Let’s establish one thing up-front: It’s hard to create a good restaurant wine list. Sommeliers and beverage directors have to navigate subjective tastes, razor-thin profit margins and the Talmudic ...

It’s a Tuesday evening at Mano a Mano, a new pasta and wine joint along Milwaukee Avenue in Logan Square. A server is pouring a bottle of Italian white into a half-liter carafe, which glugs as it ...

and then I'm gonna try to create a wine menu around that. A wine list isn't just about putting a list or a selection of great wines that pair with the food together. It has to be profitable. It has to ...

We've all probably watched a server oh-so-slowly pour out a skimpy-seeming glass of wine with a double-digit price tag and wondered how much wine, exactly, should be in a restaurant pour. Let's get ...

Wine bars with great menus just keep popping up across New York City. Here are three new ones to check out. By Luke Fortney Not long ago, I would have looked right past the wine list at a restaurant.

Too many wine lists cater solely to the wealthy, but these spots in New York City offer terrific values at all points along the price scale. Lord’s in Greenwich Village offers great selections for ...

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