Anthony Giglio

During the holidays I must confess to absolutely loving a proper eggnog—the kind that requires separating yolks from whites, whisking, folding and chilling overnight with enough bourbon, rum and Cognac to make Santa skip a few rooftops. But let’s be honest: most people’s eggnog comes from a sad pape

When you pull off Route 9 in Hyde Park, NY—home to the Culinary Institute of America and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s historic estate—you probably aren’t expecting to walk into one of the most advanced sake breweries in the world. But behind the glass doors of what used to be a Stop & Shop is Das

Over my three-decade career in wine, I’ve hosted thousands of tastings, tours and dinners. Literally. One story I love to recount in front of an audience is an email I received many years ago from a distressed woman (via an “Ask the Sommelier” link in a now-defunct Food & Wine newsletter) who wr

I’m just back from Hong Kong where I hosted a wine tasting at a humungous outdoor fair called Hong Kong Wine & Dine Festival. It was my first trip to

Don’t say mocktail: Non-alcoholic drinks of every stripe are officially a movement. And how. By Anthony Giglio When Mark Landsman, along with business partner Kat Bangs, took over the shoe-box space of what was once the late, great Shindig bar in…

Steven Rosario and Justen Nickell, husbands and business partners, make life work. By Anthony Giglio If the story of Hudson Chatham Winery were written as a novel, the inside-cover blurb would read something like: “An inspiring story of love,…

There are different ways wine can sparkle resulting in a luxurious concoction. By Anthony Giglio Whenever I’m asked how I got into writing about wine, spirits and cocktails professionally, I answer truthfully: I took my first sip in utero! I even…

In the picturesque town of Pittsfield, MA in the heart of the Berkshires, a brewery and tap room opened last year with the goal of challenging conventions and advocating for greater diversity, equity and inclusion: Hot Plate Brewing Co., co-founded…

Photography by Daniel Schwartz Among the first tasks European colonists in the Massachusetts Bay Colony set out to do—400 years ago—was to plant apple trees. Why? Because in Colonial America water was not safe to drink, so hard cider was the most…

When Claire Marin envisioned her distillery she didn’t just launch a brand, she built a life with Cathy Leidersdorff. When Claire Marin moved Upstate to Long Eddy back in 2003, she wasn’t there to keep bees. She was nearing the top of the proverbial…

Who’s ready for another round of my favorite never-to-be-seen gameshow, ‘Wine Words Free Association’ (or WWFA—#IYKYK)? Here’s how it works: I’m your snarky sommelier host and I give you five clues, one at a time, to figure out which wine is being…