It has been almost 18 years since I began operating The Second Street Bistro and The Murray Bar, and it has been almost 10 years since...

Our story begins in 1405 as the Black Plague, the Hundred Years War and roving bands of mercenaries were all working together to make...

There is something about this area that is almost supernatural and the hill of Hermitage was a bit of a wine pilgrimage for me. The...

There is more quality wine being produced in the world right now than any time in history. There were very dark days in the last...

Traveling south down the A31 from Beaune, we leave the Golden Slopes of Burgundy and instead see a jumble of limestone slopes on which ...

Tonight, we thought it would be fun to pretend that we are in Rome two thousand years ago. We wanted to see if we could replicate the ...

As a sommelier for more than twenty years, it pains me to admit that I am still baffled by Italy. It is not just the 2,000 indigenous...

The Greeks landed in southern Italy in the 8th century B.C. and in typical Greek fashion they began planting and tending vines. To the...

Our story this week begins as usual with the collapse of the Roman Empire. The Visigoths maintained loose control over Iberia for a...

**Initial disclaimer: The Basque produce no wine, a little bit of cider and their cuisine is virtually impossible to replicate outside...

The initial ground work for this dinner we are going to enjoy tonight began right here in Livingston in 2005. Fourteen years ago, I met...

As the Rhone Valley opens up into the Mediterranean and the mountains fall away, we begin to head west into the open flat lands of...

Tonight we are celebrating a legacy created by such people as Paul Bocuse, Alice Waters, Kermit Lynch and Richard Olney. For me, the...