Silver Birch Spotted in the Wild
Last week I sipped a black mojito at the Hyatt Regency Chicago bar overlooking the Chicago river while watching Michael Vick pound (understatement) the Washington Redskins on MNF. Blowouts are great, when it’s your team. And since neither team offers any emotional significance to me, I reverted to my usual restaurant game, “What’s the shittiest...
Drink Wine, Send Some Kids to School
Thursday night, 11 November, Everything’s Gonna Be OK (EGBOK) Mission is hosting an auction to benefit their cause at Primitive Art Gallery (130 N. Jefferson Street) from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. $25 donation at the door will provide Hors d’oeuvres and wine samples. Wines from C. Donatiello Winery will be available for bidding, along with Asian art...
[ yellow tail ] Does Not Induce Oral Warts
This was probably the most benign statement I received from friends and random people I conversed with about last Friday’s nationwide [ yellow tail ] Reserve blind tasting (#TasteYTR.) Is there any other wine that has the public image equivalency of Gary Bussey? I doubt it. But to participate in the straightforward, honest disclosure that I...
BIN 36 Challenge: Done and Done
I friggin’ did it. For a second, though, I had my doubts. It seems like an easy prospect: finish 12 flights of wine in five weeks. But if you have any kind of life you’re trying to balance, drinking wine suddenly recasts itself as an arduous task. And so on Saturday I found myself two...
BIN 36 Challenge: Rounds the Next
I’m pretty far behind in posting tasting notes, like six flights behind. The BIN 36 Challenge ends this week, and, Lord willing and the creek don’t rise, I’ll be finishing it pretty damn soon. I’ve learned a lot. The BIN 36 wine list is as eclectic as they come. Which is sort of a nonsensical...
