Rowdy’s Dream Blog #79 Football I am a spectator at a football game. It is being played in an outdoor arena on a cold winter afternoon. A guy [...] Brutus De Cervantes \ Dec 04, 2008 Blog
A Million Little Bubbles Gruet's Methode Champenoise Laurent Gruet is an animated character, to say the least. He possesses an unsettling self-assuredness, balanced with a quick grin and easy laugh. [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 27, 2008 Feature
Library In A Bottle Red, White, and Drunk All Over: A Wine-Soaked Journey from Grape to Glass by Natalie MacLean (Bloomsbury USA, 2006)My very favorite wine book [...] Joseph Baca \ Nov 27, 2008 Feature
Chewing The Fat Michael Cooperman's Genteel Approach To Demystifying Wine There’s much about wine that’s open to satire, but no aspect of the industry is more caricatured than the sommelier. Wine experts have [...] Joseph Baca \ Nov 27, 2008 Food Michael Cooperman, director of education for Southern Wine and Spirits, evaluates the new Prairie Star Wine Bar, which opened in late October on Santa Ana Pueblo. (Tina Larkin)
The War On Terroir What Are We Fighting For? There are a lot of wine terms the average drinker has to contend with: body, bouquet, legs, nose, yada yada yada. But the [...] Maren Tarro \ Nov 27, 2008 Feature
Wine Drops There’s a saying among wine experts: "TYOP," or trust your own palate. Ultimately, only you can determine what’s good and bad in wine, [...] Joseph Baca \ Nov 27, 2008 Feature
Sip When it comes to vino, New Mexico has been in the ball game since 1629, when the first vines were planted in Socorro. [...] Joseph Baca \ Nov 27, 2008 Food
Belen’s Through The Flower Gallery Shows Maureen Burdock’s Feminist Graphic Novels When feminist graphic novelist Maureen Burdock says she “can take a bad situation and transmute it with humor and with grace,” she’s being [...] Lisa Lenard-Cook \ Nov 27, 2008 Art Hear her roar!
The Daily Word 11.20.08 UNM may not be able to afford all its plans (maybe it should cut down on some vice presidents re: yesterday’s Daily Word). [...] Greg Simmons \ Nov 27, 2008 Blog
Vino Veritas! Wine According To Rudolfo Anaya People the world over know Rudolfo Anaya as the writer that has most eloquently articulated the Chicano experience for other cultures to appreciate. [...] Alibi \ Nov 27, 2008 Feature