On Friday, April 3, the Jewish people will begin celebrating the Passover holiday. Recently Lowell attorney Phil Nyman inquired as to what Kosher wines are sold locally to accompany the holiday dinner, or seder. According to Jewish custom, four glasses of wine per person are consumed during the dinner. Kosher wines are not just for […]
Month: March 2015
One enchanting evening with Dolcetto and friends
The Wine Butler, Mike Pigeon, arrived at our front door the other night carrying two pizzas and a bottle of wine. Now this is what friends are for I thought to myself. I happily greeted him and hungrily hurried him into the kitchen. Mike’s wife Judy was visiting a sister in Florida, so the Wine […]
UTEC's Italian benefit was a night in good taste
When you open the evening with a sparkling, dry Prosecco and close it with a silky Chianti Classico, you have two key ingredients for una magnifica festa d’Italia (a magificent Italian feast). And so it was recently at Café UTEC (United Teed Equality Center) in downtown Lowell where Chef Sam Putnam, his culinary staff of […]
Chile's Riverbank wines flow impressively at Concha y Toro
Marcio Ramirez had endured a 10-hour flight from Chile, landing in Boston on a cold, wintry February afternoon where the snowbanks were probably taller than most Latin American grapevines. Still, the 44-year-old Concha y Toro winemaker was chipper upon entering the warm, cozy kitchen of Dr. Harvey Finkel’s Brookline home. In Ramirez’s arms was a […]
