The Gourmet Gazette returns to one of its fine wine finds of the year with the splendid wines of Divineo whose vineyards are in central southern France but whose oak ageing casks […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Food and Wine Find
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find
The Orfèvres du Vin (which literally means the goldsmiths of wine) are ringing in the festive season with a delicious sparkling wine from Burgundy. Delicate bubbles, a light yellow color with subtle […]
It’s Champagne Time with Notre-Dame and the Tour d’Argent
Paris, France — The splendid re-opening of Notre-Dame offers a time to celebrate and not only the mass. The intricate, impeccable restoration of the Gothic wonder after being ravaged by an insidious […]
It’s Champagne Time with Pommery and Those Oysters that Are Right in Season
Reims, France — It is always an imposing and sweeping site turning into the wide driveway of the 19th century Vranken-Pommery Estate in Reims in the heart of Champagne country. The estate […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Divine Wines of Divineo
These are the mythical regions of France, named for the old provinces: Languedoc and Burgundy. And they also have that good earth, the terroirs, that France is known for and knows how […]
Wine of the Week: A Royal Rosé from the House of Brusset
This was a delightful dry rosé, full of the minerals of the good earth of the limestone-clay soils characteristic of the vineyards of the Domaine Brusset wine estate in the heart of […]
The Essential Egg
Paris, France — We’re joining in in the celebrations for World Egg Day which was established back in 1996 in Vienna and is held on the second Friday in October each year. […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fortified Wine Find: A Balmy Beaumes de Venise
This is luxurious liquid gold from the good earth around the small picturesque village of Beaumes-de-Venise in the Provence region of southeastern France. The eponymous wine—Muscat de Baumes de Venise — is […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fare Find: Perfection at Pasco
Paris, France — It has one of the most beautiful views in the city looking right onto the golden dome of the Invalides in the heart of Paris near the Eiffel Tower. […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fare Find: Provence in Paris
Paris, France — Pretty pinks, glorious greenery, original olive oils, chilled rosé wine and wild herbs. Provence has come to the heart of Paris with the Jardin d’Estoublon, an ephemeral restaurant serving […]
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