This...was... stupid good! There's been a general feeling in the Ney house recently that we've hit a bit of a lull when it comes to ...

It's rare to see a 100% Spanish Graciano. Typically used as a blending grape in Rioja to add structure (and aging potential) to ...

I've talked about the infinitely tasty Trader Joe's seafood sausage before . They may become an endangered species soon so just g...

Dinner at Semiramis. Great place, always love it, always feel clean afterwards, has spectacular Arabic coffee and trying to figure out a ...

Pairing wine with Thai beef can be trickier than we originally thought. A shiraz seemed right and proper but the best sips with the food ...

What the hell do you pair with rabbit in mustard sauce with sour cream, bacon, fennel, onions and sauerkraut pierogis...and a freakin' ...

Tuna Niçoise has increasingly become the follow-up meal to the un-follow-up-able (my high school English teacher just rolled over in his gra...

We love Blackbird because it's delicious. We love Blackbird because the staff is spectacular. We love Blackbird because it ...

Sandwich Day Friday brought a nice surprise this week. We've let our Albariño love wither on the vine over the last three years (Bah!...

Tonight was another case of the food outshining the wine. But again, no real complaints. We just wouldn't do this exact pairing again wh...

Sort of an impromptu Northwest wine tasting for Tuesday. Much cussing came from the kitchen for this meal as timing three items to be fin...

Initial thoughts were that we were trying to force-fit a pairing here. Not that chicken and pinot noir is necessarily bad, just that it c...

Today's lunch is an example of a meal that seemingly wasn't the best pairing but become infinitely better toward the end and even af...

Dinner after the drive back from Cleveland. Bought some sweet pea gnocchi at West Side Market in Cleveland in the morning and built a...

Back from the Cleve. Great weather, pretty good food, got away from home, nothing to complain about. We have become a bit too ...

A quick one before a quick sojourn to the Cleve to do some eating. It's clean-out-the-freezer week in the Ney house. Food: Lamb with m...

As a parting shot before retiring from the exhausting business of helping old ladies decide between one $5 bottle of wine over another, one...