Archive for July, 2009

Wine is Conducive to any weather

The summer of 2009 in Maine will probably go down as “the summer that wasn’t’.” I don’t think I’ve ever seen a summer with weather as random and fall like as this year. It’s amazing how much weather can affect tourism and customer’s dining habits. We have seen highs and lows in our business as [...]

Sometimes It’s All About The Food

Even though this is a wine blog, I’m going to shift the focus for one week and write about our new Chef and his new menu. Back in January, I made “the decision” to hire a new Chef for Varano’s. Our existing Chef had been with us as Sous Chef and ultimately the Chef for [...]

The Other Nebbiolo

Suppliers trying to sell me more of their wine are constantly bombarding me. Everyone has a new great wine in his or her portfolio that I need to try. If it were up to my suppliers, I’d be sampling wine seven days a week and rewriting my wine list weekly. Let’s face it, there’s an [...]