Ville-sur-Arce, France — It was a brilliant and bright September day in Champagne country, precisely in the Côte des Bar region at the southern edge of Champagne near Burgundy. The official harvest […]
Paris, France — It was one of those wine tastings that was clearly worth the effort of climbing up the steep incline of the Butte Montmartre. The great house of great Côtes […]
New Orleans, Louisiana — If you want to imbibe yourself in the 1920s heyday of New Orleans high society then the Sazerac Bar in the Roosevelt Hotel is the place to be. […]
Paris, France — Dry Creek Vineyard made it to Paris all the way from Sonoma and The Gourmet Gazette was glad it did. It is rare to be able to taste California […]
The Orfèvres du Vin (which literally means the goldsmiths of wine) have just brought out an exciting and golden colored Pouilly-Fuissé from the cooperative’s old growth vineyards. The Pouilly-Fuissés are exceptional wines […]
Rochecolombe, France — The wilds of the ancient land of southern Ardêche in southern France are filled with unbridled waters, rushing waterfalls, the rugged Cévennes mountains, courtly castles and vestiges of the […]
Paris, France —This is a bold and botanical gin made from grapes from the good earth of France and then distilled in England, the cradle of fine gin-making. Distilled from pressed Grand […]
Paris, France — We had another close encounter of the wine kind with one of our favorite winemakers, Franck Chavy and his brilliant and bountiful Beaujolais country wines. The fourth generation winemaker […]
As you wend your way through wine country this harvest season, a wonderful surprise awaits at the world renowned Chasse-Spleen estate and winery in Moulis-en-Médoc in the Bordeaux region. The estate has […]
It was a dry summer in 2009 in Champagne country and it was a very good year with that rainless summer that was not too hot. It followed on the heels of […]
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