France is Blind
What elements of the blind assessment process caused you problems? Please post your thoughts and comments below. Blind Tasting Loire vs Alsace 1. Trimbach 2011 …
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She is so popular
Truthfully, who among you didn’t think that was what Peter Gabriel was singing when, in fact, he was getting all French on us with Jeux …
Judgement of Sussex?
The votes are in and French Champagne has lost out to an English sparkling white! Read here.
Planning for Election Night
The politics of drinking are complicated indeed. Which is why, as I plan my election-night festivities, I have decided on the kind of wine I’ll …
Arrive’! Arrive’!
That’s right! It’s that time of year again – the third Thursday of November – when the 2008 Beaujolais Nouveaus are released. The first …
French Wines For Less, 2/01/08
Dom. Bernard Defaix Chablis “Cote de Lechet”, 2005, Burgundy Southern Whites Ch. Grande Cassagne Costieres de Nimes, 2005, Languedoc-Roussilon J. Vidal-Fleury Cotes du Rhone Blanc, …
The Wine “Curve”
A few years back while channel surfing I settled on a television rarity – a program about wine that was informative without being insufferably boring …
Chateau D’Alzon 1949 Saint Emilion
The story behind this bottle is intriguing. Discovered in a basement in Philadelphia recently, it was part of a cache of French wines that had …