couple of years ago I came up with something that worked pretty well, the Crémant du Jura by Montbourgeau, a sparkling Chardonnay. Cookin' with Brooklynguy Jura Domaine de Montbourgeau Jacques PuffeneyCommon wisdom holds that it's very difficult to pair wine with asparagus. I'm not sure why this is so. I'm not ashamed, people. MORE >>

They Shouldn't do that in the Jura I was shopping at a large store in lower Manhattan, looking to buy a few bottles of Jacques Puffeney's 2007 Trousseau. The sales guy then says "They shouldn't do that in the Jura. Was he angry at the Jura and the lovely people who live there? That's a brand new thing they're doing in the Jura." MORE >>

assumed it was Savagin, but Sophie told us that it is Chardonnay in 2001. This was great with a Vacherin du Jura, the creamy cow's milk cheese that is wrapped in a band of spruce bark. Tags: Italy Huet biodynamics Damien Laureau Chateau Simone Provence Jura Domaine de Montbourgeau Sherry Savennières Equipo Navazos MORE >>

Stephane Tissot from the Jura outside Les Caves Augé in Paris. Over to Tim for photos and comments from his tasting some wines from the Jura and Alsace. This cool day in March featured a tasting of wines from the Jura and Alsace. Tissot also makes some lovely examples of Chardonnay. By Timothy Eustis. Just not today. MORE >>

Since we had tasted a Coenobium Rusticum previously, I decided to go with a wine from the Jura–the Montbourgeau 2008 L’Etoile Chardonnay ($20). This isn’t your mother’s chardonnay–this is an oxidative chardonnay that spends two years in barrel. “Will you wear a wool hat?,” MORE >>