Month: August 2012

CAMDEN VALLEY ROAD runs east-west from Sandgate, Vermont across the state line into Washington County, New York.   It’s a winding, two-lane country road with hardly any traffic on it, and it’s partially … <span class="entry-title-primary">Historic embrace</span> <span class="entry-subtitle">The love affair between tree and vine goes way back. Here's their story.</span>Read more

Decanting wine conjures visions of cobwebby bottles, guttering candles, crystal goblets, and white-gloved butlers. Performed primarily to relieve wines of sediment, the technique that’s known as the soft decant once involved … Gimme air!Read more

The hip, cozy watering hole known as Backbar occupies a back room of  Journeyman restaurant in the scrappy Boston satellite city of Somerville.  With its usual team of  cocktail jockeys off … Field blends have something to say, but is anyone listening?Read more