Delicately fruity, an extraordinary finesse, a full body, the Riesling grape variety is not a copious producer but a most qualitative one. It is a noble grape, perhaps the noblest grape in […]
Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Finds: A Riesling Roundup
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: the House of Vidal-Fleury
It is regarded as the oldest wine maker still in activity in the northern Rhône Valley. Vidal-Fleury was founded in 1781 and quickly earned a reputation abroad. These wines have found their […]
Sensational Seaweed
Tomorrow, March 24th, is Seaweed Day being held within the context of the Monaco Ocean Week. Seaweed Day puts the spotlight on one of the most promising of oceanic industries: seaweed. A […]
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 Champagne Time with Chassenay d’Arce
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 […]
Being Batman
It’s all there, Batman, the super villains like the Riddler and the Penguin, crime in Gotham City, police commissioner James Gordon and Oreo cookies. The Batman, an upcoming superhero movie based on […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: Sung Wine
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, that earthy, full-bodied Rhône Valley wine that can give a good Burgundy a run for its money is produced under strict quality controls in the sunny south of France just north […]
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 […]
Advent is Upon Us
Followed by a Gourmet Gazette Slide Show Paris, France — Advent is regarded as the first season or the beginning of the liturgical year in the Western Christian church calendar starting on […]
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 […]
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