Grapes

Meat Your New Drinking Buddy

by Thor Iverson | May 18, 2009
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Filed under: venue:BLM Wine + Spirits, Grapes, venue:Kappy's Fine Wines & Spirits

Sibling Rivalry

by Thor Iverson | May 04, 2009
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Filed under: Grapes, venue:Cambridge Wine & Spirits

by Thor Iverson | April 20, 2009
It’s fun being a spectator, but you have to be in the game to be a real player. Wine doesn’t offer too many opportunities to do that, and so most people stick to drinking the stuff. Which isn’t too bad, except that it’s a little like football being all... Read More »

Filed under: Grapes, venue:Boston University, venue:Turtle Creek Winery

Radical Radikon

by Thor Iverson | April 04, 2009
Sometimes, we crave the comfort of the familiar — a well-loved book that’s been nearly dog-eared to death, the favorite T-shirt that’s been rendered super-soft by years of wear, that nostalgia-inducing song that has somehow found its way onto every one... Read More »

Filed under: Grapes, venue:The Wine Bottega

Wine on a dime

by Thor Iverson | March 20, 2009
Is cheap ever chic? If so, this would be the season. Alcohol has long been fairly recession-proof (who doesn’t need strong drink in hard times?), but not this go-around. Wineries, stores, restaurants... they’re all feeling the pinch. And so, most likely... Read More »

Filed under: Grapes, venue:Bin Ends

Put The Zing Back Into Spring

by Thor Iverson | March 09, 2009
It’s spring in New Zealand. (What? No it’s not! Can’t you read a map?) No, I insist. A young country — geologically and historically — New Zealand’s wine scene reflects its people: open, friendly, and uncomplicated. It’s a tiny place, but its mark on... Read More »

Filed under: Grapes, venue:Cambridge Wine & Spirits, venue:Martignetti Liquors

Challenge Accepted

by Thor Iverson | February 20, 2009
Some people delight in the unfamiliar and are immune to the comfort of the common. When that set of people intersects with an interest in wine, there can be problems. Because, to be honest, most restaurant wine lists just aren’t that interesting. The... Read More »

Filed under: Grapes, venue:Erbaluce

Sweet Dreams 2.10.09

by Thor Iverson | February 09, 2009
“Sweet,” usually it’s a compliment, unless it’s delivered by a date who’s just about to explain that, despite you being “a really nice person,” he or she is not sufficiently attracted to invite you up for an epilogue. And yet, when it comes to wine, label... Read More »

Filed under: Grapes

Vine trails

by Thor Iverson | December 15, 2008
Last issue I told a story involving serial killers’ caves, 10 centuries of cobwebs, spitting, and mistresses. And yet, when I sat down in front of the computer I had intended to write a column about wine travel. Apparently, I’m not the master of narrative... Read More »

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Deliverance

by Thor Iverson | November 29, 2008
Danger on the wine trail I expected to be arrested. Or fired at. Or set upon by dogs. I was driving down a semi-rural road at a speed that would have been mocked by passing toddlers, stopping every few dozen meters to peer at mailboxes, gates, and doorways... Read More »

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