If your family insists on doing the traditional Christmas ham, you can at least update it a bit to keep things interesting. Here’s one idea. [level-members] This is a nice update that’s not too far afield for the traditionalists at your table. And we think Food & Wine’s pairing suggestion is an excellent direction to […]
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December 19th, 2014What Your Wine Shop Customers Are Reading – Bon Appetit, Jan 20
December 18th, 2014The January 2015 Bon Appetit is in mailboxes now. Here’s what your wine shop customers may be talking about. [level-members] Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, it’s the “Get Healthy in 2015” issue. They’re re-inventing breakfast, redefining dinner, and in between, finding juices and raw bars worth craving. Sounds as if perhaps you might […]
Food & Wine Pairings: Italian Soa
October 3rd, 2014This week, courtesy of the New York Times, we take a look at Italian Soave and a melon dish to accompany. [level-members] The Times’ tasting of Soave includes some great bargains that drink fantastically. The complete listing can be found here and is headlined by Stefanini Soave Superiore Classico Monte di Fice 2012. It’s $13 […]
Food and Wine Pairing: Short-Rib Pot Pies and Big Re
February 21st, 2014We’re suckers for a great pot-pie, and Bon Appétit’s cover story – we’ll go through the issue completely next Thursday – was too good to pass up. [level-members] Here’s the recipe. And for companion wines, it’s tough to go wrong with anything big and red. The recipe actually calls for 2 cups of dry red wine, […]
Food and Wine Pairings – Adventurous Drinki
January 10th, 20142014 should not be the year of the same old, same old. Break out of your comfort zone and encourage your wine shop customers to do the same. [level-members] There’s been a lot written most recently about this concept – this New York Times piece just caught our eye – and though articles like this […]
Should Technology Have a Place in Your Wine Sho
November 19th, 2013As more and more consumers grow comfortable with technology, retailers are following suit. And as with all technology there will come a point – probably not too far in the future – where the gizmos we look at as novelties now become part of our everyday shopping experience. (It wasn’t that long ago that self-checkout […]
What Your Wine Shop Customers Reading – New York Times, November 14, 20
November 14th, 2013Eric Asimov’s wine column this week is all about, you guessed it, wines for Thanksgiving. He’s got some great advice [level-members] Top of this list: there’s no point worrying about matching “particular bottles to individual flavors.” Given the range of tastes that are probably on your table, you can’t win that battle. Instead, he advises, […]