Edo Lopez, the Tijuana-born Japanese cuisine king of Mexico City, has this one leafy block in Cuauhtémoc on lock. There’s his famed ramen spot, Rokai Ramen; his invite-only vinyl and cocktail den, Tokyo Music Bar; and his showstopper of a standing bar, Le Tachinomi Desu. It’s small as a shoebox, but it’s a jewel in the crown of Lopez’s expansive Japanese hospitality … [Read more...] about Le Tachinomi Desu Is Mexico City’s Standing Natural Wine Bar
Wine Bars
In Osaka, A Dreamy Wine Corner At Balthazar
A coffee tour of Osaka will eventually lead to Takumura Coffee & Wine (featured on our sister site here), a spacious wine distributor and coffee roaster that does its best to put forward the finest of both. A friend joined me at this intersection of beans and grapes and while talking about the similarities between the two beverages, we were steered towards a natural wine: … [Read more...] about In Osaka, A Dreamy Wine Corner At Balthazar
The Sprudge Wine Guide To Toronto
I grew up in a suburb outside of Toronto, and have lived in the city proper for the bulk of my adult life. My decade of Torontonianism has been broken by stints in bigger, cooler, more glamorous cities; in the months I spent looking forward to those moves, I would spit all over Toronto in my head: “It’s second-rate,” I thought, “It’s drab. We have no culture here. I am bored of … [Read more...] about The Sprudge Wine Guide To Toronto
The Sprudge Wine Guide To Vienna, Austria
If one were to write an article about the best cities in the world to drink natural wine, it’s easy to guess which places would top the list. But shift the subject to most exciting or most interesting, and you couldn’t tell the story without Vienna. Austria has a rich history of wine production, albeit one that’s still tainted by the scandal-plagued 1980s, when a number of … [Read more...] about The Sprudge Wine Guide To Vienna, Austria
Justin Chearno Of The Four Horsemen: The Sprudge Wine Interview
Many in the natural wine world are, in a sense, waiting for the apocalypse: the moment the very notion of natural wine becomes distorted and mainstreamed into oblivion. When, four years ago, the opening of Williamsburg’s The Four Horsemen was announced, people could have been forgiven for thinking that moment had arrived. The restaurant and wine bar made big news in all the … [Read more...] about Justin Chearno Of The Four Horsemen: The Sprudge Wine Interview