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 […]
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 […]
It’s Champagne Time with Krug Rosé for Christmas Day
Every year the great champagne house Krug brings out a new version of its Krug Grande Cuvée and its inimitable Krug Rosé. The Krug Rosé brings a certain sparkle to the holiday […]
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 […]
It’s Cocktail Time in the Loire Valley
The Wonder Strawberry cocktail. ©FESTIN Digital Agency. Courtesy De Chanceny. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette The Loire Valley, its river, its castles, its UNESCO World Heritage sites and its sparkling wines and […]
Made in France: Lasting Lalique
Paris, France — Wine drinking has become more French than ever with a new, exciting wine glass from the celebrated glass-making house of Lalique. The clear crystal glass, conceived for tasting not […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Summer Wine Find
As summertime and rosé wine season ring in, we wanted to make sure that everyone could get in on the refreshing action. So this fine wine choice boiled down to a luscious […]
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. […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Sparkling Wine Find
Paris, France — In our dry sparkling wines alternatives to champagne mode, we’ve just tasted a new Crémant, a Crémant made in Bordeaux with the Sémillon grape variety, a golden-skinned grape that […]
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