About

Al-Dente-Tintin

 

‘Cause there’s still a lotta drinks that I ain’t drunk
And lots of pretty thoughts that I ain’t thunk

—Kris Kristofferson

 

Al Dente Wine is the writing depository of Tony Poer and one or two of his wine-sodden friends. Just as pasta, rice, or vegetables cooked al dente offer some resistance to the tooth, so too can well-made beverages, well-executed cuisine, and well-crafted prose rise up to challenge the senses.

A certain Rachael Poer—lover of fizz, crisp white wines, pinot noir, and the dependable gin & tonic—appears in these pages from time to time.

Where humor trumps pretense and anecdote informs both theory and practice, we gather here to celebrate wine, food, and all manner of spirits. (Beer, too.)