Biting frost has hit the Champagne region of France, and winemakers are worried it may have been fatal for this year’s crop of grapes. Decanter magazine reports: Temperatures have dropped below zero overnight in most of France this week, causing nerves to fray in the vineyards. Champagne has been no exception, and frost damage seems […]
Greetings from Puligny Montrachet!
Greetings from Puligny Montrachet, Burgundy-the white wine “center of the world.” Note the throngs!
Biodynamics vs.’Tradition’: The 2 Faces of Wine in Vôsne Romanée
There is quite a difference in the methods used by biodynamic vineyards and those using ‘traditional’ growing methods loaded with fertilizers, herbicides, pesticides, and fungicides. Biodynamics is a farming method with some similarities to organic, but more expansive and with less government (i.e. lobbyist) involvement. According to the Biodynamic Association, the method is “a holistic, […]
For the Discerning Wine Lover—Beaujolais Cru?
Beaujolais, a district of Burgundy, France, south of Pairs, produces almost exclusively the light, thin-skinned Gamay red grape. Each year on the third Thursday of November, Nouveau Beaujolais—a cheap, barely fermented wine—is released, amid much fanfare as well as much ridicule. There are 10 villages that produce Beaujolais Cru, not to be confused with Beaujolais […]
The Burgundy Wine Steal of Our Paris Trip
Wine Investing—Burgundy or Bordeaux?
I have three full EuroCave, Revelation wine coolers. And not a bottle of Bordeaux or Cabernet in residence. In Jay Mcinerney’s excellent The Wine Questionnaire, Jay puts the Burgundy or Bordeaux question to a number of experts Daniel Johnnes, Wine director for Daniel Boulud’s Dinex Group: “Ask anyone in the world of wine and they […]
Graffiti and Champagne—A Historic Link
Yesterday we visited Reims and the beautiful Champagne valley with a guide from O’Chateau, a wine bar in the heart of Paris. Dick and I had attended a wine tasting there several years ago while on a tour with David Lebovitz (davidlebovitz.com). David, former pastry chef for Alice Waters in Berkeley California and author of […]
Unsurpassed Elegance
As is commonly known, all wines are enhanced by good stemware. If you are looking for a gift for a wine lover in your life or for yourself, look no further than Zalto stemware. Each glass is created from a single piece of mouth-blown glass from the lip of the bowl to the base of […]
UNESCO Grants World Heritage Status to Champagne and Burgundy
Debbie and I are in France once or twice each year and often take the high-speed (TGV) train to Burgundy. There is every good reason that Burgundy, along with Champagne, has gained UNESCO World Heritage Status. Our five-day bike trip through Burgundy with Butterfield & Robinson sealed the deal for Debbie and me. To get you […]
Hallowed Ground: Cote de Nuits, Burgundy
The Great Domaines of Burgundy leads off by noting that geographically the Cote d’Or is subdivided into some 25 different villages or communes, in effect, small parishes. Those comprising the northerly sector (about 10 miles), from Marsannay to Corgoloin, are collectively known as the Cote de Nuits. Surrounding each village is an area of vineyard, […]
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