Happily, I've met most of the group during our Napa educational week and then during what is called a 'Course Day' in the UK and dinner at the wine bar Terroir. Gorgeous sunny weather is this beautiful city is always a treat. am here today, March 15 2010, on a four day study trip with fellow students in the Master of Wine program. MORE >>

First she travels to France to meet with pioneer Nicolas Joly, whom she calls the ‘Deepak Chopra” of wine dynamics. Feiring is with Joly to judge wine for Joly’s Renaissance group, which awards stars to wines they accept in their traveling show. Naked Wine by Alice Feiring. Reviewed by Marisa D'Vari. So what is natural wine, anyway? MORE >>

recently had the opportunity to drink several of these wines over dinnerwith a group of friends. This is Guy Bossard's sparkling wine, made mostly of Melon de Bourgogne (the Muscadet grape), but there is also some Gros-Plant and Cabernet Franc in the blend. Perhaps even the seafood stereotype entirely. Recently re-released by Dressner. MORE >>

If one is a fan of wines of terroir, how could it not be a positive step to see a place like Burgundy, which a generation ago was largely decimated by chemical products being used on the soils, now an increasingly healthy, vibrant and bucolic garden of vineyards? asked him six questions; he replied with over 10,000 words! think not. MORE >>

Afterwards, we walked a short distance along the canal to a room where Christine, Stephane, and Stephanie Egenolf of Sud de France gave presentations about Minevois and the Languedoc in general. becoming the Group’s head office and a place dedicated to Mediterranean lifestyle and wine-growing culture. Voila! MORE >>