipe is:
3 parts Clamato
1 part Vodka
squeeze of lemon
dash of tabasco
serve over ice.
When three parts of the drink is something, it’s time to get [...]
Got back last night after a mere 24 hrs door to door. (I could have cut this to 22 hours but couldn’t sleep so got up and went to airport.)
The real news is: everybody in Portugal, and I mean everybody, the Institute, EVERYBODY, now agrees the 1994 vintage is the best in the [...]