Paris, France — It is a black and green and white and gold house on the side of a hill. Not just any hill, but one of the most famous hills in […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Food and Wine Find: La Bonne Franquette
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Abundance of Saint-Chinian
This is a powerful wine of notes of spice and berry fruits. A wine for rich red meats and game, better still. Saint-Chinian is a well kept secret of the wines of […]
It’s Champagne Time with the House of Charpentier
This is a champagne for connasseurs, champagne that has been carefully curated by the Maison Charpentier, a house that brings out complex champagnes, champagnes for a simple champagne time, but, too, for […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find: The Crémant of Burgundy
The Burgundian vineyards sits just below that of champagne, and so does not benefit from the Champagne Controlled Designation of Origin Label, but its sparkling wines are one of the great sparkling […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Auction Find: The Domaine de la Poulette
For six generations wine-making savoir-faire has been handed down from mother to daughter at the Domaine de la Poulette, one of the very old and noble estates in Burgundy. The estate harbors […]
A Gourmet Gazette Family-Owned Fine Wine Find
France is gearing up for that fun time of year that is the Beaujolais Nouveau time when athe fruity wines of the Beaujolais region are enjoyed in the same year in which […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Wines of Cascastel in Cathar Country
These are wines worth discovering, wines that are in a way one of the best kept wine secrets in France. Between the Corbières region and the Mediterranean Sea, the Maîtres Vignerons de […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find: The Riccadonna Extra Dry
Riccadonna Extra Dry Paris, France — We liked the sleek black bottle. We liked the fact that is was absolutely extra dry without a soupçon of sugar. And we really liked the […]
Scary, Spooky, Sensational Samhain
AKA Halloween The spooks are set to come out tonight for Halloween, some will trick, some will treat, but in general a good time is had by all. That is our modern […]
It’s Tea Time in Paris in a Secret Parisian Pastry Spot
Paris, France — It is just another one of those great Parisian gastronomic innovations. The Grand Colbert brasserie nestled into the rue Vivienne on one side and the Colbert passageway on the […]
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