Saint Patrick’s Day Primer

Saint Patrick’s Day Primer

By Bob Lipinski The mention of Saint Patrick’s Day usually fills one with thoughts and visions of corned beef & cabbage, Irish soda bread, Irish whiskey, Guinness Stout, a parade along Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, and mugs of piping hot Irish coffee. Before you...
How To Taste Wine Like A Pro…!!

How To Taste Wine Like A Pro…!!

By Bob Lipinski Tasting is the art of consciously assessing a wine’s quality or identity and the activities or mechanisms involved in receiving the sensory impressions a wine can stimulate. Just as with food, we have preferences for certain tastes and flavors in wine....
25 Great Wine Quotes To Stimulate Your Palate

25 Great Wine Quotes To Stimulate Your Palate

By Bob Lipinski I love reading quotes, especially funny, historical, inspirational or those from well-known individuals. With that in mind, I’d like to share 25 of my favorite wine quotes that may stimulate you to reach for a bottle of wine! “Life is too short to...
Cod Fish Cakes

Cod Fish Cakes

By Bob Lipinski I enjoy codfish… perhaps it’s the texture, flavor, or versatility of this fish. When combined with the rest of the ingredients and lightly fried, it’s extremely tasty, full of flavor, and stands up to a multitude of wines, both white and red....
Recent Wine Discoveries

Recent Wine Discoveries

By Bob Lipinski As a professional taster, I evaluate hundreds of alcoholic beverages (mostly wines) each month for articles I write. Most of these wines are good, some very good, and others outstanding. Unfortunately, a few wines rate “not very good,” and they are not...
“Mà, What Are You Cooking?”

“Mà, What Are You Cooking?”

Book Review by Bob Lipinski Over the years, I’ve read through, have owned, and reviewed hundreds of cookbooks on various cuisines. However, I’ve never read one as detailed as “Mà, What Are You Cooking?” written by Gianluca Rottura. Gianluca’s first book, “Wine Made...

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