Miami's Best Brunches

You can’t beat brunch.  A great brunch is the most sumptuous meal of the week and it’s the best excuse to have all of your favorite foods at one time. If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, just think how important brunch must be! Looking to plan your Sunday brunch?  Here are [...]

AG Pick Under $10: 2008 MAN Vintners Chenin Blanc

Don’t let the name confuse you.  This South African winery makes wines that both men and women will enjoy. It’s actually women who inspired the name.  MAN Vintners was started by three men who created the name by combining the first letters of their wives’ names — Mary, Anette and Nicky.  It’s how Charles Back, [...]

Colorado Wine: Bookcliff Vineyards

Before I could leave Colorado I had to try some of the state’s wine.  There are more than 40 wineries in Colorado but unfortunately I only had the chance to check out one.  Fortunately it was a good one: Bookcliff Vineyards. Bookcliff Vineyards was founded in 1999 by husband and wife John Garlich and Ulla [...]

Mile High Mead

After all the beer I was ready to drink something sweet.  I found this something sweet at Redstone Meadery in Boulder.  Redstone produces mead, or honey wine. Though today you won’t often find it at bars or on restaurant menus, mead has a long and illustrious past.  The name conjures up images of knights noisily [...]

Colorado Brews: Odell Brewing Co. and Oskar Blues

Continued from: New Belgium Brewing Company After New Belgium I headed to Odell Brewing Company.  Though I wasn’t familiar with Odell before my trip, it had been recommended by friends and locals. Odell Brewing Company was the second microbrewery to open in Colorado.  It is located in Fort Collins, just a few minutes away from [...]

Colorado Brews: New Belgium Brewing Company

If you’re visiting Boulder I definitely recommend taking a trip north to Fort Collins.  It’s a nice hour or so drive past large fields and rolling hills, with stunning mountains in the distance.  Every so often you’ll come across a crowded housing development and wonder why people would want to live right on top of [...]

Boulder’s Best Brews

My favorite way to explore a new city is through taste.  And the best way to taste Boulder is through its beer! At the heart of downtown Boulder is Pearl Street.  On it you’ll find restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques, and of course, brewpubs!  With four blocks closed to cars, it’s a great place to window [...]

Destination: Boulder

Breathtaking mountains, great hiking, pedestrian and bike-friendly streets, charming restaurants and cafés, and tons of breweries — these are what make Boulder such a great destination. I recently spent a long weekend in Boulder for my friends’ wedding.  It was my first time there and I loved it from the start. Coming from flat South [...]

Great Tasting Kosher Wines for the High Holy Days

Celebrate the Jewish New Year with great tasting Kosher wines! In February I reviewed a selection of Kosher wines, all made in Israel and widely available at wine stores throughout the United States. Kosher wines don’t have to be overly sweet and syrupy.  Today Israel’s wines are winning medals and finding their way onto wine [...]

Miami's Best Dining Deal Reopens

A three-course lunch, a glass of wine and coffee or tea for $15 — need I say more? You’ll find this incredible deal at the dining room at Florida International University’s School of Hospitality.  The student-run restaurant will be opening to the public next week for the fall semester. Twice a week the students prepare [...]