Manos Angelakis
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Manos Angelakis is a well-known wine and food critic based in the New York City area. He has been certified as a Tuscan Wine Master, by the Tuscan Wine Masters Academy, as well as being an expert on Greek, Chilean, and Catalan wines. He judges numerous wine competitions each year and is the senior Food & Wine writer for LuxuryWeb Magazine www.luxuryweb.com.
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Grazin' on Delectable Burgers, Straight From the Farm
The Hudson Valley has become the New York region’s epicenter of the farm-to-table notion, at the forefront of the craft food movement.
Dopo East: A Worthy Destination for Wines
The list has about 700 wines, predominantly Italian, many from small producers that create excellent wines from grapes that are not widely known except to aficionados, but will enhance a dinner’s quality.
Spanish Wines and Cheeses: Matches Made in Heaven
Spanish cheeses and Spanish wines are a match made in heaven. Add a fresh baguette or other freshly baked crusty bread and perhaps a bunch of grapes, and you will have an unforgettable repast.
Malvasia, a Grape Variety With Ancient Roots
alvasia is one of the grape varieties extensively planted in most of the countries bordering the Mediterranean. There are numerous clones of the basic malvasia that was introduced to the Eastern Mediterranean shores by Phoenician traders and propagated west by colonizing Greeks.
Exploring Greece’s Undiscovered Wines at Molyvos
An update of the interior of Molyvos in 2012 to look like a space reminiscent of the Greek islands, and the appointment of Diane Kochilas, a Greek television chef and cooking personality as collaborating chef, has changed the focus of the menu.
Falanghina, Italy’s Liquid Gold
Falanghina is an ancient grape variety of vitis vinifera used in Italy for white wines. It is cultivated mostly in Campania, north of Naples, and is commonly consumed in all of southern Italy. The vines thrive in the warm Mediterranean climate and the volcanic soil around Mount Vesuvius.
Jioufen’s Tea House: A Step Back in Time
No trip to Taiwan is complete without a visit to one of the old streets in historic towns and villages to shop for handicrafts and to sample local foods. The discovery of gold deposits in the late 1880s in the Jioufen area transformed an impoverished village into a booming gold-rush mining town.
