A Musical Safari at Ultra

“Ultra is like going on safari.” An interesting and accurate observation from will.i.am, who I got to chat with after his Friday night performance at the two day music festival in downtown Miami. As will.i.am explained to me, on a safari you’re not sure where you’re going or what kind of animals you’re going to [...]

Inside WMC: Belvedere Music Lounge

During the 2010 Winter Music Conference I hopped between parties on South Beach, danced in the sand at Nikki Beach and listened to some of the best DJs in the electronic music scene at Ultra.  Out of all these my favorite experience was hanging out at the Belvedere Vodka Music Lounge. Hosted by SIRIUS XM [...]

Snapshots from Ultra Music Festival 2010

More than 200 DJs and a sold out crowd of about 100,000 people helped make the 2010 Ultra Music Festival the biggest and best yet. The 12th edition of the festival rocked Bicentennial Park in downtown Miami with Tiësto headlining on Friday night and Deadmau5 on Saturday night.  Performing on 16 stages over the two [...]

Snapshots from the Winter Music Conference

The Winter Music Conference is the ultimate destination for DJs and fans of electronic music. Established in 1985, WMC is the largest music industry gathering of its kind in the world.  This year clubs throughout downtown Miami and Miami Beach will host nearly two thousand DJs and artists.  The lineup is a veritable who’s who [...]

Kosher Wines for Passover

If you plan to drink Manischewitz for Passover you must be meshugana!  There is a wide variety of great tasting Kosher wines that are made from Vitis vinifera grapes (think winemaking grapes like Cabernet or Chardonnay, not Vitis labrusca grapes like Concord that are used to make grape juice and Manischewitz). Though Israel is the [...]

AG Pick: Merryvale Antigua Dessert Wine

One of the best things is discovering a wine that you forgot was in your collection.  It’s like finding a hidden treasure that you never knew you buried. I had that experience this weekend with Merryvale Antigua dessert wine.  I purchased a few bottles several years ago and somehow my last remaining bottle had migrated [...]

Learn About Macallan at a Free Tasting

Attention whisky enthusiasts and novices: Macallan will be hosting a free guided tasting of its whisky in Miami next week. The tastings, to be held on Wednesday, March 24th and Thursday, March 25th, are part of the Celebrate The Macallan series where brand ambassadors travel around the country educating people about the The Macallan Single [...]

Cup-Free Inhalable Coffee

There’s a new way to get your coffee fix any time of day without burning your mouth or staining your teeth. Introducing Le Whif, a coffee that you drink by breathing.  With Le Whif you inhale the coffee into your mouth (in the form of hundreds of milligrams of tiny particles), and taste it without [...]

AG Pick Under $15: 2006 Palo Alto Reserve

Looking for a good value red wine with lots of smoke and earth?  Try a bottle of the 2006 Palo Alto Reserve, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère and Syrah from Chile. The three grapes work in perfect harmony, with their dark fruit and spice notes mingling in your mouth for an intense and satisfying [...]

Cochon 555 Coming to Atlanta

Take 5 chefs, 5 pigs and 5 winemakers and you’ve got COCHON 555, a pork lover’s perfect pig out. The 10 city coast-to-coast pork party, to be held in Atlanta on April 18th, will feature a smorgasbord of dishes with pig as the main ingredient.  Each chef will prepare an entire heritage breed pig from [...]