those arent vials of blood, those are vials of corbieres and just enough for a verbotten tipple on the plane. those arent vials of blood, those are vials of corbieres and just enough for a verbotten tipple on the plane Aubin » Shes Taking Off! January 21, 2009 Will post from France. think I can promise that. Alice all packed. MORE >>

was in Corbieres, staying with the Terrier's of Domaine Deux Anes. When I sold that first book, I did the normal drill. made the round of editors, had conversations, had the jitters, obsessed about what to wear and say, and then waited for an offer. Hands folded. Patiently. Not so patiently. The second time was this past February. MORE >>

The wines are southern France, Corbieres dirt and earth and sun with that element of richness and interest that made me love the appellation the first time I tasted it. For some reason I am speechless, thought-free, about the the MB. It was a trade tasting. There were a few importers from Taiwan, Japan scarfing up bio. MORE >>

But finally, we hooked a left turn down the road in Corbieres and worked up to Domaine Deux Anes into Magali and Dominque Terrier's home just above their old grenache vines. Why was it dark? The storm had stripped the south west of its electricity. Driving south west into the night, was like driving into an ear canal. MORE >>

The first was a Corbieres, an appellation in the western part of the Languedoc made by a producer called 2 Anes, or Two Donkeys. Mostly Carignan, with some Grenache and Syrah thrown in, the 2005 Domaine des 2 Anes Corbieres Fontanilles was smooth and supple, ripe and complex. And there it is - the Corbieres we had. MORE >>