We are excited to announce that we are launching a weekly round-up of happenings at the 24 wine, spirit, and beer specialty retailers. Continue Reading →
Frenchy’s Wine Road: Weekly Wine Shop Happenings
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Francois Steichen
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Wine Stores in Spotlight during Christmas Season
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“At a time when so much of the wine business is consolidating, and super-stores are proliferating, Greenwich caters to an increasingly sophisticated wine, beer and spirits client by providing stores that carry well-conceived stocks and libraries of fine wine, as well as loads of apt value choices that just make me smile.” – Francois Steichen, Frenchy’s Wine Road Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, Francois Steichen, Frenchy’s Wine Road
Frenchy’s Wine Road: Wine & Liquor Stores in Greenwich
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“Store of the Day: Glenville Wine & Spirits, Glenville Glenville Wine and Spirits, on Glenville Street in Glenville (not to be confused with Val’s Glenville outpost, in the Stop-n-Shop center a few feet further along) is the Petticoat Junction of fine wine in Greenwich.” – Francois Steichen Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, A1 Cellars, Bellmore, Connecticut Wine & Liquor, East Port Chester Wine & Liquor, Francois Steichen, Glenville Wine & Spirits, Greenwich Wine & Spirit
Frenchy’s Wine Road: Interview with Jean-Luc Colombo, French Winemaking Pioneer
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“The ICE Officer who greeted me at JFK guessed that I am 54 years old! Can you imagine? I am well over 60! But the key is not to work too hard. It is about lifestyle: working hard every day, but at a job you love. Have good food and wine. Taste things every day.” – Jean-Luc Colombo Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, Francois Steichen, Frenchy’s Wine Road, Jean-Luc Colombo
STEICHEN: Retail Wine Stores – On the Front Line?
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“No one would pretend that package store employees are dealing with the same risks as Police, Firefighters, or Medical Personnel. But like food-market workers, package store workers are on some sort of front line.” – François Steichen Continue Reading →
Filed under: Business, Francois Steichen
STEICHEN: Retail Wine Stores Posting Record Profits in Greenwich
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“In contrast to Christmas, Social Distancing is an open-ended season. Customers are buying cases instead of bottles, and they are return-buying faster than they normally would.” – François Steichen Continue Reading →
Filed under: Business, Francois Steichen
Francois Steichen: Wine Tariffs May Go into Effect as Early as Tuesday
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Greenwich Wine & Spirits Fans Already Feeling the Pinch. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, Francois Steichen, wine tariffs
Is Your Beer Vegan?
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Does a Pompano Sit in the Floods? Continue Reading →
Filed under: Food Drink Restaurants, Lifestyle, Francois Steichen, Guinness, Reinheitsgebot, Trinity Super Hazel, vegan, vegan beer
PHOTOS: Greenwich Community Gardens 3rd Annual “Big Tomato,” a Farewell to Patty Sechi
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Patty Sechi will be leaving soon for the clay soils of Virginia, but her imprint on the Greenwich Community Gardens was everywhere in evidence at the organization’s fundraiser at Mill Street Bar & Table in Byram. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Brooke Bohnsack, Chef Geoff Lazlo, Francois Steichen, Greenwich Community Gardens, Heidi Brake Smith, Mill Street Bar & Table, Patty Sechi
Francois Steichen: A Nebbiolo Tasting in Glenville
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“Last week, I stopped at a wine store in Glenville to pick up a case of red. Paul, the Store Manager, and Erika, the Assistant Manager, happened to be tasting some red wines made from the Nebbiolo grape. They let me join in.” – Francois Steichen Continue Reading →