She was a pioneer in many ways, the Veuve that Veuve Clicquot champagne is named for, veuve, the French word for widow. Barbe Nicole Clicquot Ponsardin was born in 1777 and was […]
It’s Champagne Time with Vintage Veuve Clicquot
Wine of The Week: The Racy Rieslings of Ravines Wine Cellars
It’s cold and it’s bold and it’s beautiful. The Finger Lakes region of upstate New York is home to some of the country’s finest wineries and one of them produces landmark Rieslings. […]
It’s Champagne Time with Gustave Eiffel
If you use your imagination, a champagne bottle does in a way resemble the Eiffel Tower, wide-bodied on the bottom then becoming slender as it rises up. In 2021, the descendants of […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: More Great Wines from the Great State of New York
We recently had the good fortune at The Gourmet Gazette to taste some New York State wines: a red from the Lake Erie region, a rosé from the Finger Lakes and a […]
It’s Champagne Time with the House of Charpentier and a Happy Harvest
For a festive occasion at The Gourmet Gazette we returned to one of our favorite champagnes, the Blanc de Blancs from the house of Charpentier. One of the house’s signature collections is called […]
It’s Champagne Time with Chassenay d’Arce, Once Again
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 […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: Down in the Valley with Vidal-Fleury
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 […]
It’s Cocktail Hour with the Sensational Sazerac
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. […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Family Wine Find: Dry Creek Vineyard
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 […]
Wine of the Week: Pouilly-Fuissé from the Orfèvres du Vin
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 […]
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