I am in Bordeaux and I invite you to join me virtually as I submerse myself in all things Bordeaux over the course of the next week.
Tag Archives: France
We’re bringing Malbec back… a Cahors story.
We’re brining Malbec back. Them Argentines don’t know how where its at. Mendoza let us make up for the things you lack. (Sung to the tune of Justin Timberlake’s “Sexy Back”)
If you think you know Malbec and have not yet tasted the Malbec based wines from Cahors, you have missed out.
A Silly Champagne Award? I think NOT!
There are those who subscribe to truth-in-origin, and others who dismiss this notion as silliness. You could count the French, however you feel about them, most Europeans, the Slow Food Movement and perhaps Alice Waters among the former. The latter are of the flat-earth persuasion: the Mondovino coterie, the varietally obsessed wine lovers who discount the origins of wine and those who uphold McDonald’s uniformity of quality as something to attain as a goal.
Review 2007 Domaine R. Rostaing Condrieu “La Bonnette”
2007 Domaine R. Rostaing, Condrieu “La Bonnette” If you enjoy Viognier you will love this example from a classic region. In the glass it is bright with a medium lemon core fading to a water white rim. The nose is clean with medium plus intense aromas of rose pedal, peach and apricot nectar which is [...]
Vintuba Podcast #10 Sparkling Wine Show
In episode #10 ChrisO in Napa, JonM in Snowmass, and Windy City Wine Guy in Chicago discus almost everything sparkling. We wish you a very happy beginning to 2009. Cheers, ChrisO, JonM and the Windy City Wine Guy! Show #10 m4a format (42:00min 17.6MB) Some of the wines we discussed in this episode: 1999 Champagner [...]
REVIEW: 2004 Domaine Georges Vernay Cote Rotie “Blonde du Leigneur”
The Story: Domaine George Vernay was founded by (as the name would imply) George Vernay. Today the winery and vineyards are run by his children, Luc and Christine Vernay and the estate extends over 16 hectares. Seven (17.3 acres) of the 16 hectares (39.5 acres) are in the appellation Condrieu, of which three hectares (7.5 [...]
Review: 2003 Arbois Rouge, Jacques Puffeney “Vieilles Vignes”
Not many people are familiar with the wines from the Jura region of France, which is located some 50 miles east of Burgundy’s Côtes Chalonnaise, below the western flank of the Jura Mountains, which divide Switzerland from France, let alone red wines from this region. I had an opportunity to taste this very unique and different wine this week [...]
My come to Jesus meeting with Beaujolais
On October 5th 2010 I had a “come to Jesus” meeting with Beaujolais. I had on many occasions thoroughly enjoyed Cru Beaujolais, but rarely if ever ordered them from a wine list or grabbed them from a wine store shelf. Not because I didn’t like them, I had loved them in the past, but because [...]