The best comedy team in wine
A whiff of snobbery and a scintilla of borscht belt … The top comedy team out there right now may be a bunch of guys droning on about the grape. David Kamp and David Lynch are out touting their new...
View ArticleAlice Water’s Zinfandel fascination
Lacy Atkins/The Chronicle, 2003 Chez Panisse’s wine director also does some serious thinking about Zinfandel. Next week, Chez Panisse begins another round of its Zinfandel festival, serving many of the...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Cotes du Rhone?
Craig Lee/The Chronicle Some of the Skylark bottles. As I was talking last night with some local wine folks, including Matt Licklider of Lioco and sommelier Matt Straus, one of the Matts raised an...
View ArticleWhen bottles weigh too much
The Chronicle Peeling back the layers on one very big bottle. Living in a place that tends to sprout oversized wine bottles, I get immune to noticing how much these puppies weigh. To combat such...
View ArticleRN74’s wine list
Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle Servers during training at RN74. The train board’s in the background. As noted in my story today, the new Michael Mina project RN74 will open next week. This has been a...
View ArticleQuince builds a wine bounty
Jon Bonne/The Chronicle 8,000 bottles in there, mister: David Lynch in Quince’s wine vault. Along with its move to bigger, fancier digs near Jackson Square, Lindsay and Michael Tusk’s restaurant Quince...
View ArticleDo our wine lists ignore California?
Craig Lee/The Chronicle, 2006 A page from Restaurant Michael Mina’s list. Go to Chez Panisse this week, and the figs will come from Cannard Farms in Sonoma while the black cod hails from Bolinas. But...
View ArticleRaising a glass to James Beard contenders
David Hirsch of Hirsch Vineyards. The list of James Beard Foundation award semifinalists is out today, and in addition to our local chefs, a whole gaggle of libation luminaries is in the running as...
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