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Valentine’s Day: Send Our Gift Box

by Maggie Battista
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I’m a big fan of Valentine’s Day. I’ve never seen it as a day to solely celebrate your main squeeze. I just want to fete each love of my life – my husband, my family, my friends. Gosh, I remember when we were all children, carting our heart-shaped candy and boxes of heart-shaped cards to

Crisp White Greek Wine

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Some of you may know it, but we used to live in London.  Although we love living in Brooklyn, the one thing that makes coming back really difficult is the distances. By moving closer to our friends and families, we moved away from the low-cost flights to continental Europe, away form the train that could

A Rosé for the Sunny Days

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Our first rosé in 2010! If you’re like us, there are few things more exciting than the first few outdoor rosés of the year. Nothing screams summer and good times like rosé. Last Saturday was the perfect day for that. It was sunny and warm in NYC and it was the kind of day that

Red Hook Winery – The Electric

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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It’s not often that we are absolutely, completely shocked by a wine.  However, this aptly named wine – The Electric – from Red Hook Winery did just that at a recent tasting.  The winery is very new and this 2008 bottle is one of about 6 different wines making up their first line of commercial

Liddabit Sweets, Brooklyn

by Jessica Merrill
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I’m crazy about salted caramels. This past Christmas I even got it into my head to make them as gifts. I got out my candy thermometer, and with that in hand, I confidently watched over my boiling pot of goodness (sugar, corn syrup and fresh vanilla bean), diligently checking the temperature until it reached 245°.

Chenin Blanc from Jasnières

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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We had such a delicious, fascinating wine last weekend, we thought we absolutely had to share it here. There was only one problem however: we had trouble figuring out how to describe it. We were not the only ones: a quick search showed that Chris of the excellent Full Pour wine blog felt exactly the

Romantic Dinner with Local Beef and Italian Red Wine

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Valentine’s Day can mean different things to different people.  For us, we’ve done the fancy dinners at restaurants, rom-coms at the cinema, massages for two… so what’s left for two foodies with a voracious appetite for wine?  A massive home cooked 30oz rib eye for two, that’s what!

Volcanic wine, pizza and rock-n-roll

by Chloé Mathieu Phillips & Dennis Phillips
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Last night’s pairing surprised us more than anything we’ve experienced so far this year. It involved Italian wine, a homemade pizza and a CD we hadn’t heard in years. It all started back in 2005… We used to be regulars at – what we still consider to be – the best wine bar in New

Sin Plates and Sugar Cones

by Maggie Battista
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Virginia Sin’s line of eco-friendly porcelain products are inspired and profound. They look like picnic-style paper plates but, get this folks, they’re made of microwave- and dishwasher-safe porcelain. They’re completely irregular in shape and style, something that makes me love them more, in a very wabi sabi sort of way. These plates found a spot