It was great on several levels - first of all, Fourrier's wines are fascinatingly terroir expressive and it is so instructive to taste them next to each other. If you are categorizing, I think that 2009 is a vintage that can be grouped with 2005 - growers achieved high levels of ripeness and did so without having to sort out a lot of grapes. MORE >>

2005 Jacques Puffeney Arbois Poulsard "M," $26, Neal Rosenthal Selections. Puffeney's Poulsard is great too, regardless of how the 2005 showed on this night. Jura wines are kind of obscure, outside of the wine-geek world. Finding them requires seeking them out, your local shoppe is unlikely to carry them. Change, change, change. MORE >>

The producers mostly poured their wines from the 2009 vintage, and 2009 is not a vintage that will be celebrated for its clarity and expression of terroir. This is a vintage of ripe fruit, one that appeals in the same way that 2005 appeals - the wines are delicious and perhaps will last a very long time. were brothers. MORE >>

Probably because Bert of Wine Terroirs and I had been emailing recently about the glory of Bandol wine, and I recently re-read his post about this classic Provence pairing. The 2005, the current vintage on NYC shelves, is a completely reasonable 13% alcohol. We had 18 days straight of rain at one stretch. food processor would help. MORE >>

And this wine turned out to be the 2005 Domaine Henri Milan Baux de Provence Saint Remy de Provence red blend (about $25). And then I read that Henri Milan is part of the Nicolas Joly Return to Terroir group that held a tasting this week in New York. In October I went to the Domaine Select Wine Estates Grand Portfolio Tasting. C'mon.speak MORE >>