It was the beginning of my wine education," Mr Ousback recalls.
Wednesdays With Wine Village Restaurant, 62 West Ninth Street, will begin a series of wine classes on June 29, with one on rosé wines.
To that end, Mr. Zona, who will begin a series of wine classes at Above Restaurant and Bar in South Orange next month, hosted an impromptu Girl Scout cookie and wine pairing at Arturo's Osteria and Pizzeria in Maplewood last year.
Carlton Winemakers Studio has also begun a program of wine education classes taught by in-house vintners; topics range from subappellations of the Willamette Valley to sustainability in the vineyard.
France, the one time world leader of wine, began to face fierce competition.
In late summer, a dinner across the river in Wisconsin began with a bottle of wine.
Not everybody thought that was a sufficient reason to begin giving teenagers tastes of wine.
It began with a glass of wine in her brownstone apartment filled with sunlight and modern furniture.
One could easily make the case that the modern age of wine began with the 1982 vintage, or at least with the reception of the '82s.
A glass of wine begins at $8.75, and the menu is full of temptations so nonstandard you can justify it: fried balls of risotto, wine and oxtail ($8), for example, is a perfect way to spend your allotment of deep-fried calories.
