Usually in a tasting that includes American craft brews and imports, the Americans do well because at the least they have the edge in freshness.
The magazine Edible Manhattan is sponsoring Edible Escape, a tasting that will feature cuisines of different countries on Oct. 17 from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Angel Orensanz Center, 172 Norfolk Street East Houstonn Street), $64.29 from ediblemanhattan.com.
No sooner did I pronounce that most supermarket wines are unimaginative and overpriced last week (a view I still hold, by the way), than I go to a tasting that disproves both.
At the Scotch Whisky Experience, a polished tourist attraction on Edinburgh's Royal Mile (with a contemporary whisky bar and restaurant on the side), you travel through the whisky-making process on a funfair-style barrel ride before a tasting – that begins with a scratch'n'sniff card.
He ended up presiding over a cold dinner and a tasting that, perfect or not, lasted until almost 5 a.m.
And it was a tasting that Ms. Hesser said she thoroughly enjoyed "because of the great differences between all the wines".
