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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | | | | | DR. VINO OCTOBER 6, 2009 Natural wines, premox, chenin blanc, 07 Port and Rhone – John Gilman In the cold cellars where the wines were made, the vigneron’s examples of non-sulfur bottles are likely to be just fine, but can this experience be reproduced consistently around the globe, given the very real vagaries of travel that wines still have to survive these days? asked him six questions; he replied with over 10,000 words! think not. | | | | | | | |
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A WINE STORY | FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2011  Discovering the Wine Properties of AXA Millesimes
Yes, one can imagine that most people think that a top wine chateau in Bordeaux is owned by a French aristocrat, yet the world has taken quite a turn since the days that this might have been the case. As this is France, wine is served as well – C’est le vie! “A French insurance company owns a Chateau?” Sunday: Dinner in a Chateau. MORE >> -
A WINE STORY | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2010  Chateau Pichon Longueville
It was an incredible week of excitement, learning, travel, exploration, and a fairy tale few days at this incredible Chateau (see that second floor turret? We learn they are the chateau’s regular workers who come from Spain each year, and when the wine harvest is finished, they continue to pick other types of produce throughout France. MORE >> -
A WINE STORY | MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2010  Discovering the Wine Properties of AXA Millesimes
Yes, one can imagine that most people think that a top wine chateau in Bordeaux is owned by a French aristocrat, yet the world has taken quite a turn since the days that this might have been the case. As this is France, wine is served as well – C’est le vie! “A French insurance company owns a Chateau?&# The Cellar. MORE >> -
BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2009  Some Tidbits in Lieu of a Coherent Post
The President and his wife aren't the only ones who travel for date night. We drank this wine the other night and it was outstanding, the spicy and floral essence of Cabernet Franc, and with super prickly acidity. BrooklynLady and I went to Tokyo for dinner, or the closest thing to it in Manhattan, anyway. And $27 is the new $22. MORE >> -
ALICE FEIRING | MONDAY, MAY 25, 2009 Are New York Wine lists Being Penny Wise and Pound Foolish?
kept quiet but thought, "Don't eat out in NYC or travel to Paris much, do you?" In France the cultural drinking paradigm is if it's Bordeaux, it's class not crass. Lynch posed a question to Steinberger, "Why do most Parisian restaurant wine lists suck? he asked. He then inferred that the lists in NYC are so much better. MORE >>
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- NorCal day 2: Sonoma WINE TASTING GUY | MONDAY, MAY 5, 2008
- Day in Napa WINE TASTING GUY | SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2008
- Some Paris Restaurants BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2006
- Rose Water BROOKLYN GUY LOVES WINE | MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2007
- WINE OF THE WEEK: 2006 VINA BORGIA GARNACHA PAIRED WITH A LITTLE SPANISH WINE HISTORY EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008
- Casa Marguery Malbec: Bringing the Past to the Present and Into the Future EAST VILLAGE WINE GEEK | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2008
- Buying Wine in Mexico SLAKED | MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2008
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