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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.

Don’t count France out when it comes to Value!

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  under pined by [...]

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  Dom Pérignon
NV Champagner Bollinger Spevial [...]

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 acres) are [...]

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 [...]