Bedford Wine Merchants, 24 Village Green, Bedford; (914) 234-6012.
* Italian Wine Merchants, 108 East 16th Street, offers cheese courses throughout the year.
Lacrimarosa costs $19.27 at Italian Wine Merchants, 108 East 16th Street (Union Square).
Ms. Bengtsson advised Russ & Daughters, the estimable smoked-fish merchants (179 East Houston Street; 212-475-4880), on Scandinavian herring preparations.
It costs $14.85 at Italian Wine Merchants, 108 East 16th Street (Union Square), a vendor of rarities.
The '98 version, available only in half-bottles, costs $18 at Bedford Wine Merchants, 24 Main Street, Bedford Village, and $19 at Piermont Wines, 503 Piermont Avenue, Piermont.
In Manhattan, Riedels are carried by Carlyle Wines, 997 Madison Avenue (77th Street); New York Wine Exchange, 9 Beaver Street Broadwayy); and Royal Wine Merchants, 25 Waterside Plaza (East 25th Street).
I've had better luck at stores that specialize in Italian wines, like Italian Wine Merchants, 108 East 16th Street, or Vino, 121 East 27th Street.
Tasting, and Helping, France Tomorrow at Rosenthal Wine Merchants, 318 East 84th Street, there will be a chance to taste wines from small producers in France.
They came to Baghdad as merchants 300 years ago -- trading in tea, dates, sugar -- and at least one of his ancestors was a pasha under the Ottomans.
"Here, great skill is lavished on drawing the individual features of the archers and their audience of monks, courtesans, servants and merchants — 340 people in all".
