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Cognac, It’s All About the Barrels

Mary Cressler
Feature Stories
7 min read
Walk through vineyards in the region of Cognac in the fall, and you will experience vast hillsides filled with nearly ripe grape clusters just a few short weeks from harvest, typical of most wine producing regions in the northern hemisphere. Walk through a cognac production facility, however, you will experience

Opposed to Dry: a Manifesto

Erika Szymanski
Features
2 min read
This being a manifesto against use of the word “dry” in relationship to wine, I herewith present ten points on why “dry” should be banned from all wine-related speak. Some people use “dry” as the opposite of “sweet” in relation to the amount of residual sugar in wine. Wine with

Hospices de Beaune: Asia Comes into the Barrel Room

Prateek Arora
Feature Stories
3 min read
Exorbitant and record-breaking prices seem to define the world of wine auctions these days. While traditional names like London and New York featured prominently in such affairs in the past, Asia’s splurging has been gaining more and more attention. Amongst all this, the charitable auction of Hospices de Beaune presents

Old New Orleans Rum, Weathering the Storm

Joe Pollack
Features
6 min read
In the wake of the tragedy that was Hurricane Katrina, devastating large parts of New Orleans, the odd became almost commonplace. Watching houses and cars caught up in the flood was horrifying, but in a city famed for food and drink, the sight of barrels floating down Frenchman Street, in