Binny's Beverage Depot

Jan 8 2010

Food Pairing: Dinner at Indian Buffet/BYO (and also) An Appeal for Using the Appropriate Stemware

A friend and I dined recently at a local Indian restaurant, excellent for their dinner buffet and also their BYO policy. An endless buffet of delicious food plus no corkage fee? Sounds like a no-brainer. We had eaten at this buffet before – it's a great place to take a small group for a fun ...

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3 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 1:52 PM - Categories: Wine

Dec 28 2009

Green Wine: CONTAINS SULFITES

I was helping out on the sales floor at a Binny's last Wednesday when I was asked a familiar question - “Do you have any sulfite-free wines” This was already on my mind for the upcoming and ongoing series of blog posts ....

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6 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 2:45 PM - Categories: Wine

Dec 17 2009

Green Wine: About Wellness or Wealth?

Recently, a friend asked me about organic wine. He asked what it really means for a wine to be organic. He counted off on his fingers all the different versions of organic wine he could think of – organically grown, sustainably farmed, biodynamic, something about sulfites, and on and on....

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1 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 2:00 PM - Categories: Wine

Dec 3 2009

Dinner Pairing: Four Courses and Forty Wines

I am one of the few people I know who is not a self-described foodie. There are lots of foodies in this business. Don't get me wrong – I like to eat, and I love wine pairing, and I can appreciate finer delicacies when they are laid out before me, but in my eating, my cooking, my dining out; a foodie I am admittedly not....

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3 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 2:25 PM - Categories: Wine

Nov 28 2009

What do you give the wino who has everything?

This Christmas shopping season is in full swing. Binny's staff will be put to the test everyday to help customers find exactly what they are looking for. Our staff will all hear the same questions and requests; I need a $50 bottle of Cab. Do you have any $25 White Zinfandel's?...

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2 comments - Posted by Jon Bernardoni at 1:52 PM - Categories: Wine

Nov 20 2009

New and Notable: Thanksgiving Edition

It is now that special time of year where in exactly one month from now, I will look back and kick myself for having not started shopping early. Retail stores will soon change their radio stations for the season. I guess that also means it's time for holiday recommendations. If you're a last-minute kind of person ...

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1 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 1:00 PM - Categories: Wine

Nov 13 2009

Made For Age yet Drinkable Now - 2007 Vintage Port

The first of the 2007 Vintage Ports have hit Binny's shelves. This is big news for wine lovers. As some of the most complex, elegant and ageable wine in the world, Port always gets my attention. 2007 is the first generally declared Port vintage since the knockout 2003 vintage...

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1 comments - Posted by Greg Versch at 2:05 PM - Categories: Wine

Category: Wine

Food Pairing: Dinner at Indian Buffet/BYO (and also) An Appeal for Using the Appropriate Stemware

Green Wine: CONTAINS SULFITES

Green Wine: About Wellness or Wealth?

Dinner Pairing: Four Courses and Forty Wines

What do you give the wino who has everything?

New and Notable: Thanksgiving Edition

Made For Age yet Drinkable Now - 2007 Vintage Port