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“Of all the fine wine lists in the Bay Area, my favorite is the one at Nopa.” —The New York Timesbusiness
A rare opportunity is taking us back to the town of Unterloiben in the Wachau region of Austria for this next feature.  Back to nearly the exact same address, actually.  Alzinger was the focus of our last Austrian feature.  In the same town, directly across the street in fact, is the venerable winery of Emmerich Knoll.  (The ‘K’ is not silent.)  This must be one…
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The latest from our journal:
Knoll Smaragd
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It is sort of a funny thing, this Natural Wine Week.  The idea of getting people talking about all the work and decisions that go into any bottle of wine is a good one.  And setting a week aside to talk about natural wine and to honor those people who make wine with integrity is great.  The odd part about it is before the week began and after it ends, we will be pouring the same types…
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From our journal archives:
More Natural Wines
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“late-night restaurant of the year” —7x7 Magazinebusiness
“Few restaurants in recent memory have soared as sensationally as Nopa” —San Francisco Bay Guardianbusiness
A rare opportunity is taking us back to the town of Unterloiben in the Wachau region of Austria for this next feature.  Back to nearly the exact same address, actually.  Alzinger was the focus of our last Austrian feature.  In the same town, directly across the street in fact, is the venerable winery of Emmerich Knoll.  (The ‘K’ is not silent.)  This must be one…
click to read more >
The latest from our journal:
Knoll Smaragd
(click to read)
Picking up from the last entry of the Rum Diary. We were just about to get into the details of  The Prince , Yanni’s spirituous endeavor with Barbancourt, a Haitian Rhum. In this Spiritual,  The Prince is perhaps the furthest style from its counter,  Classique . For this reason, it is also best reveals the intention of the Spiritual. If you wanted to play the game, either by yourself…
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From our journal archives:
The Rum Diary Part 4: Classique and The Prince
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“...The best pizza I have ever had outside Rome...” —Financial Times of Londonbusiness
“from hearty comfort food to light and artful” —Citysearchbusiness
A rare opportunity is taking us back to the town of Unterloiben in the Wachau region of Austria for this next feature.  Back to nearly the exact same address, actually.  Alzinger was the focus of