VINO BLANCO: Italian whites are much different from the highly oaked Chardonnays common in the U.S. When you are offered wines like Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, Fiano di Avellino or Ribolla Gialla, is it any wonder why a wine buyer would be...
Summer Thirst-Busters ...
FOOD-FRIENDLY: It's time to bring on the brews that complement your restaurant's food. It's easy to surprise people with beer. Give them a bite of old farmhouse cheddar with a sip of San Diego's Arrogant Bastard ale. As the earthy, herbal...
I recently had a late night dinner at the Hudson Hotel in Manhattan. After the server took the food order at the fourtop-next to me, he secured my unyielding admiration with his next question...
Iced teas are perched at the top of America's hit parade. Invented at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, iced tea is strictly an American institution. It was born here and we're drinking it like never before. In this health conscious...
The results of Restaurant Hospitality’s 14th Annual Best Wine List in America Competition are in, and our judges—the experts at The Beverage Testing Institute in Chicago—say this year’s winners truly know the fine art of creating an excellent wine...
The recession and 9/11 have had a stifling effect on ...
Restaurants give sodas the craft cocktail treatment
