A Drinkable Canon: A Guide Albuquerque Wine Lists (And The People Behind Them) A Literary Guide Through My Favorite Albuquerque Wine Lists And The People Behind Them Anyone can build a wine list. It’s just a list of bottles, after all. But ultimately, the love and enthusiasm that a sommelier [...] Joseph Baca \ Nov 26, 2009 Read More Mimmo’s Sal Cerami (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More
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 Read More 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)
Sip Dionysian Celluloid It’s clear that after the runaway success of 2004’s Sideways, Hollywood uncorked a profitable new genre: the wine movie. Next in line is [...] Joseph Baca \ Aug 21, 2008 Read More
Eating In: Cold Cuts, Cheese And Wine A Sybarite’s Guide To The Basics Bologna, cheese and Wonder Bread: It’s a vivid memory for us Americans. Just as vivid, that childhood sandwich would invariably get stuck to [...] Joseph Baca \ Aug 14, 2008 Read More
Sip Looking to unlock a wine’s full potential? Follow these three imperative points for properly tasting wine.1) Most importantly, make sure the wine is [...] Joseph Baca \ Aug 07, 2008 Read More
Summer Wine Hot Grapes For Hot Days And Nights What an exciting time to enjoy the vast range of culinary offerings and wines found around Albuquerque! Spurred by the city’s explosive growth, [...] Joseph Baca \ Jul 03, 2008 Read More Garretson’s Enchantment Cuvée
Vintage Albuquerque Times are tough. We’re in the midst of a financial crisis that’s affecting everybody’s plans for summer fun (the buzz word of the [...] Joseph Baca \ Jun 19, 2008 Read More
