“Wine,” declared the nineteenth-century novelist Alexandre Dumas, “is the intellectual part of the meal.” — Bianca Bosker Copy Share Image
“The first restaurants advertised to Parisian passersby with the motto “I Shall Restore You.” — Bianca Bosker Copy Share
“When he poured a taste of Madeira for the Master Sommelier at my table, a splash of wine hit the rim of the glass.… — Bianca Bosker Copy Share
“rats, mice, and snakes scooped up from the vineyard can accidentally get mixed in.)” — Bianca Bosker Copy Share
“Hospitality is present when something happens for you. It is absent when something happens to you.” — Bianca Bosker Copy Share
“No wine is ever as delicious as it was when you tried it at the winery while some suave winemaker walked you through his… — Bianca Bosker Copy Share
“Wine,” declared the nineteenth-century novelist Alexandre Dumas, “is the intellectual part of the meal.” — Bianca Bosker Copy Share
“There is no fault that can’t be corrected [in natural wine] with one powder or another; no feature that can’t be engineered from a… — Bianca Bosker Copy Share
“some somms would offer their favorite obscure wines at a lower markup, then make up the difference with the gimmes.” — Bianca Bosker Copy Share
