Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Mark and Lynn Dig hip Putnam Wine in Saratoga Springs....



During our recent upstate NY swing we managed to stumble upon  Putnam wine in Saratoga Springs, NY bill itself as "The Best Food and Wine Store between Manhattan and Montreal" which is no doubt the truth; however, truth be told it might give either place a run for it's money with regard to this.  Incredibly hip in atmosphere the store has a turntable and was playing a selection of works by the great Italian spaghetti western composer Sergio Leone and had expertly drawn chalk renderings of a Japanese manga series about wine called "Drops of the Gods."  A couple of nice guys were working and were handling a couple of difficult customers with good humor and finesse.  I bought a nice South American white for well under 10.00.  On future trips upstate this place will likely be a destination spot for us...

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I (Mark) have written for The Christian Science Monitor, Clear Magazine, Picture Magazine, Film Score Monthly, Dan's Papers, Rue Morgue, In Flight USA and a lot more publications that I can't remember.... My wife Lynn was a model with the Ford Agency and her photography has been featured in most of the publications I have written for...

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