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Blogs
April 5, 2012
San Francisco's 10 Best Wine Lists
San Francisco is one of the best places in the world to drink young wines, particularly those with attitude, from many different places. Sommeliers here are passionate and their wine lists reflect it. We don't have many older wines on lists because restaurants turn over so quickly that they don't ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2012
Wine of the Week: Shake Ridge Red
In Champagne, most big-name "houses" buy their grapes from multiple growers and blend them to achieve consistency -- Veuve is Veuve whenever you drink it. But if you talk to Somms in the city, you'll most likely find that they favor grower-producers, those wine makers who grow their grapes. Latel ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2012
Wine of the Week: Waterstone Merlot and Cabernet
Sometimes you have to go a long way to find a local wine. For this week's wine(s), we turned to Canada. Actually, Canada came to us in the form of our friend Dups, and his iPhone image of a Waterstone Cabernet. He asked if we knew it. We didn't . He liked it, we tried it, and now here we are. Wa ... More >>
Blogs
December 27, 2011
Wine of the Week: Tuck Beckstoffer's 2009 Melee
If you aren't a wine geek, you may not recognize the name Tuck Beckstoffer. Beckstoffer's family owns a variety of premium vineyards and has historically sold fruit to some of Napa Valley's best. Their TO Kalon vineyard is so sought after, and of such exceptional quality, that it is often credite ... More >>
Blogs
December 14, 2011
The Year in Music Booze: Six Artist's Beverages That Made 2011 One Long Hangover
Rock 'n' roll culture died in 2011. It's got nothing to do with your opinion of Bon Iver, but everything to do with Rolling Stone. The former leading voice of modern music upheld its immaculate reputation this year... by starting an official wine club. It's filled with bottles branded with imagery f ... More >>
Dining
November 23, 2011
Fresh Eats: Cameron Hughes' Lot 300 Cabernet Sauvignon Is a Delicious Bargain
Rock 'n' roll culture died in 2011. It's got nothing to do with your opinion of Bon Iver, but everything to do with Rolling Stone. The former leading voice of modern music upheld its immaculate reputation this year... by starting an official wine club. It's filled with bottles branded with imagery f ... More >>
Blogs
November 16, 2011
America's Cup: Booze and Boating Unite!
Wine and yachts -- an American traditionWine and yachts go together like PBR and fixies. So you knew this was coming. The organizers of the forthcoming America's Cup and Napa Valley Vintners today announced that Napa will be the "Official Wine Region of the 34th America's Cup." Those toting in forei ... More >>
Blogs
November 15, 2011
Cameron Hughes' Lot 300: A $28 Cab That Retailed for North of $100
There's no schadenfreude required in benefiting from the miscalculations of others, or the changing realities of the market, including the wine market. As wine brands and production in California, and worldwide, have exploded, the amount of excess wine at all levels has boomed, too. San Francisco-ba ... More >>
Blogs
October 24, 2011
Pre-Auction Wine Tastings: The Best Deal in Wine
The only sure way to develop your palate for wine is to taste more. When you get the chance to taste older, rarer, or more expensive wines than you might normally dink, take it. That opportunity presents itself this Thursday at San Francisco Wine Center during the Wine Gavel pre-auction tastin ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2011
Vegetarians Love Doing It, True Blood's Pam Loves Chimps, and Easiest/Best Chocolate Mousse Recipe Ever!
• Cargill recalled 185,000 pounds of their Salmonella turkey this week! Yet another fabulous Cargill recall this year! What can I say? They're on a roll! And again, another exemplary job by the USDA. Did you know USDA has a website where you can ask them questions? Let's all ask them WHY TH ... More >>
Blogs
September 15, 2011
Ten Things I'd Like To Tell People Who Don't Read Wine Stories
Grez Neuville/Trip AdvisorI was tasting wine at my desk at 11 a.m. when a coworker asked why. Because I hadn't had time earlier, I said; it's best to taste early in the day when your palate is fresh. That wasn't what he was getting at. He drinks wine, but never considered tasting as a separa ... More >>
Blogs
July 22, 2011
Napa Winemaker Came from Sports Illustrated for Kids
This is another little extra for this week's review of Bar Tartine in the print edition: an interview with the man who made one of the most impressive wines on the restaurant's very interesting wine list. Liza GershmanDan PetroskiWhen I called Dan Petroski to ask him how he managed to make M ... More >>
Dining
July 20, 2011
Fresh Eats: Deciphering the Wine List at Bar Tartine
This is another little extra for this week's review of Bar Tartine in the print edition: an interview with the man who made one of the most impressive wines on the restaurant's very interesting wine list. Liza GershmanDan PetroskiWhen I called Dan Petroski to ask him how he managed to make M ... More >>
Blogs
July 11, 2011
Sonoma in the City: Huge wine tasting
Close your eyes and imagine you're in Sonoma County. Wait -- whose shoulder is that?Sonoma in the City Grand Tasting Where: Westin St. Francis hotel, 335 Powell St. (at Post) When: Tuesday, July 12, 5:30 - 8 p.m. Cost: $55 Unless you're willing to spend more than $60 a bottle, Sonoma Cou ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2011
What To Do This Weekend, Feb. 11-13
bittermelon/FlickrUm, did we say there'd be beer? See Fri., Feb. 11.Craving more? Scroll through additional listings here. Fri., Feb. 11: Food, Wine, and Amore at the Ferry Building Ferry Building Marketplace, 1 Ferry Building (at Embarcadero), 5-8 p.m. Affordable hors d'oeuvres, Napa Valley ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2011
The Ferry Building is for (Bargain) Lovers
bluemini/FlickrFood From the Heart Where: Ferry Building Marketplace, 1 Ferry Building (at Embarcadero) When: Fri., Feb. 11, 5-8 p.m./ Sat., Feb. 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Cost: Free entry, $2-$4 for wine and hors d'oeuvres The rundown: Eating at the Ferry Building is always a treat, but no one ... More >>
Blogs
February 7, 2011
Jon's Street Eats Wraps It Up This Week
Tamara PalmerJon's Street Eats' Jon Kosorek, who got his start at the CIA at Greystone, is returning to the Napa Valley.A pioneer of the Emeryville food cart scene is heading for the exit. Jon Kosorek says Saturday is the last night for Jon's Street Eats, a cart that since August 2009 has ser ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2010
JAQK Cellars: Boutique Wine and Food Pairings in Jackson Square
Lou BustamanteSmall bites designed to pair with JAQK's varietals.The area around Jackson Square Park is heaven for designers of everything from clothes to furniture. Now the neighborhood can add wine to its list of boutique offerings. Hidden in an unassuming building is JAQK Cellars ― the n ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2010
Baylinks: The Gay-Friendly Lutheran Church, Corporate Shuttles, Worst SF Restaurants
broadwayworld.comGay and transgender pastors welcomed back to national Lutheran church [SFGate]Napa Valley ban on recreational grape growing aims to protect state farms from feared European Grapevine Moth [NBC Bay Area]Innocent backpack causes panic at the Embarcadero BART station [SF Examiner ... More >>
News
April 28, 2010
What's the Beef with Vegetarianism?
Carnivores get mad about meatless Mondays.
Blogs
April 19, 2010
Outraged Carnivores To Boycott San Francisco Over 'Meatless Mondays'
When you take away food like this, the terrorists winColorado Bank VP: "I've attended my last meeting In San Francisco!" Illinois Financial Adviser: "I"m going to start conducting my business meetings in Napa Valley!"As official exhortations go, Supervisor Sophie Maxwell's recent non-binding Meat ... More >>
Blogs
February 9, 2010
Crushpad Leaving Dogpatch for the Napa Valley
InfodivaMLIS B./YelpThe custom winemaker is gettin' the hell out of Dogpatch.S.F. wine writer W. Blake Gray dropped the news on his blog yesterday that DIY winemaking company Crushpad is leaving its facility in Dogpatch (2573 Third St. at 22nd St.) for more idyllic surroundings in the Napa Va ... More >>
Blogs
December 23, 2009
Feasting Out: Kitchen Alums Return for Laïola's Four-Night Farewell Blowout
Lea Suzuki/SFGateOpening chef Mark Denham is back.Laïola is not exactly going gentle into that good night of restaurant history. Before the Marina tapas bar morphs into Tacolicious early next year, owner Joe Hargrave is mounting a four-night farewell that'll see the return of kitchen alums. ... More >>
Blogs
December 1, 2009
Katz Olio Nuovo, The Bay Area's Best Local Olive Oil, Releases Today
A. SimmonsGreen gold.On Sunday, the uncle brought over a bottle of olio nuovo courtesy of Katz, the Napa Valley crafter responsible for some of the Bay Area's most sought-after olive oils. Katz calls it December's New Oil, and it's available for purchase today, Dec. 1. We're amazed -- and gra ... More >>
Blogs
July 30, 2009
Street Food in the Napa Valley? Whatever
FTPoed/FlickrThe view from the Brix patio: Watch out for street urchins.Jumping the shark. Sooner or later, everything has to, whether it's the Brady's in Hawaii, Blossom in Paris, or that Kara chick on American Idol. As for local street food, it may have glimpsed its shark today, with the a ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2009
The Chronicle's 2009 Top 100: Who's Out, Who's In
To be continued ...
Blogs
February 11, 2009
Vittles du Video
Throughout my television-viewing life there have been certain programs that I've obsessed over, planned my schedule around, discussed with my fellow zealots over water cooler and barstool and, in short, made a point to watch without fail, but nowadays there's only one show I can't live without, Top ... More >>
Calendar
January 14, 2009
Climactic Change
Throughout my television-viewing life there have been certain programs that I've obsessed over, planned my schedule around, discussed with my fellow zealots over water cooler and barstool and, in short, made a point to watch without fail, but nowadays there's only one show I can't live without, Top ... More >>
News
August 24, 2005
Discount Dynasty
After scoring big with "Two Buck Chuck," renegade vintner Fred Franzia once again has Napa Valley's wine burghers in an uproar
Best of San Francisco
May 19, 2004
Best Napa Restaurant
Market
Dining
August 20, 2003
The Milky Way
In which we troll the warm city for cooling scoops of ice cream
Summer Guide
June 25, 2003
Summer Events a Go Go!
What to do, all summer long
Best of San Francisco
May 14, 2003
Best Wine Seller
K&L Wine Merchants
Summer Guide
June 19, 2002
Miscellaneous
K&L Wine Merchants
Dining
May 22, 2002
Look Again
Soléa
Dining
May 15, 2002
Winners and Losers
How an S.F. food critic sent a chill through the room at a national awards ceremony
Dining
March 20, 2002
Shufflebored
High-powered comings and goings in the food biz
Dining
September 19, 2001
Foie Gras for the Soul
Restaurants react to last week's attacks
Dining
September 5, 2001
The Cocktail Charade
Is the Clift mucking with its martinis?
Dining
May 16, 2001
Partly Sunny
Fog City Diner
Film
April 18, 2001
L.A. Confidential
Stars in bars, stars in cars, stars with plastic surgery scars.
Dining
March 14, 2001
Cirque du Supper
Teatro ZinZanni
Dining
July 26, 2000
Standard Order
LiveFire
Dining
July 19, 2000
Epicure's Delight
Dine
Film
June 21, 2000
Reel World
Our Man Flint; In Like Flint; The Ipcress File
Film
March 1, 2000
Reel World
Medium Cool, High Hopes
Dining
October 20, 1999
Several Jugs of Wine and Thou
Medium Cool, High Hopes
Dining
June 19, 1996
Dish
Medium Cool, High Hopes
Dining
April 24, 1996
Dish
Medium Cool, High Hopes
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