AltWeeklies Wire
Venom or Vino?new
If you find yourself in Albuquerque any time soon, I have two suggestions. Number one is a visit to the American International Rattlesnake Museum in Old Town. Really.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-06-2013 |
Food+Drink
Value Vino: Central Market vs. Costconew
Used to be that the local wine market was controlled largely by one player, Gabriel's. Yes, there were specialty outlets, and they continue to come and go.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
05-23-2012 |
Food+Drink
Hunting the Whole Hog in San Antonionew
According to that unimpeachable source, Chopped, one of TV's cadre of chef-challenge shows, goat is the world's most widely consumed meat.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
05-16-2012 |
Food+Drink
Value Vino: Malbec and Manifest Destinynew
Argentina has done such a thorough job of coopting malbec, that you'd think the grape to be autochthonous. (I have always wanted to use this word, basically a fancy form of "indigenous.")
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
05-09-2012 |
Food+Drink
Value Vino: Sipping Spainnew
The Spanish economy is in the tank these days. A little mercy wine buying accordingly might be in order — and the notion may be an easier sell than a recent suggestion to do the same for Greece.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
04-13-2012 |
Food+Drink
White Wine Seasonnew
It's white wine weather almost all the time in San Antonio. This is vexing to those of us who tend to prefer red, but most of us can get over it.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
03-28-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: White Wine Season
Semi-Cellaring Bordeauxnew
The big boys with super cellars and the bucks to fill them are likely to brag about their big Bordeaux, their Burgundies, and maybe even their Brunellos.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
03-09-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine
Value Vino: Is $5.99 wine worth drinking?new
Consumer Reports, the entity famous for trashing (literally and figuratively) automobiles and other consumer products, has weighed in on wine, claiming that their "experts" rated the 2009 Alice White Shiraz from Australia "better than a wine that cost $43."
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-27-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: wine, value wine
DIY Valentine's Daynew
Because nothing's sweeter than home-cooked romance.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
02-09-2012 |
Food+Drink
San Antonio's 'Mr. Riesling'new
How does a college English instructor get to be a respected wine authority and purveyor? The same way you get to Carnegie Hall: practice, practice, practice.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
01-27-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: San Antonio Wine
Smart Wines from 2011 ... for 2012new
Although it has always seemed a little like cheating, recapping an entire year is useful for critics feeling the end-of-year time crunch.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
01-11-2012 |
Food+Drink
Wine With Wordsnew
Time Warner struck again the other day. I’ve been having problems, but this was a neighborhood-wide outage, taking with it the land line (no biggie), the computer (much more of an issue) and, of course, the TV. Which meant no CSI, no Law and Order SVU, no Criminal Minds, Zombieland, or Warehouse 13. What’s a guy to do?
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
12-30-2011 |
Food+Drink
Casual Champagne and Cognac Cocktailsnew
Champagne and cognac are dress-up drinks in most people's minds. But snifters and smoking jackets are not always required to enjoy brandies and sparkling wines. There are cocktails that may even benefit from using the more generic product.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
12-22-2011 |
Food+Drink
Getting Dragged into Tourist Row? San Antonio's Hidden Drinking Spots to Ease the Painnew
As San Antonio denizens, we all live in fear of it. It usually happens around the holidays, or in the dastardly drought that is summer. We avoid it. But it’s always there, waiting: the Alamo.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol, Scott Andrews, Chuck Kerr, Bryan Rindfuss, Adam Villela Coronado and Veronica Salinas |
12-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
Brave Resident Tasters Put Several Especial Bottles to the Testnew
'Tis the season when booze meets billboards all over town and flossy liquor images fill the pages of consumer magazines.
San Antonio Current |
Ron Bechtol |
12-15-2011 |
Food+Drink
