wines

Farnum Hill Cider

This weekend, we made a grand lunch for dear friends. This lunch involved some scrumptious recipes like slow-roasted pulled pork sandwiches and a spicy vinegar-based barbecue sauce (thanks to my hubby), sweet potato gratin (thanks to a great recipe at food52.com) and a luscious caramel pudding (thanks to Deb at Smitten Kitchen). It was quite

Sow’s Ear Winery, Brooksville, Maine

by Maggie Battista

I’m drinking wine in my chilly Boston-area home tonight, but dreaming of my afternoon at The Sow’s Ear Winery. I’m guzzling, err, sipping a very nice Tempranillo with a noisy Gordon Ramsey in the background beating up on those young chefs, including Boston’s Tremont 647′s Andy Husbands, but I’m wishing it was a bright and

New England Wine Country

by Maggie Battista

Yes, Virginia, there is such a thing as New England Wine Country. It isn’t a myth or legend of yore. It isn’t a fantasy I conjured up after one too many bottles of vino. Indeed, the quilt of New England towns nestled in Eastern Rhode Island and Southeastern Mass. do provide more than adequate ‘wine’

Boutique Restaurant: Toro

by Maggie Battista

After the flower show, I met a friend for dinner at Toro in Boston’s South End. Toro is a Spanish wine bar and tapas joint that caters to the young and fabulous. I’ve got the “young” part down and visited with a “fabulous” creative friend of mine. The wine list was long and substantial. The

Wines under $12

by Maggie Battista

There’s a great round-up on lovely low-priced wines in The Boston Globe “Food” section today. It’s called “Plonkapalooza: Four wine experts take part in the tasting of 50 bottles that cost $12 or less and come up with a few real deals“. It features some great wine directors of local restaurants, and interviews one wine

ShoutOut: Boutique Wine Shop

by maggie

I have to give a ShoutOut to my new favorite boutique wine shop, OurGlass Wine Co. I have always found buying wine a struggle, until now. I’m not the sort of gal who spends five minutes in any shop, especially a wine shop. I need to browse, investigate wine labels as if they were art,