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Pommery Champagne
A Proper Pommery Pairing
Back in May I started a new collaboration with Pinch My Spice and Moishe Mayer that I just love: #WineandspicE. WE. Three professionals—one devoted to food, another to wine, and me to everything—creating content that has been overwhelmingly well-received.
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Champagne Master Kendal Montgomery
I’m a Champagne Master!
Welcome to the first post from my Champagne Master journey: Understanding Champagne’s main varieties on a single-variety level. 
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Bush Terminal bourbon
Bush Terminal Bourbon is Back!
Our second run in less than a year, Bush Terminal bourbon is back on the shelves! It’s a badass bourbon brand created in Brooklyn by yours truly in collaboration with Fort Hamilton Distillery. 
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Tannat Structure Alan Lacke
Meet Structure, My Newest Wine Collaboration
Structure: a way to describe a wine’s components in the mouth considering fruit concentration, level of sweetness, acidity, tannin, and alcohol. This is where my head was when developing a brand for a random barrel of Tannat that winemaker extraordinaire...
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Abruzzo vineyards
Emidio Pepe
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I’d always dug what I knew of Emidio Pepe, but upon being with the family and understanding their beautifully simple philosophies of farming and winemaking, well, it’s amore. 
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Marco from Palazzo Tronconi
24 Hours in Rome (When You’ve Already Done All the Touristy Things)
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I've been there and done that with Rome, yet it remains one of my favorite cities, so anytime I get a chance to go, I'm there! 🤌💜🇮🇹
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the Winogynist
Don’t be a Winogynist!
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Unfortunately, our lives are full of ethnocentrism, xenophobia, misogyny, racism, etc. Why bring something so lovely as wine into the disaccord? Don’t be a winogynist!
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georgian amber wine
The Spectrum of Georgian Amber Wines
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There is a wonderfully delicious spectrum of Georgian amber wines. Here is what I learned from a recent Master Class with Christy Canterbury MW.
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Purple Mouthed Uruguay favorites
Wines from Uruguay
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I recently attended a Uruguayan wine masterclass led by Master Sommelier Peter Granoff, and it was fire! I tasted through 11 wines and here's what I learned.
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At Gva'ot Winery.
The State of Israeli Wine
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Israeli wine is maturing, coming into its own. Winemakers are learning to ease off the barrel and trying their best to maintain as much acidity as possible. And where heat plays against them, innovation is on their side. If anyone...
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