Author Archives for Carrie Havranek
He Said Beer, She Said Wine: I Say, Both, Please!
The “he” in question is Sam Calagione, a craft brewer and founder of Dogfish Brewery, which sells more than a million six-packs annually of its “off-centered ales for off-centered people.” The “she” is Marnie Old, an oft-quoted sommelier and director of wine studies at French Culinary Institute in New York City. Their book, the illustrated […]
Hip Tastes: The Fresh Guide to Wine
There never seems to be a shortage of wine guides, but a recent publication, Hip Tastes: The Fresh Guide to Wine by Courtney Cochran, seeks to demystify the seemingly impenetrable, dizzyingly complex world of wines by explaining terms, types, and things such as terroir to the uninitiated, the curious, or those who might otherwise be […]
