Tag Archives: Wine Media Guild of New York

Inspiring Bordeaux “Quartet” at the Wine Media Guild

Posted on May 16, 2018 by upstatedowntown

By Christopher Matthews Normally, the Wine Media Guild of New York’s annual Bordeaux lunch takes place in January, when the Union de Grand Crus de Bordeaux’s (UGCB) show comes through town as part of a national tour. But January’s unpredictable weather … Continue reading →

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Rosé Champagne at the Wine Media Guild

Posted on December 10, 2017 by upstatedowntown

By Christopher Matthews Cross one of the bucket list…   After years of work conflicts and scheduling bad luck, I finally made it to one of Ed McCarthy’s annual December Champagne tastings for the Wine Media Guild of New York … Continue reading →

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Bordeaux Braves Yet Another NYC Blizzard

Posted on February 1, 2016 by upstatedowntown

By Christopher Matthews For the second year in a row, the annual NYC tasting of the Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux was affected by a blizzard — winter storm Jonas — this time the weekend preceding the January 25th … Continue reading →

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The Wine Media Guild Does…Cider!

Posted on October 16, 2015 by upstatedowntown

By Christopher Matthews It may sound a bit like “man biting dog”, but at the Wine Media Guild of New York’s (WMG) recent October tasting/lunch, the focus was on…cider! Justifiably so. “Hard” (i.e. alcoholic) cider is one of the hottest beverage … Continue reading →

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Mountain Wines from Napa and Sonoma

Posted on March 10, 2014 by upstatedowntown

By Christopher Matthews Bacchus amat colles — Bacchus loves the hills. This piece of wisdom comes from antiquity, when the ancient Greeks, then Romans, figured out that hillside vineyards, despite greater degrees of difficulty (challenging topography, labor intensity, erosion, etc.), often produce more compelling wines. … Continue reading →

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Sublime Savennieres: Baumard’s 2001 Clos Du Papillon

Posted on June 28, 2013 by upstatedowntown

By Christopher Matthews Imagine an “Open that Bottle Night” — a dinner where you open a special wine that you’ve been meaning to drink, yet never do. Now imagine: the crowd that has gathered is composed solely of wine writers, serious wine collectors, wine geeks and wine industry folks. It would be an … Continue reading →

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Chateau Monbousquet 1995: Aging (and Drinking) Nicely

Posted on June 13, 2012 by upstatedowntown

By Christopher Matthews In our ever faster, more frenetic world, the patience (and pocketbook, for mere mortals) required for stocking a cellar full of age-worthy wines — great Barolo, Burgundy, Brunello or Bordeaux, for example — and then waiting a decade or more for them … Continue reading →

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Heirloom Vintages from California’s Centenary Wineries

Posted on April 7, 2011 by upstatedowntown

By Christopher Matthews This April, history is very much on our minds, prompted by the sesquicentennial of the US Civil War, and the 50th anniversary of the first man in space, Colonel Yuri Gagarin. On April 6, history was also the theme at … Continue reading →

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