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LIRR Wine Train Offers N. Fork Wines But Car Odor Mars Experience

LII Railroad train offers north fork wines but the stench mars the experience

Wine Bars Invade the Upper West Side

Leslie Albrecht of DNA Info put together a great piece about the influx of chi-chi wine bars on the Upper West Side. Want to know where to go?  Leslie will guide you up and down the avenues.
Leslie called me to get my take on the trend. As I said to her: “They started out in [...]

How to Buy Good Cheap Wines for the Holidays

A lot of wine guides offer plenty of great advice for purchasing $100 bottles. But for holiday entertaining, or any time, Mark Spivak’s The Affordable Wine Guide to California and the Pacific Northwest, $9.99 on smashwords.com steers you in the direction of wines that are not only affordable—say $10 a bottle—but high quality as well.
Mark [...]

Upper West Side: Unwined Wine Bar is Moving from Symphony Space Locale

Unwined, the Upper West Side  wine bar tucked into Symphony Space at 95th and Broadway, is moving. The new location hasn’t been announced. E-mail me if you have info on the new locale.

Upper West Side: Wine Tasting Offers a Taste of France’s Loire Valley

Even though it’s only October, the damp, chilly weather makes it seem more like the middle of February. So isn’t it time for a trip to France?  You don’t even have to purchase a plane ticket. Instead, walk down to 71st and Broadway and taste some of the wines from France’s Loire Valley that will [...]