But the twist at Meritage, as the wine forward name suggests, is that they do food pairings with wine.
The combined venture will operate under the Wine.com name and will be launched some time next year.
Just as Jackson has his beefs with jug wine, which has failed to give U.S. wine a good name, so he quarrels with the conceits of the boutique vintners who shrink from scale.
Ferrand, whom they bought out, was located in Grande Champagne, the most prestigious of the six cognac districts. (Champagne refers to chalky soil, also found where the sparkling wine of the same name is made.) That lucky happenstance gave Andreu and Gabriel the idea of creating a single-district cognac, similar to the single-malt Scotch brands like Macallan and Laphroaig that revitalized the Scotch business in the 1980s.
He kept a wine locker there, his name engraved on a brass plate between two other regulars: George H.
In TriBeCa, Terroir (24 Harrison St, near Greenwich Street, www.wineisterroir.com) is the sister of a much-loved hole-in-wall wine bar of the same name in the East Village.
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Just as Champagne, which is a place, gives its name to a wine that in France is highly regulated and may contain only three (or less) specific grapes, so it is with Chablis.
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This is thanks in part to the climate and in part to the soil, a mixture of limestone and clay and thousands of fossilized oyster shells (a wine snob could probably even name the type of oyster).
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If you drink wine, you probably already know the name Antinori.
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The owner is Thomas Cregan, formerly a sommelier at Chanterelle, which accounts for the excellent wine list and, presumably, the name of the place.
"Get over the corny brand name and discover the amazing value this wine packs in a glass, " she says.
They worked with a prestigious French winemaker whose name (and Parker ratings) could have sold wine on its own.
Ethanol, the chemical name for the alcohol in liquor, beer and wine, may play only a small part in producing many symptoms associated with hangovers -- thirst, headache, nausea, fatigue, sweating and tremors.
While the two are synonymous (same grape) and some wine people deride fume blanc as simply a made-up name and marketing gimmick, there is more to the story. 45 years ago American sauvignon blanc was in its underappreciated infancy, overlooked by many quality winemakers, and what existed tended to be much sweeter and had a negative reputation.
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Pinot Gris-or its wayward Italian sibling, Pinot Grigio (same grape, different name)-just might be your next white-wine love affair.
Pinot Gris--or its wayward Italian sibling, Pinot Grigio (same grape, different name)--just might be your next white-wine love affair.
Some 13 years after it appeared in stores, his design for a canned rice-wine cocktail still looks fresh -- unadorned aluminum save for the brand name in different colors to indicate flavor.
When I search her name, I get multiple listings for Sirah, the type of red wine, but not Sirah the MC.
Unfortunately for Croatia, its neighbor Slovenia also claims the country has no right to produce and market another famous wine, Teran, once it joins the EU. The EU has ruled that the name is protected and belongs to Slovenia.
Flush with success from buying wine from prestigious (but unnamed) vineyards and wineries in California and reselling them under his name, Mr. Hughes has recently moved into Europe.
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Up in chilly Oregon, where they use the name "Pinot Gris, " the grape has become the state's signature white wine.
Tomic, Croatia's leading wine expert, said he is trying to help Croatian authorities in their race to protect the Prosek name before EU entry.
It's a nice enough sounding name pronounced in the French way--gren-AHHSH--but apparently it spooks wine buyers around the world.
But his wine never really took off until he bought the French restaurant Maxim's and relaunched his varietals under its name.
Soutter bought the Yellow Tail name, label and in-store marketing program off the shelf from the Adelaide design house Just Add Wine just after arriving from performing a post-mortem on Carramar in New York with W.J.
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