August 26, 2010
Baby's First Monprivato
Giuseppe Mascarello’s Monprivato had long been on my wish list - one of those benchmark wines that everybody raves about… I wanted in on the goods, but the opportunity just hadn’t presented itself…
My initiation came, at last, Thursday night at Gramercy Tavern: 1999 Monprivato on the list for $195! Screw tasting menu pairings – I had to have this.
I mean, sure, the trout with pickled onions was weird without Kabinett, but in the end it was worth it: Alongside fettucine with guinea hen and summer beans and a veal loin smothered in shiitakes, the Monprivato was drop-dead sexy, like spending a Sunday afternoon lying naked in silk sheets tossed with rose petals, gorging on ripe raspberries and the highest quality bittersweet chocolate. So pure, so captivating, so bad-ass… I wish I was in a position to have blithely ordered another bottle on the spot. When my boyfriend offered our server a small glass to sample, I may have audibly snarled.
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August 25, 2010
Mets game
Yesterday we closed shop early and headed to the Mets game. The entire Crush staff packed in a box with a fridge full of beer, food from Acela Club (Drew's new Citi Field restaurant), and 24 bottles of wine on the wall. Oh, and there was a baseball game too! The Mets pulled ahead for a very exciting win against the Florida Marlins in the 9th! Check out the pictures for the full experience of just another day at the office......
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August 11, 2010
Q&A solved with L&A
Question: Even though it's sticky summer, if I were to drink any red wine, what would it be?
Answer: 2007 L&A Lignier Passetoutgrains
As an equal opportunity wine drinker, I am personally not one to shy away from a good red wine in the summer, although when it's this incessantly hot, I tend to drink more rosé and white. But last Tuesday evening, my friends and I decided to go to what happens to be, in my opinion, undoubtedly the best BYOB restaurant in the West Village not counting anything Thai or Sushi-oriented (I think they have a monopoly on BYOB places in NYC)... Tartine, a delicious French spot.
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August 10, 2010
Malta India: Not Even Remotely Close to My Favorite Beverage
Not Even Remotely Close to My Favorite Beverage
Working Sundays means Fridays off, a heavily anticipated day in summertime when Jason and I like to go to the beach (and, all week before going, talk about it in front of everyone else who has to work). We meet at precisely 9am at Broadway Junction, transfer to the A-train to Far Rockaway and then the shuttle to the beach. We’re in the sand and sipping foam cups of Connolly’s piña coladas by 10:15. The piña coladas may, in fact, be my favorite beverage.
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August 5, 2010
Pizza in Brooklyn
There is nothing like pizza from Brooklyn. The thin crispy crust, deliciously savory red sauce, fresh mozza and, in the summertime, a profusion of garden green basil that makes it refreshing enough to enjoy in the heat... Yummm! Hold your hot sauce and blue cheese, Buffalo, Brooklyn has you beat.
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August 4, 2010
Crush's Corpse Reviver No. 2
Americano Cocchi is best enjoyed simply, 2:1 with club soda over ice, but we can’t resist adding its subtle spice and bitterness to some classic cocktails.
Our favorite, rumored to have originated as a cure for hangovers, has also proven to be a potential cause of them (though a delicious, worthwhile one).
The Corpse Reviver No. 2 is a perfect example of cocktail alchemy: the transmutation of basic ingredients into liquid gold.
3/4 oz Plymouth Gin
3/4 oz Cocchi Americano
3/4 oz Stirrings Triple Sec
3/4 oz lemon juice
2 dashes Edward III absinthe
Combine with ice in a shaker, strain, and serve with dried cherries reconstituted in Cocchi.
Special Email Corpse Reviver No. 2 Cocktail Bundle Price: $89.50
Bundle includes the following:
1x - Cocchi Americano (750 ml)
1x - Plymouth gin (1 L)
1x - Stirrings Triple Sec (750ml)
1x - Edward III New York Absinthe (375ml)
To order, please email us at offers@crushwineco.com or call (212) 980-9463
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