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 — […]
It’s Champagne Time with the Great Champagne Tasting
Paris, France — It is a remarkable world of tastes and aromas that emerges in Paris at the immensely elegant Hôtel Salomon de Rothschild on May 7th. No less than 70 champagne […]
Ringing in the Rosé Season
It is aromatic, fresh and outfitted with a beautiful pink color. It’s time to kick off the rosé wine season and there is no better way than with Hérosé, a wine produced […]
Luxury and Style at Christie’s
Paris, France — The venerable auction house of Christie’s, founded in 1766, is presenting its very first Luxury, French Style exhibition held in the house’s light-filled exhibition space at the auction house […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Wine Find: Being Beaujolais
Franck Chavy offered a powerful introduction into the wines of the Beaujolais region, unforgettable wines like Morgon, Régnié and the marvel that is white Beaujolais. The fourth generation of the family at […]
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 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 […]
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