Wine Media Guild of New York

So far, only one member has a roundup of the recent Champagne lunch. And it’s John Mariani. Surf on over to Bloomberg for his notes.

If other members have other postings or stories, send them in and we will link them up!

UPDATE: Charles Sciccolone also has a roundup of the lunch

UPDATE: Louisa Hargrave also has a post based on the lunch, with a Valentine’s twist.

For the November lunch, members of the Guild were delighted to welcome Lidia and Joe Bastianich. We have held our monthly lunches at Felidia for many years now.

A few members have posted about the event on their blogs: Charles Scicolone, Robert Simonson, and Marisa D’Vari. Check them out!

Next month’s lunch: Champagne with Ed McCarthy.

Tom Maresca, a WMG member since “time immemorial” (by his own account), has a posting on his brand new blog about the St. Emilion lunch meeting. Check out his take on the event.

If other write-ups are forthcoming, we will post them here!

UPDATE: Member John Mariani writes up the event in his column at Bloomberg.com. It’s a contrast to Tom’s so check them both out!

And stay tuned for next month’s lunch meeting: Bastianich wines with Joe and Lidia.

Two historic chateaus. Ten vintages. Many, many Guild members.

Member Mark Golodetz brokered the peace and the managing directors of both Pichon-Baron and Pichon-Baron attended the last lunch. For a recap, check out these postings or articles by members or their guests:

Robert Simonson (Off the Presses): Pichon-Baron Pichon-Lalande Showdown
Tyler Colman (Dr. Vino): A tale of two Pichons – peace in Pauillac

As other accounts come in, send them in and we will post!

We Wine Media Guild members are counting down the days until the unprecedented Pichon-Pichon showdown later this month! Excitement is palpable! And in June…the Hall of Fame awards dinner at Del Posto!

But until those reports are filed, you’ll have to content yourselves with these roundups of last week’s tasting of Austrian Riesling. Jodi Stern of Austrian wine importer Vin Divino, and Aldo Sohm, the Austian-born, sommelier to the stars from Le Bernadin, were the speakers!

Robert Simonson, “Lip-Smaragd-ing Good!”
Charles Scicolone, “On Austrian Riesling”
Brian Freeman, “Spectacular Austrian Riesling: Part 2″

Surf on over to i-italy.org to see member Charles Sciccolone’s account of our excellent Amarone lunch.

Robert Simonson is the first attendee with a roundup of last week’s Cabernet Franc tasting! Head over to his blog, Off the Presses, and check it out!

Member Marisa D’Vari also posts about the lunch at awinestory.com

And guest Terence Hughes also posts about Paul Grieco and cab franc over at mondosapore.com.

Remember the excellent Puglia tasting last month? Well, if you weren’t there, you can catch a write-up on a couple of member blogs:

Jeremy Parzen, who helped organize the tasting, has some notes on his blog, Do Bianchi.

And Robert Simonson talks about “Plenty of Puglia” on his blog, Off the Presses.

UPDATE: Charles Scicolone, the other organizer of the tasting, now has a lengthy post with his tasting notes and more over at i-Italy.com.

Next month’s lunch: Champagne tetes de cuvee with member Ed McCarthy as speaker.

MEMBER NOTES:

Five members of the guild braved the snow earlier this week and traveled to the Finger Lakes. A photo of the wine travelers is coming! We had a full 2 days of tastings, winery visits and lunches and dinners at wineries, with lots of close contact with wine makers and winery owners.

Tyler Colman’s new book, A Year of Wine: Perfect Pairings, Great Buys, and What to Sip for Each Season (his second book this year!), is due out any day now from Simon Spotlight Entertainment, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. It can be pre-ordered from Amazon.com for $16.

Jonathan Levine noticed the following tribute to Tom Maresca’s book on the trivia web site Sploofus.com. The following is from the author of a quiz on Matching Food and Wine:
“I am deeply indebted to Tom Maresca whose marvelous text ‘The Right Wine’ helped me to master this fascinating subject (after numerous readings). A good portion of his book covers the enigmatic problem one encounters in a restaurant when two (or four) people order quite different dishes and one must find a wine (or two) that will work with everything.”

NOVEMBER TASTINGS (more…)

By all accounts, our tasting of wines from all producers of Charbono was a success! Wines were from included On The Edge, Pacific Star, Heitz, Robert Foley, Joseph Laurence, Duxoup, August Briggs, Summers Estate, Turley, Tofanelli, Schrader, Fortino Vineyard and Boeger Vineayrds Here are some accounts from people there:

Member Paul Zimmerman, aka Dr. Z, puts a sports spin on the event. Former NFL Coach Dick Vermeil attended the lunch as the owner of OnTheEdge winery in Napa. Be sure to check out this write up of our lunch on SI.com.

Guest Jeremy Parzen calls Charbono “a rustic-tasting, tannic, but fruity and food-friendly grape” in his summary on his blog Do Bianchi.

Guest Gabe Sasso also has extensive notes over on his blog, Gabe’s View.

Prospective member Jennifer Frank also wrote up the event on her blog, Drink the Good Stuff.

Also, WMG member John Mariani wrote a piece for Bloomberg in part based on our April Petit Sirah tasting.