Our Top Wines of 2017
I spent much of this year exploring emerging regions in the U.S., especially in the Upper Midwest where only the cold-hardy, non-vinifera grapes will survive the winters. While these regions […]
Author Archives: Dwight Furrow
Home Cooking With a Dash of Bittersweet
We arrived home in San Diego after 6 months on the road, just in time to see the sunset over San Diego Bay out our back window. After 10,000 miles, […]
Best Kansas City Barbecue
Kansas City is best known for its distinctive barbecue–they take it very seriously. Real smokehouses, a tomato-based sauce thickened with molasses, and featuring burnt ends as their specialty, KC is one […]
Stags’ Leap Winery: Sometimes Big is Beautiful
Regular readers of this blog know we’re most interested in small wineries making unique, distinctive wines. We also indulge in some criticism of large industrial wineries and their tendency to […]
KC Wines: To Vinifera or not to Vinifera? That is the Question
Kansas City is a crossroads sandwiched between the South, the East, and the Midwest, a city split in half with one side in Missouri and the other in Kansas. This […]
Mission Accomplished
Today we close out the agenda we set for ourselves when we hit the road in June visiting emerging wine regions in Southern Oregon and Idaho, learning to taste cold-hardy […]
Alinea the Best Restaurant in the U. S.?
Grant Achatz’s Alinea, located in a utterly non-descript building in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, has been at the top of best restaurant lists for the 12 years it has been […]
Wisconsin is Not Only about Cheese: Brats, Booyah, Boils and Supper Clubs
Generally, any sentence containing the words “Wisconsin” and “food” should probably contain “cheese” as well. Wisconsinites are not called “cheeseheads” for nothing. When scouring the state for what is unique […]
The Lure of the Grape and Wisconsin
To get into winemaking many people give up lucrative jobs and stable careers. The lure of working the land, creating beauty, and sharing it with enthusiasts in an atmosphere of […]
The Grapes from Minnesota are Cold Hardy
We’ve taken the plunge, a deep dive into non-vinifera grape varieties. The wines we are all familiar with—Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Chardonnay—almost every wine you find on the shelf in […]
Roving Decanter 