Harvey Steiman's Blog Archives

April 2006

Consider the Oyster—and the Wine

Posted: 01:07 PM ET, April 28, 2006

I reach for another cold, succulent Kumamoto oyster. It sits there taunting me, glistening in its cup-like shell over crushed ice. I have already consumed about three dozen of its brothers, all in a quest to determine which of 20 wines work best with them. Read more

My Lunch with Hugh Johnson

Posted: 12:51 PM ET, April 26, 2006

Hugh Johnson, the venerable English wine writer, came to town to flog his new book, a memoir. UC Press had sent me Hugh Johnson: A Life Uncorked a few weeks earlier, and it was sitting on my desk at the office when I got an e-mail at home from a local publicist asking if I wanted to meet Johnson for lunch the next day. Read more

A16 Chef Leaves

Posted: 01:30 PM ET, April 24, 2006

Christophe Hille has left his position as chef of A16, one of the hottest Italian restaurants in San Francisco. I featured him in my recent Wine Spectator survey on Italian cuisine in the United States. A lively trattoria in the Marina District, A16 centers on southern Italian food and wines. Read more

How Big IS That Wine List?

Posted: 12:27 PM ET, April 24, 2006

I get a chuckle out of restaurants that play games with the design of their menus and wine lists. They surround certain items with frames, or print them in bigger type, the typographical equivalent to waving their arms and hollering, "Pick me!" I always wonder if they're doing it to guide us to the best stuff or the most profitable. Read more

Northstar Branches Out Beyond Merlot

Posted: 11:26 AM ET, April 21, 2006

Northstar, which started out as a Merlot-only winery, is expanding into other varietals, and those new wines just might overshadow the Merlot.

I stopped by the winery on a recent visit to Washington to taste and chat with Jed Steele, the California-based winemaker who has consulted on Northstar since its inception in 1994. Read more

Has Washington's Syrah King Found Côte-Rôtie in Walla Walla?

Posted: 11:05 AM ET, April 20, 2006

The beat-up red SUV bounces and sways as winegrower Christophe Baron pilots it over a creaky bridge and into the mud left by recent rains. I take inventory of the dashboard: an old pair of sunglasses, a ballpoint pen, a round can of Altoids, a strip of flannel cloth. Read more

Why This Blog?

Posted: 10:52 AM ET, April 20, 2006

As a journalist all my life, I live to spread the word about something I know that you might not. I spent the first 20 years of my career in daily journalism, where the word gets out fast. That's why I am excited about blogging. I can tell you about bits of news and observations that once stayed in my notebook because it didn't fit into our usual venues—a column, a news story, a tasting report. Read more

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