This night at dinner I also met two key women who were to be our guides, Geraldine Giroux, marketing manager who works very closely with Marie-Louise Schyler and travels to all the properties, and Andrea Hanyecz, whose title of sales manager for Disznoko doesn’t seem to match her many and varied responsibilities. Sunday: Dinner in a Chateau. MORE >>

This night at dinner I also met two key women who were to be our guides, Geraldine Giroux, marketing manager who works very closely with Marie-Louise Schyler and travels to all the properties, and Andrea Hanyecz, whose title of sales manager for Disznoko doesn’t seem to match her many and varied responsibilities. The Control Room. MORE >>

At the time, bridges were literally for sale. 2000 Corison Winery Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon I didn't figure this would (or could) be any better than the 1997 ( previously reviewed ). I remember the 2000 vintage as a whirlwind of excitement. But the Napa Valley 2000 vintage hit the market with a lame thud. In other words, a loser. MORE >>

The singer, dressed in a grey jacket and T-shirt and sporting a full beard, said that from the terrace of his 16th-century villa, Il Palagio, which he bought in 1997, he could see the sun setting behind the Appenines – "a masterpiece" of nature. Since January I have been round the world one and a half times," he told the meeting. MORE >>

Fortunately we are not as dependent on restaurant sales as other categories, such as Champagne. 1997 vinhas velhas: A bigger style, with funny combo of both minerality and more ripe fruit. What kind of a vintage port pairs with a recession? “We’ve survived 300 years through wars and pestilence,&# he said. MORE >>