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Kimpton Debunks the Hotel Restaurant Stereotype
WashingtonExec published my latest Wine and Dine column today. I talk about the common bias against hotel restaurants, and how that shouldn’t dictate your dining decisions. Case in point are two...
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Three Worthy New Reds
Recently I’ve enjoyed three new red wines. One was a Bordeaux that continues the theme of 2009 as a great value year for Bordeaux. One was a California Cabernet Sauvignon that was pleasantly atypical,...
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Fall is Wine Season at Calvert Woodley
Calvert Woodley Wine and Spirits is an institution in Washington D.C., with a history dating back to 1949. Every fall the store publishes a wine catalog chock full of great values and lots of...
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What’s Your Wine Manifesto?
My latest wine column went live today on WashingtonExec. In it I review the wine manifesto laid out by Jaime Goode, a long time wine blogger and wine columnist for the U.K. newspaper The Sunday...
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Thanksgiving Wines for Your Table
courtesy of chelseawinevault.com My latest wine column published yesterday in WashingtonExec. It talks about a number of suggested Thanksgiving wines that will please family and friends. I focus on...
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Holiday Wine Ideas
image courtesy of bostonuncorked.com Last week in my WashingtonExec column I talked about good bets for Thanksgiving wine. I thought I’d expand the focus here to the holiday season, sharing some...
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Chrisparente.com 2013 Readers’ Choice Awards
graphic courtesy of prospectmagazine.co.uk 2103 was a busy year for my Chrisparente.com site. According to WordPress JetPack statistics, as of this morning it has received 63,469 views. The site has...
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2014 Resolutions for the Wine World
image courtesy of wbal.com Joe Roberts of 1WineDude is one of the wine bloggers I follow via RSS. Last week he was interviewed by another local wine enthusiast, Laurie Forster. Forster publishes a site...
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What’s the State of the Wine Industry in 2014?
Today my latest wine column published in WashingtonExec. I look at the predicted state of the wine industry in 2014 based on the annual report put out by Silicon Valley bank. This report has been...
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A Wine World Kerfuffle, and DC #1 in Consumption
graphic via mensjournal.com A noisy debate is currently going on inside the U.S. wine scene. It was touched off by a tasting at the Symposium of Professional Wine Writers held recently in Napa. Here’s...
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The Making of a Terroirist
graphic courtesy of louisesheehan.co.uk My latest Wine and Dine column published yesterday in WashingtonExec. It’s a Q&A with David White, founder of the popular Terroirist wine blog and chief...
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Remarkable Ripasso
It’s rare for me to do a story on a single wine. But recently my wife and I enjoyed the 2009 Accordini Ripasso Valpolicella and she pronounced it “the best Italian wine I’ve ever had.” So clearly a...
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Niagara Falls Wines
My latest WashingtonExec column published today. I was in Canada earlier this month and had a chance to visit some vineyards on the Niagara peninsula. Vineyards reviewed are Peller Estates, Trius...
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The Long Tail Wine Post
The rise of the Internet made popular the concept of the long tail — serving a great number of interests and niches individually small in number but collectively making up a significant population. A...
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Calvert Woodley Fall Wine Sale
Having grown up in Connecticut, I’ve always loved fall. One fall tradition I really enjoy here in the greater Washington, DC region is the Calvert Woodley fall wine sale. When the weather turns...
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Me and Merry
Last week Gabriele and I enjoyed a special wine dinner event. Merry Edwards, one of the most respected and recognized producers of California Pinot Noir, was in town and attending a dinner featuring...
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Pinot Noir for a Healthy Lifestyle
image courtesy of wino4life.com A fantastic source for information on Pinot Noir is The Prince of Pinot, published by retired physician William “Rusty” Gaffney. Since retiring from his practice in...
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Dinner at Le Diplomate
image via lediplomatedc.com This weekend we caught up with some old friends over dinner at Le Diplomate. This relatively new French place in the Logans Circle area of DC has received a lot of good...
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Crivelli Wine Dinner
This week Gabriele and I attended a wine dinner at River Bend Bistro, a favorite neighborhood spot. The featured wines were from Crivelli, a producer specializing in lesser known varietals from...
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Quality French Fare at Bistro L’Hermitage
The Shadow statue from the 1940s radio show greets you at the door Living in Alexandria, VA, my wife and I usually head north when going out to dinner, either Old Town or D.C. Recently we headed the...
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