Archive for December, 2007



Seasonal imbibing

Keep things interesting this holiday dinner, don’t reach for the usual bottle of wine. From our column this week:
“There’s nothing wrong with holiday Muzak — it’s the repetition that gives us a migraine. We’ll happily tap our toes to a little “Jingle Bell Rock” while we wait in line. But when we’re subjected to the […]

Decorous decanting

From our December 6th column:
“Decanting — the decorous practice of transferring wine from bottle to another vessel — is de rigueur for those old wines that have gritty sediment from years in the cellar. But, really, who as the patience for a cellar these days?” Read the entire column…