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 […]
Chassenay d’Arce has the largest vineyard of all of the cooperatives in Champagne with 315 hectares (778 acres) stretching out over 14 villages in the Côte des Bar region of Champagne country. […]
Left: Gosset’s fabulous Grand Réserve champagne. Courtesy Gosset. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette. Right: Drawing of the Remuage sculpture by Fiona Paterson and Jill Gibson for Gosset during Vign’Art. Courtesy Gosset. Handout […]
As the world gears up for the World Rugby Cup slated to take place in France in September and October, some French players, all champions of this year’s Six Nations Tournament, which […]
Paris, France — It’s always been one of The Gourmet Gazette’s favorite Parisian terraces, tucked away on a side street leading up to the Champs-Elysées but worlds away. The Lancaster hotel is […]
Paris, France — It is one of the farther shores of Paris. Hilly and northerly is the city’s 20th arrondissement. It is home to one of the city’s most visited spots, by […]
Lace-like mountains, rolling and rising vineyards. This is some of the best wine-producing country in France’s southern portion of the mighty Rhône Valley. It is here that the Domaine Brusset wine estate […]
These are some of the more fruity yet robust wines of France. They emanate from vineyards that revel in the good volcanic earth. Wine is old here, although probably not as old […]
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