WINE ARCHIVE — Michael Braverman

A deep dive into four versions of gruner veltliner produced by Tegernseerhof on the banks of the Danube. The Creation label is an enchanting wine, layered with depth and power.

Jun 10

Jun 10 A deep dive into four versions of gruner veltliner produced by Tegernseerhof on the banks of the Danube. The Creation label is an enchanting wine, layered with depth and power.

Michael Braverman

Testing the waters: the alcoholic kind incorporating strawberries. A new Italian liquor is youthful, bright, pretty and fun. Very much like the people who will be drinking it.

Jun 1

Jun 1 Testing the waters: the alcoholic kind incorporating strawberries. A new Italian liquor is youthful, bright, pretty and fun. Very much like the people who will be drinking it.

Michael Braverman

The owner and winemaker of a Grand Cru Classé estate in St. Emilion is an accomplished French woman. We caught up for lunch and a wine tasting on her New York visit.

May 18

May 18 The owner and winemaker of a Grand Cru Classé estate in St. Emilion is an accomplished French woman. We caught up for lunch and a wine tasting on her New York visit.

Michael Braverman

May 11

May 11 The James Beard Foundation: celebrating American food. But, please, why not more American wines?

Michael Braverman

Lunch with Attitude: It’s a sauvignon blanc from the Loire with a hip designer label. Along with several (non-edgy) Sancerre and Pouilly Fume wines it was quite a satisfying meal.

May 3

May 3 Lunch with Attitude: It’s a sauvignon blanc from the Loire with a hip designer label. Along with several (non-edgy) Sancerre and Pouilly Fume wines it was quite a satisfying meal.

Michael Braverman

Something old, very old, like pre-Prohibition grapevines that are part of California vinicultural history, but probably very new to your table. One winery’s focus on “ancient vines.”

Apr 28

Apr 28 Something old, very old, like pre-Prohibition grapevines that are part of California vinicultural history, but probably very new to your table. One winery’s focus on “ancient vines.”

Michael Braverman

How a Swiss pharmaceutical giant became an accidental wine producer. More on an artisan than a giant scale, to boot. And why restoring a 12th century abbey is part of the deal.

Mar 26

Mar 26 How a Swiss pharmaceutical giant became an accidental wine producer. More on an artisan than a giant scale, to boot. And why restoring a 12th century abbey is part of the deal.

Michael Braverman

In the Santa Rita hills, 230 acres, 59 micro-blocks, numerous clones and rootstocks: sounds labyrinthine but one cool and collected winemaker has it all under control.

Feb 17

Feb 17 In the Santa Rita hills, 230 acres, 59 micro-blocks, numerous clones and rootstocks: sounds labyrinthine but one cool and collected winemaker has it all under control.

Michael Braverman

Shopping bargain wines from email offerings: if you know and trust your retailer try it. I recently did and found some value wines that will please both the frugal and fussy.

Jan 13

Jan 13 Shopping bargain wines from email offerings: if you know and trust your retailer try it. I recently did and found some value wines that will please both the frugal and fussy.

Michael Braverman

Stylish and expensive. Affordable and enjoyable. Hitting the big time with media recognition. Three Stag’s Leap wineries offer different encounters. Experience them all.

Jan 2

Jan 2 Stylish and expensive. Affordable and enjoyable. Hitting the big time with media recognition. Three Stag’s Leap wineries offer different encounters. Experience them all.

Michael Braverman

Striking building? Sumptuous tasting room? All this Napa winery offers is a pergola perched on the crest of a small hill, perfect views, and of course a superb cabernet sauvignon.

Dec 29

Dec 29 Striking building? Sumptuous tasting room? All this Napa winery offers is a pergola perched on the crest of a small hill, perfect views, and of course a superb cabernet sauvignon.

Michael Braverman

Sourcing grapes from varied locations in Napa, hand picking at night, and being very fussy about it all. Aging the wines deep inside the mountain. The results are impressive.

Dec 26

Dec 26 Sourcing grapes from varied locations in Napa, hand picking at night, and being very fussy about it all. Aging the wines deep inside the mountain. The results are impressive.

Michael Braverman

Drinking wines in situ, in the building where they were vinified, overlooking the vines that produced the grapes, with the people who produced the wine. It’s a total experience.

Dec 22

Dec 22 Drinking wines in situ, in the building where they were vinified, overlooking the vines that produced the grapes, with the people who produced the wine. It’s a total experience.

Michael Braverman

Dec 19

Dec 19 An evening cooking in Napa: pork from an enterprising little pig, wine from a splendid small Napa estate. Heaven.

Michael Braverman

Take some Kobe beef and Kurobuta pork from Snake River Farms in Idaho; add one professional chef with two helpers and a small group of amateurs; assemble in the kitchen of a winery on a beautiful hillside in the Napa Valley. Controlled chaos? Or a recipe for fun?

At a luxurious resort in the heart of Napa: a sublime and aspirational wine dinner entices the senses and stimulates the palate. Exquisite achievement for the chef and sommelier.

Dec 9

Dec 9 At a luxurious resort in the heart of Napa: a sublime and aspirational wine dinner entices the senses and stimulates the palate. Exquisite achievement for the chef and sommelier.

Michael Braverman

Sipping California cab in a soaking tub with a city view at the St. Regis in San Francisco. Just the ticket before a wine reporting trip to Napa. Highly recommended pit stop.

Nov 22

Nov 22 Sipping California cab in a soaking tub with a city view at the St. Regis in San Francisco. Just the ticket before a wine reporting trip to Napa. Highly recommended pit stop.

Michael Braverman

Uncovering a case of Moulin des Carraudes, the second label of Chateau Lafite Rothschild. Past its prime time but once out of hibernation a lovely wine.

Nov 21

Nov 21 Uncovering a case of Moulin des Carraudes, the second label of Chateau Lafite Rothschild. Past its prime time but once out of hibernation a lovely wine.

Michael Braverman

Simply D’Vine: the combination of a wine bar and wine shop in Florida offers a delightful experience. But in New York State it would be against the law. Time to get changed.

Nov 14

Nov 14 Simply D’Vine: the combination of a wine bar and wine shop in Florida offers a delightful experience. But in New York State it would be against the law. Time to get changed.

Michael Braverman

A classic oaked chardonnay from the North Fork and a chardonnay based ice wine from the South Fork: Long Island is strutting its stuff with this go-to grape.

Nov 3

Nov 3 A classic oaked chardonnay from the North Fork and a chardonnay based ice wine from the South Fork: Long Island is strutting its stuff with this go-to grape.

Michael Braverman

Nov 3

Nov 3 Sometimes you don’t know when to stop, and that’s a good thing: a wine dinner based entirely on pinot noir

Michael Braverman

Michael Rozzi, the chef at Della Femina in East Hampton, gave enjoying a wine dinner a new spin Friday night. If you weren’t paying attention, you might not have noticed that every wine with every dish in a five-course meal was pinot noir. And if you were paying attention, you realized just how versatile and remarkable this grape can be.