As we geared up for World Cocktail Day, held this year on May 13th, a cognac cocktail came to mind for this global celebration of cocktails. Widely regarded as an after dinner […]
It’s Cocktail Time with a Cognac Cocktail
Ringing in the Rosé Season
It is aromatic, fresh and outfitted with a beautiful pink color. It’s time to kick off the rosé wine season and there is no better way than with Hérosé, a wine produced […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: Saint-Amour
It is a ruby red wine with reflecting purple points and a delicate floral aroma. It has a lasting taste, woody and fruity at once. This is a nectar for the Gods, […]
It’s Offbeat Cocktail Time with St-Germain
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 […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find: Atmosphère from the Figuière Estate
It has an atmosphere that is all of its own. The sparkling rosé Extra Brut 2019 from the Combard family’s estate of Figuière was one of the original wines to come our […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: the Jurançon of the Domaine Cauhapé
It is one of those rare wines, sweet yet not too sweet. Perfect for cocktail hour but great with foie gras, a dessert course or blue and green-veined cheeses, the blues, the […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find: The Crémant of Burgundy
The Burgundian vineyards sits just below that of champagne, and so does not benefit from the Champagne Controlled Designation of Origin Label, but its sparkling wines are one of the great sparkling […]
A Gourmet Gazette Family-Owned Fine Wine Find
France is gearing up for that fun time of year that is the Beaujolais Nouveau time when athe fruity wines of the Beaujolais region are enjoyed in the same year in which […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Wines of Cascastel in Cathar Country
These are wines worth discovering, wines that are in a way one of the best kept wine secrets in France. Between the Corbières region and the Mediterranean Sea, the Maîtres Vignerons de […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find: The Riccadonna Extra Dry
Riccadonna Extra Dry Paris, France — We liked the sleek black bottle. We liked the fact that is was absolutely extra dry without a soupçon of sugar. And we really liked the […]
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