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 […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find
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 […]
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 […]
Olympic Outings: Cocktails at the Castille
Paris, France — The countdown to the Summer Olympics Games in Paris is underway and one of the best places to become an Olympian yourself is on the inner courtyard patio of […]
It’s Cocktail Time: Nothing Like Lillet to Make Your Day
Paris, France — It’s finally feeling like summer in Paris and a new refreshing spot for cocktails has just popped up offering a place to be before, after or during the Summer […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Football Fare Find
Paris, France — The Euro football championship is in full swing for the next four weeks and there is something about the event that encourages a fun-filled ambiance replete with fans, fine […]
Wines of the Week Fit for a Prince
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, one of the great noble wines of France enjoys exceptional growing conditions: round stones lie everywhere among the vines reflecting the sun, enabling the grapes to become rich, mature and naturally […]
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