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Sweet 100: 2008

by Thor Iverson | July 25, 2008
Bring out your shopping carts It was a hit last year, judging by a tripling of Massachusetts’s annual wine revenues and a commensurate escalation of my salary. (Okay, okay, none of that happened. Sigh.) And so here it is again: a list of 100 wines you...

Sipping Style

by Thor Iverson | July 11, 2008
The frontiers of fermentation Now that it’s clear that cutting-edge liquidity can’t be left in the hands of financial types, it’s time for those of us interested in the liquids themselves to take that edge back. Usually, hipster quaffing is left to the...

Wine by the numbers: Meeting the burden of proof

by Thor Iverson | May 05, 2008
NOT THAT anyone reading this ever engaged in the highly illegal practice of underage drinking, but remember when it was all so much simpler? (For your friends, I mean. Not you. You went to church every day, asked for extra-credit assignments, helped old...

Twist: Bottle of the sexes

by Heather Bouzan | May 05, 2008
WE'LL BE HONEST: if it has an alcohol content, we're happy to drink it. But some people get all snooty in the beer-versus-wine debate. Sam Calagione, founder of Dogfish Head Brewery in Delaware, and Marnie Old, an accomplished sommelier, are two...

The Road Less Traveled: Examining the lure of the obscure

by Thor Iverson | April 07, 2008
AMONG A certain cadre of music fans, near-anonymity is a virtue. The tinier the fan base and the more micro-specific the genre, the better. A trio of yaks playing klezmer standards on didgeridoo? Sure, great - until they take their act on the road, that...

Primavera Verde: Sauvignons put a spring in your sip

by Thor Iverson | March 10, 2008
IT'S NOT easy being green." So sang a triangle-mouthed frog puppet, once. Of course, at the time he had a hand jammed up his ... well, anyway, I'm not sure his plight applies to us. Still, mention "green" in the context of wine...

Magnum Carta: What makes a wine list great?

by Thor Iverson | February 25, 2008
THERE'S A restaurant in Girona, Spain, where the wine lists (yes, plural) are delivered on a rolling cart, because they're too heavy to carry and too bulky to peruse on the table. Most of the world's great wines are represented, they're...

Bumbling into Bubbly: A sparkling feet of imagination

by Thor Iverson | February 06, 2008
"OH, I CAN'T. It goes right to my head!" And with this phrase, a thousand eager hands (attached to lusting hearts) reach forth, offering yet another glass of sparkling wine to their dates. But is it true? Does sparkling wine really accelerate...

Double Trouble: Two wines are better than one

by Thor Iverson | December 12, 2007
LIKE SOME sort of tipsy Noah's Ark, the world of wine comes in pairs. Or maybe that means it's like socks. Or pants. You'll pardon me if I struggle with this whole simile thing; I'm a metaphor man, myself. Anyway: the point is that there...

Rouge Gallery: Gifted reds for your holiday green

by Thor Iverson | November 30, 2007
I GET A lot of interesting questions, yet I always have trouble with this popular query: "What's a good wine to bring as a gift?" Why so tough? Because it's virtually unanswerable without knowing the recipient's preferences. Which...

Wine Dining: Pre-pairing the perfect feast

by Thor Iverson | November 19, 2007
SIX COURSES in, I knew I was in trouble. It was my introduction to wine, food, France. And, more important, to my girlfriend's family. I was in some forsaken little village in Lorraine, sitting at a table with her parents, other relatives, and their...

Going Solo: Hit a bar by yourself and see how much fun drinking alone can be

by Sara Faith Alterman | November 19, 2007
USUALLY IT'S easy to round up an entourage for a night on the town. But there are occasions when plans fall through and you're left on your own, hung out to dry on a weeknight or, worse, a weekend. You could throw on some sweats and resign yourself...

Twist: Liquid learning

by Heather Bouzan | November 19, 2007
WHILE STANDING at the bar perusing the cocktail list, don't think for a minute that what you order doesn't speak volumes about who you are. James Beard Award-winning writer Eric Felten, who pens a weekly cocktail column in the Wall Street Journal...

Back to the Future: What's past is prologue

by Thor Iverson | November 05, 2007
AS MUCH AS I'd like to participate in this whole 10th-anniversary shindig, I've only been here a few months. What could I possibly write that would be relevant? "Oh, I love the way the offices have been updated since this summer, from dingy...

Size Matters: Watch out for great whites

by Thor Iverson | October 17, 2007
IT'S DRILLED into our wine-drinking subconscious: first white, then red. But why? While it's tempting to blame the usual "bigger = better" delusion, everyone else does it this way as well. And there's a sensible reason. Bigger wines...