Michael Madrigale Archives

Birth of a Big Idea: How Bar Boulud’s Big Bottles Became One of the Hottest Wine Programs in the Country

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Michael Madrigale hadn't really intended to bid on the six-liter bottle of 1991 Olivier Leflaive Montrachet, but as he looked around the room at the Acker Merrall & Condit auction, he couldn't find a single paddle in the air. How was this possible? Read More

2012 Redux: Corkage, What Restaurants Get Wrong, What Needs to Change

Evan Dawson

Features

1 min read

Editor's Note: $50 to open a bottle of wine? Monthly columnist Evan Dawson tries to broker a deal between restaurants and consumers, and elicits some interesting comments from both sides of the debate. –Tom Mansell, Science Editor Read More

Corkage: What Restaurants Get Wrong, What Needs to Change

Evan Dawson

Features

6 min read

Imagine dining at an incredible restaurant with a group of friends. You peruse the wine list—and then you notice your friend smirking as he pulls a bottle out of a brown paper bag. He didn't warn you that he was going to bring his own and pay the corkage fee. That might be annoying enough, but then you notice that the bottle is Two Buck Chuck. Read More

Birth of a Big Idea: How Bar Boulud’s Big Bottles Became One of the Hottest Wine Programs in the Country

2012 Redux: Corkage, What Restaurants Get Wrong, What Needs to Change

Corkage: What Restaurants Get Wrong, What Needs to Change

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Wines of the Past and Future in Alsace (Alsace – Part 5)

A Traditional-Style Small Farmer – That’s What Winemaker Agathe Bursin Would Call Herself (Alsace – Day 4)

A Way of Life: A Small Family Winery, Built on 500 Years of Alsace Tradition (Alsace – Part 3)

What If Your Mother Was a Winemaker? (Alsace – Part 2)

What Do You Talk About With Someone Whose Family Started Making Wine in the 17th Century? (Alsace – PART 1)