Gerard Craft (alone, right) cooks for Napa Valley winemakers. Gerard Craft of Niche (1831 Sidney Street; Web site) is featured in the April issue of Food & Wine. In the article "Napa Cabernet Now," the magazine had Craft, one of its reigning Best New Chefs, cook lunch for seven of Napa Valley's leading winemakers. Craft's menu includes creamy spring-onion soup and slow-roasted lamb shoulder served with roasted radishes with radish greens and potato puree. You can find the article, with photo
Dave Nelson is the author of the blog Beer, Wine and Whisky. He writes about wine for Gut Check every Tuesday.I recently attended a relatively large wine tasting. This wasn't a formal affair. Just a group of good friends, tasty food and a whole lot of great wine over the course of two days. I brought ten bottles to open, and three of the ten were ruined by the most prevalent and insidious of wine faults: cork taint. I was far from the only one to lose bottles to this thief, though I did take th
Veritas Gateway to Food and Wine (1722 Clarkson Road) is hosting a five-course dinner featuring Pahlmeyer Wines on Wednesday, August 19, at 6:30 p.m. Pahlmeyer Winery sales manager Dave Landis will be a guest. Pahlmeyer Wines include the "Jayson" line, named after founder Jayson Pahlmeyer, which even a cheapskate like yours truly knows is good grape juice.Dinner costs $125 per person. Reservations are required and -- very important -- limited to only twenty-four diners. Call 636-530-9505 to make
