Posts Written OnOctober 30, 2008

Wine Bloggers Conference 2008: Reactions to New York Wines

Last weekend, as you already know, I had the privilege of traveling to Santa Rosa, CA for the first annual Wine Bloggers Conference, where I was joined by more than 160 other members of the world wide wine industry for three days of tastings, meetings and panel discussion. I'll get around to writing about some of the CA wines I tasted eventually, but first let's talk about the New York wines that Melissa Dobson and I pulled together for an invite-only tasting after conference's formal sessions ended on Friday. Many of those who joined us had never tasted anything from…

Long Island Restaurant Week Starts on Sunday

The third annual Long Island Restaurant Week begins this Sunday, November 2 and runs through Sunday, November 9. Participating restaurants will offer a three-course prix fixe dinners for $24.95 per person all night, except Saturday, when it will only be available until 7 p.m. Each restaurant offers its own unique menu… and hopefully this year restaurants won't go crazy withe supplements for special courses (which isn't in the spirit of the event at all). With the little guy at home, it's hard for Nena and I to take advantage of this program, but I'm hoping we can sneak out, maybe…