What’s Your Survival Guy’s solution to satisfy my Champagne taste on a beer budget? One word: Prosecco. Go for the orange labeled Mionetto for $13.99 or any other comparable bottle. Prosecco costs a fraction of what you’ll pay for some Dom—about the same as a twelve-pack of Bud Light bottles. But you’ll look and feel […]
A Drinkable Feast at Half the Cost of Champagne?
If you enjoy Champagne, but not its price, sommelier Rachael Bovard, also a BRIGHT editor, has some suggestions. Outside of Champagne, the French make a lot of sparkling wine using the meticulous méthode traditionnelle process of Champagne – but for half the cost of Champagne. Ms. Bovard advises to look for “crémant” on the label: […]
Willi’s Wine Bar – Paris (Near the Paris Ritz) Best for Classics (Especially Rhône Wines)
In Decanter, Vicki Denig discusses Willi’s Wine Bar in Paris, famous for Rhône wines. She writes (abridged): Contrary to popular belief, Willi’s is not actually named for the founder of this long-standing Parisian wine bar, but rather a local dog that prowled the streets of Paris’ 1st arrondissement in days past. The bar has been […]
Your Insider’s Scoop on Sugar and Wine.
My thanks to the folk at Wine Folly: The sugar in wine is called “Residual Sugar” or RS. That means the sugar in wine is what remains after grapes have gone through the winemaking process. Grapes contain fruit sugars (fructose and glucose) and the residual sugar is what’s left after yeast has chomped on those […]
An Alert for Warm Weather, Wine Loving Mavens.
Originally posted July 9, 2020. When I am not in France, I buy my French and Willamette Valley Pinot Noir and Rhone Valley Syrah from “The Wine Guy,” Mark Gambuzza. Mark is based on the tiny, semi-tropical island of Key West, just 90 miles from Cuba. Debbie and I have lived in Old Town Key […]
Jim Harrison on Wine
“The simple act of opening a bottle of wine brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth” — Jim Harrison French Wine: An Illustrated Miscellany by Bernard Pivot
My Favorite Investments Part II
Originally posted April 18, 2014. Outside of portfolio investments, my #1 concentration today is wine, specifically red Burgundy of Burgundy, France. Debbie and I will spend three weeks in France this fall, highlighted by four days of Burgundy research in Beaune and Gevrey-Chambertin. Three books I have concentrated on in recent years are The Great […]
The Best Wine in 50 Years
Originally posted January 26, 2018. Aubert de Villaine, of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti (DRC) is sure that of his 50 years at the vineyard, the 2015 vintage is the best. He told Decanter.com that the 2015 is “the most remarkable of my career.” Debbie and I have visited Domaine de la Romanée-Conti, the first of many […]
France 2017: Smallest Wine Crop in Fifty Years
Originally posted February 16, 2018. The most disastrous French wine crop since Phylloxera means much higher prices for consumers. Andrew Jefford explains at Decanter.com that 2017’s crop will be the smallest in over 50 years. He writes: Apologies for the phrasing, but 2017 must be regarded as one of the most disaster-strewn years the wine […]
Best Wines in France
Thanks to L’Hôtel de Beaune in Burgundy. Originally posted November 7, 2017.
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