White Wine

2013 American Fine Wine Competition: Winners Announced

For many of us, a bottle of your finest two buck Chuck will do the trick. For many others, its just not going to cut it. Luckily for the wine snobs of the world, there are people who painstakingly sip, spit, and evaluate wines to find the ones that are truly the best.The American Fine Wine Competiti ... More >>

Boca Raton Wine and Food Festival Is This Weekend (Plus More Fests in Delray and Fort Lauderdale)

Season is here. The weather has cooled down. The snowbirds are starting to flock south. The Speedos are out and about. And the festivals are here. This weekend, in particular, the food festivals are going strong. Flavors of Fort Lauderdale is on in Broward. Delray has the Delray Beach Wine and Seafo ... More >>

Wine Dinners, a Food Truck Invasion, and Other South Florida Food Events This Week

Oenophiles get all the love this week with several opportunities to swirl and sample -- and possibly, get a swerve on to -- the fermented grape at wine dinners and tastings throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties. Find details on these and other South Florida food and drink events this week after ... More >>

It's Summer; Drink Riesling!

Summer of Riesling begins tomorrow. For those keeping track, that's June 20 or the first official day of summer. Ladies, we know you love your Chardonnay; but summer's the time for Riesling, so grab your nearest grandma and fancy cup with ice and shake things up. Never heard of the Summer of Ries ... More >>

SA1A Offers Poolside Miami Heat Watch Party With White Hot Sangria

Fort Lauderdale Miami Heat fans have a supercool way to watch the team take on the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight at 9.  SA1A and the B Ocean Fort Lauderdale Hotel are having a white-hot watch party at both the poolside bar and in the lobby.  Enjoy some sushi, like SA1A's crunchy tuna roll ... More >>

The Perfect Wine Pairings for Your Memorial Day Barbecue

Picture it now. It's a hot and humid. The sun is shining in the clear blue sky. The sounds of gently lapping waves roll in. The lingering aroma of lighter fluid, the forenote, atop the scent of burning charcoal. The grill is warming up. The barbecue is about to begin.With Memorial Day this weekend, ... More >>

Five Dishes to Try at New Times' Fourth-Annual Pairings on September 15

nysocialdiary.comTuna tartar is among the more photogenic bites to make an appearance at this year's event.​As we're counting down to the New Times Pairings event this Thursday at Broward Center for the Performing Arts, I've been perusing lineups as they're posted over at Wine Watch. Some trends s ... More >>

Five Summer Wines for Cougars

Calling all cougars: It may not be high season, but there's no shortage of women on the prowl in these parts. Here's our list of wines we've noticed among your favorite sips. And if you really want to coug it up, you may get a little crazy and add ice. See something new to you? Not to worry. You won ... More >>

Boca's Piñon Grill: Some of the Dishes Veer into WTF Territory

Five for the Fourth, Wines for Holiday Grilling

​We all know that beer is not just for breakfast any more, but it's equally true that wine is not just for expensive meals of unpronounceable dishes at snobby restaurants.  Actually, it's perfect for your Fourth of July barbecue. After all, beer only fills you up and cuts down on stomach spac ... More >>

Real Housewife Ramona Singer To Release Her Own Pinot Grigio

  ​If you watch "Real Housewives of New York", you've been introduced to Ramona Singer. This fascinating woman is best known for her crazy bug eyes, shreiky voice and ability to put away Pinot Grigio like a drunken sailor on shore leave. The only time this woman is filmed without a glas ... More >>

Cereal: Pair It with Wine

laffy4k​There are the people that strictly eat it for breakfast, those that rely on it for snacking during the 3 p.m. slump, those that use it to lose weight, and those that eat it all day.Charlie likes to pair it with wine.Say what? No, it's not a slang word for crack; it's the same old breakfast ... More >>

Comfort Food and Wine Pairing at Rockstar Bistro

Flickr/The Pink Peppercorn Mac n' Cheese...only better​ ​Chef Nick Little and Kyle Pintarelli of Rockstar Catering Company and Rockstar Bistro present "Your Mom's Food, But Different", a five course wine dinner, this Saturday, January 15th at 7:30 at Rockstar Bistro inside the Windsor Ga ... More >>

Spin the Bottle Winetasting at the Rustic Cellar in Boca

​Spin the bottle brings back preteen memories in a suburban basement when Cara DeBoest's parents weren't around. The Rustic Cellar has upgraded the setting considerably.This Thursday, the cozy Cellar will host Spin the Wine, a collision of spin the bottle and a regular tasting. Management has put ... More >>

The Grateful Palate in Fort Lauderdale Successfully Converts From Yacht Purveyor to Fine Restaurant

Double Fist Beer and Wine at Johnny V's

Johnny's going to be doing some double fisting next Tuesday.​Las Olas' Johnny V is putting a new spin on the beer- and wine-pairing thing. Tuesday, December 7, at 7 p.m., the restaurant will host "Micro Beer Versus Micro Juice," a five-course dinner in which each course comes with both a beer and ... More >>

Thanksgiving Wines: Six Under $12

​You really want something to be thankful for?  Be thankful you don't have to pick one wine to go with everything in the traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner. Something that pairs with 18 dishes from mashed potatoes to sweet potatoes to Brussels sprouts to pumpkin pie... it's enough to give ev ... More >>

RA Sushi's Onehope and Pink Roll Special Benefits Breast Cancer Research

Keep hope alve.​I've gotta give props to RA Sushi. The chain does a whole lot for charity. It annually gives to Nicky's Week charities to benefit childhood cancer research, and now it's doing the same for the Connie J. Goodale Breast Cancer Foundation.RA Sushi is doing it with its new Onehope Char ... More >>

Cheap Wine That Doesn't Suck

The (alleged) great cupcake craze -- the Anna Nicole Smith of food fads -- has seen its 15 minutes come, go, and be forgotten in less time that it takes to eat one of the goddamned things.  Cupcake wines, on the other hand, just might have some staying power, at least judging by Cupcake Vineyar ... More >>