Wake up early with the air conditioning on full Arctic blast, for the New York summer is ramping up the mercury. I go downstairs for breakfast, work through the morning and then catch a taxi to meet fellow Wine Advocate writer, Antonio Galloni. Somehow, I get lost in his labrynthine Lexington apartment. I can hear [...]
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Up early(ish) and catch a cab up to Midtown to watch England play Germany. Over a cranberry juice and coiffee, I witness England’s pathetic display of ineptitude and notice that the entire bar erupts with joy as plain-clothed German fans celebrate their inevitable goal. I shout at the flat screen at Lampard’s scandalous disallowed volley [...]
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Miss out breakfast after last night’s feast and indeed, I decide to work off the incipient gourmandizing with a Marco Polo-like schlep from SoHo, up to Chelsea, 42st Street, to the boundary of Central Park, back down Madison, through Union Square and home, a round trip of 10-miles via wine emporia such as “Chelsea Wine Vault” and “Sherry [...]
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Today, I am off to the United States for the first time since 2007 for a “Wine Advocate/eRP” staff meeting, which tend to be a little more “bacchannalian” than most corporate affairs. Before the meeting in Baltimore, I have various rendezvous in the Big Apple and Washington DC to meet Wine-Journal followers, put names to faces, check [...]
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