It’s a lively rosé, distinctly deep in taste, structured, bodied and a hallmark of the house of Guigal. The Côtes du Rhône Rosé from the Guigal family, who choose to make the […]
Wine of the Week: The Grandeur of Guigal
Wine of the Week: The Beautiful Barolos
A journey into the Piedmont and its big and robust Barolo wines offers an exciting and enticing autumn adventure. This full-bodied, intense red wine made from the noble Nebbiolo grape requires decades […]
A Journey into Pessac Léognan with Château de France
Paris, France — It was a well-healed crowd at the Restaurant 122 in the posh 7th arrondissement of Paris in a neighborhood of elegant private mansions housing embassies and French government ministries. […]
It’s Champagne Time with Pommery and Those Oysters that Are Right in Season
Reims, France — It is always an imposing and sweeping site turning into the wide driveway of the 19th century Vranken-Pommery Estate in Reims in the heart of Champagne country. The estate […]
A Bountiful Bid for a Dazzling Dinosaur
Dampierre-en-Yvelines, France —The skeleton of a 150-million-year-old herbivore named Vulcain sold at auction for over $US 6 million in France last November 16th defying all estimates and joining the top ten club […]
A Dynamic Dinosaur Descends on Dampierre
Dampierre-en-Yvelines —His name is Vulcain and he is a gigantic Apatosaurus that roamed the face of the Earth in the Late Jurassic period some 160 million years ago. But today he, or […]
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. […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Day Away Find
Dampierre-en-Yvelines — It is one of our favorite day trips in the Greater Paris region. The castle and gardens of the Domaine de Dampierre-en-Yvelines is re-opening on March 23rd and the grounds, […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Family Wine Find: Château de France
The vineyards of Château de France are articulated around the late 18th century Château de France castle. Photo Courtesy Château de France. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Paris, France —Pessac-Léognan has come […]
A History of Light in a World of Wine
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 […]
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