Regions & Varietals
Biodynamics: Saving the Planet and Making Great Wine
With all the hype around global warming you’ve suddenly become a lot more environmentally aware. You’re already sleeping on unbleached cotton sheets and flaunting your PETA shirt while riding your bike to the supermarket to recycle your soda cans, but it just doesn’t seem to be enough. Isn’t there something else you could […]
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Futures of Wine
LUPEC “Meeting” last Sunday»
I really love all the new drinking organizations that hold “Meetings.” The Second Glass has been holding Wine Club “Meetings” off and on for a few years, but they are nothing like the LUPEC “Meeings.” LUPEC stands for Ladies United for the Preservation of Endangered Cocktails and they host get together all over the city. […]
Wine of the Weekend
NV Perrier Jouët Grand Brut»
A true celebration requires authentic, genuine Champagne hailing all the way from the Champagne region in France. Sparkling wines from the US, Spain and even Argentina are great and typically these are our beverages of choice for most situations. However, sometimes you just have to say, “Screw it!” and throw down for the real […]
Local Events
Silk Road Social»
Pho Republique Hosts Wine & Sake Sampling Event with The Second Glass
WHAT: The Second Glass, Boston’s new wine publication, and Pho Republique have partnered to bring you “Silk Road Social” an evening of wine and sake sampling with tasty bites. Come and wet your whistle with samples of exotic spirits and dive into Pho’s […]
The Second Glass
Filene’s Basement For Wine Opens in Braintree, MA»
The store, called Bin Ends opened in Braintree, MA, just south of Boston a few days ago. The new concept is to continually mark down bottles over time until they reach 45% off. For example a bottle of 2003 Domaine Chateau Gigondas may get marked down like this:
Compare at $100.00 Regular Price
bin ends Day […]
Following Summer
New Zealand!»
Needing a break from wine, our first week in New Zealand was packed full of hiking, beer drinking, and driving through the picturesque and changing landscapes of the south island. Our first wine stop was to visit a friend working a harvest in the Waipara Valley just north of Christchurch. We were greeted […]
Alaya's Blog
Review: Domaine de L’Ameillaud Cotes du Rhone 2005»
Domaine de L’Ameillaud is a small, family-owned estate in the Province of Vaucluse. I first became acquainted with this estate 2 years ago after trying their well-talked about Vin de Pays wine titled after the Province, “Vaucluse.” It was written up by a local wine writer as one of the values of the […]
Kit's Blog
The Sweetness in a Bank Holiday at home»I know I’m missing out on the Memorial Day grilling festivities thatI’m sure many of you are looking forward to in a few weeks time, butMay has truly arrived in London and with it has come properly warm andsunny weather and the Bank Holiday season! Two Monday’s every May theBank of England shuts its doors […]
