On Tuesday October 29 the Comité Champagne hosted a Champagne tasting at the beautiful Ivy Room in Chicago. Guests had a chance to taste over 100 champagnes from 36 Champagne Producers. The event had two goals. The first was to celebrate Champagne producers and to expose their product to local trade and [...]

I can’t remember my first crush, or my first kiss, however the moment I sipped the Bordeaux wine that transformed me from wine novice to connoisseur is forever etched in my mind. My love affair with wines began in the winter of 1994 in Besançon, France. Besançon (pronunced  \bə-ˈzan(t)-sən) is the capital and [...]

In the hit movie Sideways, actor Thomas Haden Church’s character Miles, a wine snob belts out “I’m not drinking any f**@%# merlot,” and the audience bursts into laughter.  A third of the audience recognized themselves in this statement and affirmed, “Amen.”  The others, wine novice, giggled through their confusion, wondering, [...]

Ever wondered how wine is made? Here's a great YouTube video that breaks it down!

The Check Please! Farm to Table event was awesome! Great foods and wine, beer and spirits. I had a great time covering the event for The Chicago Defender,  Click here to  Read the article !