Fine Wines (Re)Visited

Sailing to Santorini: Supper at Selene
Leaving Sicily, Chef Marc Vogel joins Stephen Mathew’s aboard "Yellowdrama" where they sail the azure Aegean and make landfall on the spectacular volcanic island of Santorini, Greece. Here Chef Marc, with friends Ari and Stephen, pay a visit to one of Greece’s best restaurants, Selene.

Perfect Thanksgiving Desserts
Quick and easy desserts that complement your Thanksgiving dinner….

Myth- A Magical Moment in San Francisco
Marc Vogel visits "Myth," one of San Francisco’s best restaurants located in the old Barbary Coast/ Jackson Square Area.

Stephanie Izard (Top Chef)
Most people know our next guest by her first name. Her fans love her food, her grace, and of course her smile. We’re proud to introduce Bravo TV’s Season Four"Top Chef,"Stephanie …

Chad Ward
Chad Ward is an accomplished North-Carolina-based, writer and blogger, who mainly showcases his knowledge about food and kitchen gear. His most recent work,"An Edge in the Kitchen"is an comprehensive guide to selecting, purchasing, using, …

Perfect Thanksgiving Side Dishes, Pt. 1
Cooking the consummate chicken stock and making marvelous mashed potatoes…

Best of The Best with Chef Marc, Pt. 1
Join Chef Marc in Episode I of his visit to Toledo, Spain. In this important medieval town, he roams the streets of this beautiful city, explores the second largest fish market in the world and visits with Chef Adolfo Mu oz as he prepares a wonderful lobster dish.

Paella: Perfect for Your Party
Marc visits with Gene Burns on KGO Radio. Listen in as they talk about food, travel and holiday cooking tips.

The Day After?.Enjoying Leftovers.
Chef Marc shares ideas with what to do with all that leftover turkey…

Judith Jones
Judith Jones is senior editor and vice president at Alfred A Knopf, where she has worked since 1957. She is co-author with Evan Jones of three books. Recently, she has contributed to Vogue, Saveur, and Gourmet magazines. In 2006, she was awarded …

Janit London/ Amy Sutherland
Janit London joins the guys to discuss her food co-op, Purple Dragon. Amy Sutherland joins the guys to discuss cook-offs in …

Frank Evans – North American Truffles
Frank Evans lives in Portland Oregon. He received a BSEE from the University of California at Berkeley. He is now retired after forty years of engineering in fields including instrumentation for human vision and oceanographic research, as well as …

Rowan Jacobsen
Rowan Jacobsen writes about food, the environment, and the connections between the two. He has written for the New York Times, Newsweek, Harper’s, Saveur, Eating Well, Wondertime, The Art of Eating, and others. He is the author of A Geography of …

Andrew Carmellini
Andrew Carmellini has created an innovative new cookbook entitled’Urban Italian: Simple Recipes&True Stories from a Life in Food’to go along with his innovative genre of Italian-American cuisine creations. He worked with his wife, …

Perfect Thanksgiving Desserts
Quick and easy desserts that complement your Thanksgiving dinner….

Paella: Perfect for Your Party
Marc visits with Gene Burns on KGO Radio. Listen in as they talk about food, travel and holiday cooking tips.

Chef Marc Lands in Lima, Peru
Chef Marc Vogel travels to South America and lands in Peru where he explores both its food and culture. A highlight of his visit is a lunch with Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo. Marc chats with El Presidente about the up-and-coming Peruvian cuisine which is sure to please gastronomes the world over!

The Day After?.Enjoying Leftovers.
Chef Marc shares ideas with what to do with all that leftover turkey…

The Future of Wine Criticism Gets Clearer
It’s been interesting watching the reaction to James Suckling’s retirement from the Wine Spectator announced a couple weeks ago (note: I wrote this post 11 days ago but only posting it now due to some issues with my blog software). I first found out about it on Twitter where the discussion was a mix of [...]

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Winecast 76?Merlove
Five years and one day after I started this blog and podcast I get back behind the mic and restart regular podcasting. This episode features an interview with Rudy McClain, the filmmaker of the documentary Merlove. I also pick three Merlot wines from my tasting log for review. Show Notes: 00:30 – Welcome and show [...]

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Best Wine Blog Posts for March 16th through March 31st
Best of the wine blogosphere for March 16th through March 31st: Top 10 Tips for Traveling Spain – Don t Forget the TP!! Oops! When famous wine writers get it wrong PLAYMOBIL WINE BAR STIRS OUTRAGE Come see us at Wine 2.0 this Thursday Jack Keller s Disappeared Wine Blog Update European Wine Bloggers Conference, 2009 – [...]

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Do Critics Still Determine Wine Styles?
By way of Josh Hermsmeyer, I found Tina Caputo’s fantastic self-produced short film, “Robert Parker’s Bitch.” The basic premise is that wines today are big, bold, and over-oaked designed, ‘…to taste and spit,” and not savored with food. The question on the table is if Robert Parker and Jim Laube largely determine today’s wine styles [...]

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Paul Grieco
Paul Grieco, General Manager of Hearth Restaurant in New York City. He spent many of his early years in the company of his family perfecting the details of service. His career in New York City began at world-famous Remi Restaurant where he was a …

Myth- A Magical Moment in San Francisco
Marc Vogel visits "Myth," one of San Francisco’s best restaurants located in the old Barbary Coast/ Jackson Square Area.

Paris&The Rock: Pierre Gagnaire
Marc Vogel visits with one of the best- Pierre Gagnaire.

Perfect Thanksgiving Side Dishes, Pt.2
Chef Marc Vogel shares two more wonderful side dishes to complete your holiday meal. In this episode of “ChefMarc’s Culinary Adventures,” you’ll learn how to make tasty turkey stuffing and glorious green beans– both recipes utilize the chicken stock you learned to make in the previous podcast.

Jack Babin and Tony Forder
Jack Babin and Tony Forder are the co founders and publishers of The Ale Street News, the most circulated beer newspaper in America. Since 1992 Babin and Forder have been putting their love of beer and microbreweries on paper and sending it around the …

Michael Gelb
Michael J Gelb is the author of the book Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking. He is a pioneer in the fields of creative thinking, accelerated learning and innovatve leadership. He joins the guys to discuss his book and the principles that are …

Paul Hobbs
Paul Hobbs is one of the most sought-after winemakers on three continents. The Wine Spectator hailed Paul among the top winemakers in California as well as Argentina and Chile. (They’re right, of course– but we’ve known that all along.) …

Vickie Smith
Vickie Smith is the webmistress of www.missvickie.com, a frontrunner on the Internet for pressure-cooking websites. Since April 2001 her site has seen over two million visitors, and in January of this year she published her first book entitled Miss …