It should come as no surprise that the motto of the Guilbaud family is serious and tradition. For that is exactly what their wines are all about. The family-owned house produces the […]
Wine of the Week: The Marvelous Muscadets of Guilbaud Frères
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Estate Wines of Franck Chavy
Paris, France — We had another close encounter of the wine kind with one of our favorite winemakers, Franck Chavy and his brilliant and bountiful Beaujolais country wines. The fourth generation winemaker […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: The Tour d’Argent’s Wine Online
Paris, France — The world renowned Parisian restaurant has just re-opened after 18 months of renovation (more on that later) and is organizing for the second time its precious Automnales from September […]
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 […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: Rugby Time Wine
As the world gears up for the World Rugby Cup slated to take place in France in September and October, some French players, all champions of this year’s Six Nations Tournament, which […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Family Wine Find: the Courtly Cairanne, Fit for a King
Lace-like mountains, rolling and rising vineyards. This is some of the best wine-producing country in France’s southern portion of the mighty Rhône Valley. It is here that the Domaine Brusset wine estate […]
Jazz and Wine in the Wilds of Languedoc
This is clearly a win-win situation. The stunning Hortus wine estate is hosting the annual jazz festival Hortus Live! on July 22nd with the Wax Tailor group at the top of the […]
It’s Champagne Time with an Exceptional Adventure
It’s difficult to imagine how Champagne could be made even more magical, but Champagne growers and producers from the Grand Cru producing towns and villages are doing just that. The Grand Crus […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: Volcanic Wines
These are some of the more fruity yet robust wines of France. They emanate from vineyards that revel in the good volcanic earth. Wine is old here, although probably not as old […]
It’s Champagne Time with Pommery and Yet Again Another Extraordinary Experience
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. It is […]
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