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EDUCATION
The Deal On Decanting
I love decanting wine. Red, white, sparkling, fortified. I decant everything. I love the look of a decanter. I love the feel of a decanter. Actually, I collect…
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EDUCATION
How To Make Any Wine Taste Better – For Free!
  Simple: serve the wine at the right temperature! Many people serve their white wines too cold and their red wines too warm.  It may not seem like…
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WINE ALERT
Wine Alert! – May 2013
My May Wine Alert has arrived.  A bit late but it is here!  I tasted through 167 wines last month and I have selected two that are truly…
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GUEST COLUMN
Matzo and the American Dream Come True
A guest column by Michael Levine, director of Streit’s: Matzo and the American Dream Four years ago, I did not know Michael Green, nor did I have any…
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REVIEWS
My Favorite Italian Restaurant in NYC
  Sure, I’m happy to blow a few hundred jacks on a stellar meal at Marea, A Voce, or Mialino, but when I want the real thing… real…
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CULTURE
All Wines Need Not Be Great – Some Wines Just Need to Be Good
“All wines need not be great.  Some wines just need to be good.” Read this mantra and sip.  Then read again and sip. It may be unexpected, coming…
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MICHAEL'S MOMENTARY THRILLS

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A Rising Star on the Wine Scene
Okay, so not all my Momentary Thrills are momentary.  Take the Pain Perdu at Landmarc, for example.  If I have an awesome experience I want to experience it again and again.  The same is true of when I met…
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Pain Perdu Perfection
My Favorite Breakfast Dish: bread, eggs, brandy and heavy cream?  Yes!   That is the core of one of my favorite breakfast dishes in NYC.  Thank you Chef Marc Murphy for creating such an awesome take on Pain Perdu.  In…
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A Food Court Fit for The Plaza
For most of us, hearing the phrase “food court” brings to mind suburban shopping malls – junk fuel for the long walk to the Sunglass Hut. But at The Plaza Hotel’s new food court, I guarantee you there is…
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What I’ve Been Drinking Lately
Well, lots… Happily, part of the occupational hazard of my work is that I taste up to 200 wines per week.  Now, I said taste, now swallow, but what have I been enjoying recently?  Well, I drink with the seasons.  This…
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