If this empty Macari wine bottle isn't convincing enough that you have to try this, I'm not sure what is... Reasonably priced at $21. It tastes like a summer breeze and easy drinking. Such a lovely white wine.
I mean, the romanticism of finding a wine made in New York by a French woman (pascaline) in champagne, I couldn’t resist. for all the warning by the somm about how this was ”really natural,” I thought it was refined, bright, and intriguing in the way that most wines made by interesting people are. I think I remember it tasting like raspberries, pink lady apples, lemon, and basil. Tart, a bit yeasty and wild, floral and aromatic, yet still deeply serious and delicious. Chepika Wines (Finger Lakes, NY)
Nathan Kendall and Pascaline Lepeltier
2019 - 100% Catawba
Before there was BRAT, there was SHURA. Highly recommend going down the Post-Soviet fashion rabbit hole, beginning with Shura. Plus his music is fantastic.
I'm kind of scared to recommend this place because I want to keep it my secret forever. I grew up eating Georgian food so I know a thing or two about it. Ubani in Bay Ridge is in a league of its' own. I have dreams about this place. I only have a picture of the dessert I had there on my last visit, which is traditionally Russian (napolean cake) , but take my word for it. This is the best Georgian food in NYC. It's decadent. Don't pass on the soup dumpling and walnut salad.
I admittedly didn't get Hot To Go, but that's probably just because of the Tiktok dance association. After listening to her album in it's entirety I can't stop replaying Casual on repeat.
