by Monte Belmonte | Sep 17, 2018 | Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines
Some of the greatest ideas in human history were concocted while cocked. Allegedly, Grant won the Civil War while entirely inebriated. Kruschev avoided war while gently jingled. And Iron Butterfly wrote their biggest hit, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, while thoroughly...
by Monte Belmonte | Aug 24, 2018 | Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines
The morning after the 2016 election, I was grateful that one of the disc jockeys at the radio station where I work kept a bottle of Jägermeister stashed in our freezer. And while these 2018 midterms are not necessarily driving me to drink, things are pretty wild here...
by Monte Belmonte | Aug 14, 2018 | Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines
I ain’t gonna lie. I got into this wine writing racket for three reasons: 1) as an attempt to write off all of my alcoholic beverage purchases, which I will list as “considerable,” 2) to see my name in print, and 3) in the hopes that I would receive free wine on a...
by Monte Belmonte | Jul 24, 2018 | Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines, Newsletter
As an aspiring wine snob, ordering a glass of wine at a restaurant can be a risky business. Your abysmal choices may range from overly-oaked Chardonnays to mega-purple, mass produced, fruit bombs to the dreaded Pinot Grigio poured from bottles that have been open two...
by Monte Belmonte | Jul 10, 2018 | Columns, Featured, Monte Belmonte Wines, Newsletter
“I hope you don’t take this the wrong way, but you remind me of Rachel Maddow.” That was my reaction after meeting Franchesca Thepenier, the 23 year old certified Sommelier and beverage director for ConVino Wine Bar in Northampton. I worked with Rachel for two years...
