First in a two-part series. Part two will cover Jean-Luc Colombo’s winemaking philosophy and his love of the Syrah grape. It is just...

No one would pretend that package store employees are dealing with the same risks as Police, Firefighters, or Medical Personnel. But like...

Ten days ago, Governor Lamont ordered employees of non-essential businesses to work from home. The order contained a list of exceptions...

Published in the Greenwich Free Press, January 12, 2020

There is a new beer at Glenville Wine & Spirits called Trinity Super Hazel. Its vegan claim is oddly worded “Our Beers are Consciously...

Congressman Jim Himes, Democrat, representing Connecticut’s 4th District, held an almost two-hour-long town hall meeting with his...

Life occasionally throws you some sublime, simple serendipity. Last week, I stopped at a wine store in Glenville to pick up a case of...

Greenwich’s bounty of wine stores is really apparent during our national feast of abundance. We did a tour of them yesterday to get some...

Newly-emerging Wine Countries Where is the cutting edge in wine? South Africa? South America? How about Eastern Europe? The trend...

Savvy Tips for Satisfying your Wine Curiosity The “Fridge of Sighs.” In some wine shops, that’s the name given to the enclosed area...

Hopkins Vineyard recently held its Wine Festival, part wine party, part debut of its 2010 vintage, and all celebration of Connecticut...

From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Joy is an emotion common to Christmas and Easter, but if Christmas's joy is innocent, Easter's is...

From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Beer has a seemingly infinite variety of styles. Yet the necessary ingredients for beer form a short...

Dinnertime approaches on a Sunday, but as you slap a perfectly marbled New York strip on the grill, you suddenly realize that you forgot...

From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: I thought Super Bowl week a good time for a diversion from wine to the world of beer. It’s not that...

What country drinks as much wine per capita as France and Italy, developed an appellation system 190 years before France did, and has a...

One of the vestiges of Prohibition in Connecticut, New York and many other states is an inability to buy food and liquor in the same...

From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: From lavish summer garden-parties in the Back Country to intimate get-togethers with our neighbors,...

From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Champagne’s popularity seems to have dropped faster than Alex Rodriguez’s lately. Sales of sparkling...

From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Uvephobia is the fear of trying new grapes, or wines. Uvephobia is a disease with a cure, but it...