• Rioting in the Name of Wine!

    April 21, 2009

    I attended the inaugural Wine Riot this past Saturday held at the Cyclorama in the South End of Boston.  The event was organized by the progressive wine group The Second …

    Outside the Shop

  • On your mark, get set… Taste!

    April 17, 2009

    Questioning how running 26.2 miles and drinking wine go together? Please allow us to explain… Fact 1: The marathon race commemorates the run of the soldier Pheidippides from a battlefield …

    Tastings

  • Buona Pasqua!

    April 10, 2009

    “Natale con i suoi, Pasqua con chi vuoi” (“Christmas with your family, Easter with your own choice of friends”) This is a frequently heard expression in Italy and tonight we hope …

    Tastings

  • Resonance Vineyards, Oregon

    April 4, 2009

    We were visited this week by Kevin Chambers of Resonance Vineyards a small producer of biodynamic wines from the Yamhill-Carlton AVA Oregon.  For many years Kevin and his wife Carla …

    Special Guest

  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia Fest

    April 3, 2009

    Friuli-Venezia Giulia is the Northeastern most outcropping of Italy, perched like a right ear.  It is surrounded by the Veneto to its west, Slovenia to the North, Austria to the …

    Tastings