Friday, April 26, 2024

Westport Whiskey & Wine’s upcoming tastings include wine and tequila

The Fall 2022 issue of Food & Dining Magazine (#75) is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. Go here for a preview of the features,...

Wine dinner with the Delicato Family at The Standard Plate & Pour, Thursday

This week The Standard Plate & Pour at 207 E. Main Street in New Albany is presenting a Thursday evening wine dinner featuring Delicato Family Wines. On September 24, we will be hosting a wine...

Cork 101: Regional Picks — All Wine is Local

Our wine panel picks good values from their favorite wine regions, explaining why and how local conditions influence the character of wine.  Often, people who want to know more about wine get befuddled because there...

6 Wines Under $12

It’s not easy choosing wines for holiday events because seemingly every menu is completely different—both at home and away. As guests at others’ dinner tables, we’re on the hot seat to make a choice that...

A taste of Oregon on Thursday at The Wine Rack with Willamette Valley Vineyards

The Wine Rack (2632 Frankfort Avenue) opened in 2004, and after 16 years the small shop still holds its own against the package industry heavyweights. The Wine Rack's secret weapon is passion-driven product knowledge,...

Escape to the vineyard: Chilean Wine Dinner at Varanese on Tue., Oct. 13

Varanese (2106 Frankfort Avenue) offers a constant schedule of events like the coming six-course Chilean Wine Dinner on Tuesday, October 13. At a time when travel is difficult, themed dinners like these have even greater...

Cork 101— The wines of South Africa

South Africa was certainly on my list of wine countries or wine lands, as they say in South Africa, to visit but not at the top of my list. It should have been. I...

Stingy Jack is reported heading toward Huber’s Orchard, Winery & Vineyards

Today we're operating under the assumption, prompted by Halloween's approach, that you're clamoring to read the instructive tale of Stingy Jack. He's an eternal wanderer through the long night, with only a glowing lump...

Cork 101— What wines are undervalued?

Our challenge this issue for our wine guys was to select wines that they thought were “undervalued.” That turned out to be an ambiguous term, or one that has wide latitude for those in...

Cuvée Wine Table garners the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence — and sister restaurant...

Wine Spectator has released its 2019 Restaurant Award Winners, among which appears Cuvée Wine Table (3598 Springhurst Boulevard), a first-time recipient of the Wine Spectator Award of Excellence. According to Wine Spectator, this is the...