Paris, France —It’s the first day of Christmas, Christmas Day, and the traditional 12 days of Christmas will follow one another until January 6th when the Three Wise Men entered into Bethlehem […]
The Mumm Cordon Rouge champagne with its eco-friendly Kraft paper gift box. Photo courtesy G.H. Mumm. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Paris, Francis — The Christmas season is officially and not commercially […]
Paris, France — It was probably one of the most surprising and successful of food and wine pairings. Two of France’s great gastronomic specialties — raw milk cow cheeses and champagne — […]
It’s celebration season for Veuve Clicquot as the venerable house of champagne enters into its 250th year. To mark the milesonte, the house launched a collection of iconic and eco-sustainable packaging in […]
Reims, France — It is always an imposing and sweeping site turning into the wide driveway of the 19th century Pommery Estate in Reims in the heart of Champagne country. It is […]
Paris, France — It was the summer solstice. In Paris. On one of the city’s secret and tasteful terraces. The Méridien Etoile, located down the avenue from the Arc de Triomphe, was […]
Paris, France — It is a remarkable world of tastes and aromas that emerges in Paris at the immensely elegant Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild on May 7th. No less than 70 champagne […]
Paris, France — Ruinart, founded in 1729 and regarded as the oldest champagne house, remains one of its most innovative giving a Carte Blanche to a contemporary artist each year to create […]
It is a house of winemakers, Chassenay d’Arce, a champagne-making cooperative that brings together 130 families in the southernmost reaches of the northernmost wine-making region of France, Champagne country’s Côte des Bar […]
Paris, France — Elder flowers bring a nice note to a host of cocktails. But the elusive flower is hard to find, unless you have been initiated into the secret that is […]
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