The Kingdom of Navarra and its unique wines.

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This past week the second annual Italian Wine Week, Vino 2010, took place in New York City. It’s the largest Italian wine event held outside of Italy, and I was lucky enough to attend last year. This year, because of travel for my birthday, I was not able to attend many of the events, which [...]

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We take a trip out to the east end to visit 4 different wineries in Long Island.

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Chef Mark learns about dessert wines with Andrew Quady from Quady Winery

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ReMARKable Palate #201: Sommelier Chuck Furuya I sit down with Master Sommelier Chuck Furuya at Hiroshi, one of his many restaurants in Honolulu, to talk about his love of wine, and of Hawaii, and how to approach pairing wines with the Asian and Pacific-Rim influenced foods of the Aloha state. Chuck also shares some [...]

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Michael Richmond of Bouchaine Vineyards leads me through a barrel tasting of his Pinot Noirs

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Chef Mark attends the Rioja Grand Tasting at City Winery in SoHo, and runs into some old friends!

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Peter Smith talks about his evolution from Yacht Captain to Wine Tour operator.

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I attend a special sneak preview tasting of 18 different wines led by Georges DuBoeuf

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CMN Video: Food Blogger Playdate: Photography & Ingredient Play We have another food blogger play date, getting together to taste new ingredients, and to photograph several dishes for our upcoming Gilded Fork Cookbook! We then explored making dishes with truffles & black garlic. Look for part 2, where we do a blind tasting of [...]

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