Cinghiale, the Italian Osteria sitting out on Lancaster Street in uppity Harbor East in Baltimore, has some good specials running this month. Monday nights in October they’re doing Monday Night Flights. $49 gets you a antipasti, salumi, and long flight of wines based around a specific region in Italy. October 13th is Piemonte, the 20th [...]
Hello fellow Vinotrippers. I know you’ve been waiting for this post with unbridled anticipation – the second of the guest posts with Gary AFK. Hopefully this will be worth your patience. First, a little about me. I’m Jamie and I’m a highly-educated wine connoisseur (read: avid bar-hopper who lived in San Francisco for 2 years). I’m also [...]
CC licensed image from Flickr user estherase When I posted about Wine Spectator’s Awards of Excellence a few weeks ago, I noticed something interesting in the selection criteria. Wine Spectator doesn’t visit the restaurants that they’re passing out awards to. They take applications. A restaurant sends in their menu, wine list, and a $250 check [...]
100% or less markup? Check Bunch of drinkable wines under $30? Check Balanced selection of Whites and Reds? Check Plenty of wines by the glass? Check Something Italian? Check Bonus points: Something local? Check The wine list at The Dogwood in Hamden takes care of pretty much everything I need out of a restaurant wine [...]
Totally awesome CC licensed image courtesy of Flickr user your pal ryan You’ve scanned the wine list over and over and picked out a few bottles that you might like to have with your smoked salmon or roasted duck or whatever. Maybe you’re sticking with a go-to varietal. Maybe tonight you’re going to try something [...]
CC licensed image courtesy of Flickr user thomwatson Just in time for restaurant week in Baltimore and Washington DC, Wine Spectator pushed aside their vintage charts for a moment and released their list of the most triumphant wine lists in the country. The only two-glass “Best of Award of Excellence” in Maryland went to Lewnes’ [...]
We were lucky enough to get a chance to eat at Carpaccio’s Tuscan Grill this week as part of their Friends and Family hookup. They have a solid wine list featuring several sub-$40 Italian wines. My party started with a Dolcetto, the 2004 Torremorro, and then followed that with a Sangiovese from Umbria. I recommend [...]
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