“Owned by the O’Callaghan family since the 10th century except for 200 years when they were driven ‘to Hell or to Connaught’ by Oliver Crowell,” Longueville House Cider was an apt addition to my store. Shawn Fine Wine & Spirits was a gunrunning front for the Irish Republican Army throughout The Troubles, and while attitudes toward […]
It’s time for one more from the Women in Wine series! Farmers Jane is a collaboration between two female winemakers, both of whom are highly accomplished and neither of whom is named Jane. Angela Osborne, of A Tribute to Grace, and Faith Armstrong, of Onward Wines, teamed up to create the first Farmers Jane wine, […]
We interrupt the Women in Wine series to get rummy on a boat at Pier 40. I don’t normally go this wild on Mondays, but I was on a boat. The Hornblower Hybrid was set to depart from Pier 40 last night, but due to a couple electrical outages and a smoking boiler, el cápitan decided to cancel […]
I’m continuing the Women in Wine series with Anne-Victoire Jocteur Monrozier, the Beaujolais-bred wine ambassador better known by her oenophile fans as Miss Vicky. Daughter of Gilles Monrozier, winemaker at Château des Moriers, Miss Vicky has brought a brilliance for branding to her family’s winemaking operation. She’s done some excellent wine writing, launched a powerful social […]
