Martin Estate in Napa Valley
I interviewed the passionate proprietor of the Martin Estate in Napa Valley, Greg Martin, about his carefully selected Cabernet Clones and his own ‘Château d’Yquem‘. His California winery indeed looks like […]
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Art in Napa Valley
Art in Napa Valley thrives. In their excellent book The Art & Science of Wine James Halliday & Hugh Johnson, renowned Masters of Wine, propagate winemaking as an art form. […]
Sideways: Wine can make great movies!
Sideways is a movie which could be a wine tasting guide for beginners as well as an abs straining exercise from laughing for 121 minutes of the full length of the film.
American Tea Room: blended tea made better
The philosophy of the company is inspired by America as a melting pot, which does not have its own tea culture, but is curious about blending different cultures and tastes together.
CLOSED Red Medicine: lifting the level of culinary creativity in LA
The head chef at Red Medicine Jordan Kahn trained in a number of America’s best restaurants including the lauded French Laundry. Native of Savannah, his youthful American curiosity directed Kahn’s career […]
Wolfgang Puck at Bel Air hotel
Gourmet Californian with European influence
Wine and food matching with a winemaker and a chef
What happens when a talented chef and an adventurous winemaker bring their heads together? In most of the cases they come up with innovative ways how to pair food with […]
Zuni Café: slow food in San Francisco is worth waiting for the best chicken in America
Zuni Café is to San Francisco what Chez Panisse is to Berkeley, an institution where locals gather over sustainably sourced superb food. Like Alice Water, Judy Rodgers was authentic with […]
The Slanted Door: Vietnamese cuisine stirred into sustainable multi-cultural San Francisco
Enter the waterfront of the San Francisco’s iconic Ferry Building and open The Slanted Door, literally. As the woks sizzle in the background, the trendy, yet casual modern Vietnamese eatery […]
Pandemic travels: what they’ve taught me about humanity in the crowded world we live in
Glamorously we got so used to traveling beyond the two holiday trips per year that taking the cross-border experience away feels like a galactic loss. Pandemic travels have changed our […]