La Revue de Vin de France cites differences with the owners about the role of dry white wine in the production. Margaux is “very close” to being organic. tasting sized poursBREAKING : After thirty vintages, Noel Pinguet has decided to leave Domaine Huet, the world-class producer in Vouvray. larvf.fr ]. SPIT: corks. MORE >>

They want to crack into the US market and they figure the best way to do so is to get a score from the Wine Advocate (even if one document from the regional organization referred to the scores as “Parker points”). asked the Twitterverse for shops that do not use third-party tasting notes or scores. In NYC: Astor Wines. MORE >>

case study is unfolding in France. Two bloggers organized a public tasting of his wines in Paris. The media tsunami continued with TV channel Canal+ and radio stations from France, Belgium and Switzerland running stories. Facebook and Twitter may contribute to toppling regimes these days. Then AFP ran a story. MORE >>

The second, I enjoyed with my daughter's roasted organic free range chicken and some fabulous roasted potato fingerlings. Just too many varieties of grapes yet to be tasted for a first time. This has been one fantastic year of enlightenment for me when it comes to all things wine. Believe I may do a year end article on the subject. MORE >>

Almost all that I had ever tasted were the Shiraz from Australia. While visiting Damiani Wine Cellars on Seneca Lake this past spring I tasted an excellent Syrah and I was sold. Then again maybe I just have to taste a few more and that's not a bad thing now, is it? From that day on I was a fan. MORE >>