It’s one of those great champagne stories. The Reims-based house of Palmer & Co was established over 70 years ago in 1947 by seven families of grape-growers with prized and premium Premier […]
It’s Champagne Time with Palmer & Co
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Pessac-Léognan AOPs of Château de France
Paris, France — At The Gourmet Gazette we recently feasted on a carpaccio of coquilles Saint-Jacques (King scallops with the coral on) infused with lemon, olive oil, coriander, apple and mild red […]
Gourmet Fare: The Creative Catering Competition
Paris, France — It looks too good to eat. And that is the essence of professional catering, one of the most exacting of the culinary professions. Caterers also have to adapt to […]
Made in France : Cast Iron Cookware with a Twist from Staub
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Ware Find The famous French-made cast iron cookware from the house of Staub has just gotten a new decorative twist. In honour of the Year of the Horse […]
It’s Champagne Time with the Very Vibrant Champagne Vaucelle
For 10 generations the family-owned house of Thomas Cheurlin has been working the good earth of France’s Champagne country in and around the picturesque village of Celles-sur-Ource in the Côte des Bar […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: A Charismatic Chardonnay
The Orfèvres du Vin (which literally means the goldsmiths of wine) have just brought out an exciting and mellow yellow colored white Burgundy from the cooperative’s a specially selected parcel of vine […]
Made in France: A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fare Find
Paris, France — These are potato chips directly from the good earth of France. This is farm to table at its finest. In the rural village of Boisville-la-Saint-Père in the Beauce, the […]
Wine of the Week: The Grandeur of Guigal
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 […]
A Portuguese Pause in Paris
Paris, France — The Delta Coffee House Experience has stepped out of its home base in Portugal in style. The elegant Avenue de l’Opéra in Paris which leads up to the 19th […]
A Resplendent Rum Resounds from the Philippines
Paris, France — This is Don Papa. Don Papa rum is a premium-aged, single island, small batch rum hailing from the Philippines where it is crafted on the fertile foothills of the […]
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