Vendôme, France —It is one of those delightful small French cities with an upper town where the Bourbon-Vendôme castle looms and a lower town nestled on the banks of the Loir, yes […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: A Venture into Vendôme
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Singularity of Savoy
Followed by a Gourmet Gazette Slide Show There has always been mindful, independent thinking at work in mountainous regions and the winemakers of Savoy are no exception. Here in this region — […]
Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Finds: A Riesling Roundup
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 […]
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 […]
A Family Affair
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: Courting the Côte du Rhône with Christophe Pichon It is one of those great family affairs that one finds in France. The estate of Christophe Pichon […]
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 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 Wine Find: Château de France
A Family Affair Paris, France — It is a journey into the Paris that was. The Paris that we all loved. The Thomassin family is celebrating half a century of owning the […]
Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Finds: The Wines of the Caves de Roquebrun
Followed by a Short Gourmet Gazette Slide Show Nestled within the Regional Park of Haut-Languedoc, the sun drenched vineyards of the Cave de Roquebrun produce convivial, rich and festive wines. The year […]
Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Finds: The Marvelous Mâcons
The Mâconnais is a delightful region nestled between Burgundy to the north and the Beaujolais to its south. Named for the town of Mâcon, its is known for producing good value white […]
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