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When French winemakers talk about the concept of terroir, they often say there’s no direct English translation for the term, which encompasses several immutable natural […]

What I’m about to say may shock or upset you. But many of you often write to ask me what the “next big thing” is, […]

Her name was Vasilia, but my hormone-crazed high school buddies and I called her “Darling Viki,” a reference to Prince’s smutty Purple Rain–era ballad “Darling […]

Walking down Boylston Street the other afternoon, I got to thinking about the absurdity of summer business attire. It must have been around 88 degrees, […]

It’s wedding season, and I’m on a mission. No, not to find a bride (one is enough, thank you), but to challenge every couple I […]

As we learned during the presidential balloting fiasco four years ago, there’s nothing like a good scandal to shake up the system. Now before you […]

A show of hands, please: How many of you have ever heard of the carmenère grape? Sir, in the back, I see both of your […]

Near the very last sip of 2003, at the height of the holiday madness, two things happened in the wine world that signaled a new […]

With the 76th annual Academy Awards airing this year on the evening of Leap Day, I take pleasure in knowing that I have 24 extra […]

If Boston starts off the New Year with the same kind of momentum with which it finished the last, we’re in for an exciting vintage. […]

By divine design I am not the most patient man in the world. My friends and family would agree—especially my mom, who frequently exhorts me […]

My friend Peter recently mailed me a printout of the contents of his wine cellar, amounting to several thousand bottles of wine, and asked if […]

During a recent round of research (a.k.a. barhopping), I was pretty disappointed by the state of cocktails in our fair city. While attempting to sip […]

Ever since cell phones shrank from the size of Michael Jordan’s sneaker down to something a little smaller than a Twinkie, I’ve been on call […]

You’re going to think I’m crazy—perhaps you already do if you read this column regularly—but I need to share a theory with you that could […]