What I did find, is the Vin D'alsace region of France can produce a very nice Riesling. Nothing really here that would change my opinion of Finger Lakes Rieslings, but now know that I will be comfortable ordering European Reislings when traveling to areas where I cannot find my favorite Finger Lakes wines. Recommended.

So here are a few novel travel ideas for a wine lover. River Barge through wine country GO BARGING Gourmet dining while savoring a glass of wine on a luxury hotel barge, visiting local vineyards in the Burgundy region of France or the Po River Valley of Italy. For the active traveler, they offer walking tours and custom bike trips.

France has been cracking down on drunken driving. And it’s election year again in France and President Sarkozy is a teetotaler, law and order type. France is now the first country in the world to have such a law on the books. wine travelThe aim is to boost awareness; the blood alcohol level is 0.05%.

Today was the first day of the Languedoc Roussillon Study & Certificate Program offered by the French Wine Society with support from Sud de France. Twenty lucky students (most of whom I knew through my travels) crowded into the Maison de la Région Languedoc -Roussillon. very successful first day. I will try. Loup (21.50).

If you’ve been reading headlines in glossy food, wine, and travel magazines around the world, you’ve heard that South Africa is now the coolest wine tourism spot in the world. Beyond the high-quality of the wine which is only now beginning to be widely exported – and the passion of the winemakers – you will find absolutely incredible estates.

Today the French insurance company AXA owns several wineries which produce the world’s most exquisite wine, such as Chateau Pichon Longueville, Chateau Suduiraut, Chateau Petit-Village, Chateau Belles Eaux, and two other properties outside France, Disznoko in Tokai and Quinta do Noval in Portugal. “A French insurance company owns a Chateau?”

Things you learn in the WSJ : Cahors is the only region of France where malbec is still grown. SIPPED: traveling with wine. SIPPED: Bordeaux brands. How big is your brand extension? Cheval Blanc, one of the wines in the LVMH stable, will include a Paris luxury hotel of the same name. Decanter.com ]. Oh my cot! SIPPED: diversity.

Born in Cognac in the same house where his father was born, and raised in Bordeaux, it would have been easy for him to continue his family’s wine tradition in France. His family has owned vineyard property in France since the late 1600s. Due to the similarities of several of his favorite wine regions in France, it was California’s.

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. have a business to run!”.

note: from my travels in France, this is actually a familiar story!). HdR2011 is kicking off with a bang with the first panel, which is moderated by Christophe Tassan, sommelier at MIX in Las Vegas. The room is full of Rhone wine fans from around the world! The French wine makers on the panel are very excited as well. 100% Syrah.

export 99% of my wine because I'm unknown in France - I don't submit bottles. BG: Wait a minute - no one buys your wine in France? want them to travel the world, and if they want to come back and make wine because they love making wine, then great. This is the final post about my conversation with Jean-Marie Fourrier. Jacques.

She is something like 65 years old, but in France she's still a leading lady. This is a wine that might show best before it travels over the ocean. I just returned from several days in Champagne! In Peter Liem , I had the finest tour guide imaginable. The French love Sharon Stone. And it was perfect with the food.

Narrating the seminar was Anne Parent of Domaine Parent, a very important producer in France that has been in the Parent family for generations. In my last travels to Beaune in November I ordered wine from Beaune quite a bit, impressed by the flavor profile and value. Yet it was rich, buttery, and racy, with intense acidity.

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.

Today the French insurance company AXA owns several wineries which produce the world’s most exquisite wine, such as Chateau Pichon Longueville, Chateau Suduiraut, Chateau Petit-Village, Chateau Belles Eaux, and two other properties outside France, Disznoko in Tokai and Quinta do Noval in Portugal. Sunday: Dinner in a Chateau. The Lunch.

This particular bottle actually was purchased in France and traveled here by suitcase. I hung out with Peter Liem for a lot of the past two weeks. NV Franck Pascal Cuvée Tolérance Brut Rosé , price unknown, no longer imported (JD Headrick was the importer until recently, as I understand it). loved this rosé. Well, yes and no.

People on the board are very sophisticated travelers, and many of them suggested Beau Rivage as an excellent base for wine travels. rue de Beau-Rivage, 69420 Condrieu, France [link]. View Full Album “Help! need a hotel recommendation for the Northern Rhone!” Thank you everyone at Beau-Rivage – fabulous trip!

Happy Travels. Tags: News Provence france provence Rosé wine from Provence has been famous for thousands of years, yet many people do not realize that the whites and reds of Provence are refreshing and delicious, with many of the barrel-aged reds worthy of long-term aging. Though many people think of glitzy jet-set St. Whites and Reds.

It is actually one of the oldest wine estates of France and in 1953, the Ministry of Agriculture awarded the property with the “Cru Classé” title, a prestigious vintage wines award. “You must have some fresh Truffles on toast!” says attractive blond Valérie Rousselle-Riboud, looking very glamorous and jet-set in a chic white dress.

On my late lunch break I was at an established and well respected upper-west-side wine retailer (when searching for specific Santorini wines, one must be willing to travel from Brooklyn) and a man and woman walked in. Stars of the southwest in France, the Jura!" My ears perked up - of course! wanted to hear this conversation. Again?"

For anyone traveling to Paris, there are three remaining Saturday tastings this season at Augé, “Wonder women&# on June 5, “Loire&# on June 19, and “bubbles&# on July 10. Cave Augé, 116 Boulevard Haussmann, 75008 Paris, France, +33 (0)1 45 22 16 97, [link]. By Timothy Eustis. But not for Stephane Tissot.

There is some duplication with Evan Dawson’s travel post from yesterday but there is also much new, including John’s tasting notes from Mayacamas Cabernet 2003, 1991, 1985, 1974, & 1968. John Gilman, author of the newsletter A View from the Cellar , weighs in today with his thoughts on Mayacamas Vineyards. 2015-2050.

The rest of the day we traveled north on Rt. From there we traveled to Fulkerson Winery, Glenora Wine Cellars and Villa Bellangelo. Cab/Sauv, Cab/Franc, Merlot and Gewurztraminer produced a very elegant semi-sweet red wine with lots of very dark plum and black cherry and a velvety smooth finish. 14 (the west side).

Very positive in general, Sifton said this about the wine list: "Totally acceptable selection, but much better to experiment among the 23 beers on tap and large selection of bottled beers that have traveled here from Britain, from Brooklyn, from Germany, from France." had no beer to bring, so I brought wine. Will not happen again.

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.

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.

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. Hence, crap.

Similarly, the trip up Monte Bello Road is a wine lover's purgatory: The road is much too narrow, the mountain is much too high, and it is impossible to travel faster than a snail. Wooden crosses line the road, where, I presume, luckless travelers have fallen. This is a white knuckled trip, but I can never wait to just get there.

He travels frequently and greatly enjoys his work with a small group of wine makers, mostly in Germany, France, and Austria. This wine is Cabernet Franc, Pinot Meunier (yes, you read that right), and a third mystery grape which the producer will not reveal. "I drank a few of your wines recently and I really like them.

Some globe-trotting winemakers travel between countries by private jet. Friedrich Wilhelm Becker travels by car. Although his vineyards span two countries, Germany and France, they are really only one kilometer apart. But is the Becker wine “German&# if it is technically grown in France? So what about the wines?

Thierry Puzelat picked me up in Blois and we traveled the 25 minutes to Valaire and L'erbe Rouge, his girlfriend's restaurant. There, Joe was meeting his group of travelers. Like so many winemakers in France, the yields in this vintage were extremely low. Joe was there with a snoodly cap on his head, looking fatigued but happy.

You were in Chelsea traveling west and then south. Later, you are in another taxi, traveling much too fast around the tip of Manhattan, up the FDR, and across the Brooklyn Bridge, the semi-lit docks and Governor's Island in the distance. Tags: Cellar Selection France 2006 Chateauneuf du Pape 4 stars No that's not right.

The spies in France tell me that Guy Bossard, one of the great masters of Muscadet has put his domaine up for sale. The spies in France tell me that Guy Bossard, one of the great masters of Muscadet has put his domaine up for sale. Shes a treacherous mistress." The wine situation was just as dicey.

The spies in France tell me that Guy Bossard, one of the great masters of Muscadet has put his domaine up for sale. They're dropping like flies. Though we all knew it to be false advertising, our only other choice was Doner Kebab, which might have been the better option. The wine situation was just as dicey. Just then, with glass

It's not much, but if you decant wine into four of these guys on to the plane (so far, went through twice and not stopped once), there is enough to have a modest glass of wine, a piece of cheese, an ambien and wake up to La Belle France I got it. I've been looking for a way to smuggle wine on the plane for three years now.

Friend of the blog and leading travel blogger Mark Ashley sent in this photo from his flight to Munich last week: yes, he ordered the infamous Rich prosecco in a can! Oddly enough, I’d just been noticing an increase in wine appearing in airline ads from Qantas to Air France to Lufthansa.

I'm going to France. travel with Peter Liem and a friend of his to visit producers and drink wine, to eat at all sorts of restaurants, and who knows what else. Big announcement - my wife, the ever generous and understanding BrooklynLady, has decided that I should go on a trip before our second baby comes at the end of December.

My advice on traveling to Mexico: Do what we did. Mexico is a difficult place to find a good bottle of wine. Those were a Seavey cabernet and a Hansell chardonnay I purchased at Scotto's Wine Cellar nearby before we left. I've listed what we tasted, below, in no particular order. drink beer.  2004 Mouton Cadet Bordeaux. Pirque, Chile. 2006 M.

European vines traveled to California in the mid 19th century. By the 1980's there were more chardonnay vines planted in the state of California than in all of France. I am going to start this one with a recent quote from the San Francisco Chronicle: It all started, ".when Most fruit wasn't so good." Among them were wine makers.

I traveled the wine world.  I tasted France, Italy, Chile, New Zealand, Australia and some California wines.  tasted many of the wines with a friend and we focused on old world regions such as France and Italy. It has been a while, but it is fall portfolio tasting season.  TOO MUCH WORK.  The tasting was great.  Really great!

Their 2004 cabernet which is actually a Bordeaux blend of 76% Cabernet, 18% merlot, 4% Petit Verdot & 2% cab franc. We then tried the 2004 Sonoma county "tre'sor", a bordeaux blend containing all 5 varietals, 63% Cab, 16% Malbec, 11% Petit Verdot, 6% Cab Franc & 4% Merlot. Sangiovese is often a lighter red with greater acidity.

then had a Rose' made from Cab Franc before moving on to the reds. had a 2004 " The Sisters " Cab made with 8% Cab Franc. My day began in LA with an early flight from LAX to SFO. rented a car at SFO and made my way to wine country. My day started with one of the places I neglected to take notes. Havens had some really nice wine.

had been learning all I could about French wine and because my blog focused on wines under twenty bucks my travels through the country via New York City wine shops eventually took me to Cahors. have looked and looked and found minimal information on the details of how Malbec made it from France to Argentina. The answer is yes we do.

After the Romans took Greece and all their traditions from Polytheism to art and.well.wine Spain eventually came under Roman rule where her wines enjoyed some substantial travel showing up in England, far reaches of France such as the Loire valley and Germany. wonder if this is when garnacha was introduced to France as Grenache?

Hes traveled down this road and hes sticking to it no matter what. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Come to a Reading? Main | Hearty Burgundy at Sanford? Do check it out. good chunk of it puts me to use more than it takes me to task. None of it traditional, just post WWII innovations.

In the late 1800's after the country had gained it's independence rich Chileans traveled the world and brought back with them vine cuttings of wines that are staples of the their wine industry today such as carmenere and cabernet sauvignon. I have been away for a bit. Sorry ‘bout that. Hopefully we can bring that across. Pretty cool.

People actually thought it was a strand or relative of the cab franc grape and maybe that is why they just ignored it. Oh it's just a cab franc in a bad area. He has traveled there and speaks the language. I have been searching unofficially for this little grape for some time now. Their story is of renaissance. It makes sense.

The Cabernet Franc is my favorite, there is also the Cot (known elsewhere as Malbec), and the Cuvee Granit, a blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot, I think. had the Cab Franc with the cod, served slightly chilled as it should be. Or the food is too bland, too salty, or improperly cooked. This is just a comfortable place to eat.

But before I completely leave France, I want to mention a few of the places we ate in Paris, and share a few notes. BrooklynLady is so good at sussing out restaurants before traveling. Thank you France! That's right, I have now finished posting about our Burgundy trip. very small space, but thankfully nonsmoking. Magnifique!

BrooklynLady and I are going to France in November: 5 days in Paris and 4 in Burgundy. We are having a baby in February and this is essentially the last time we can travel for over a week together without young'uns. So we're off. Please share your knowledge or your heresay - we need help planning!

There are several top notch producers of Savennieres, including Domaine du Baumard, Chateau d'Epire, and Nicolas Joly, proprietor of Clos de la Coulee de Serrant, one of only 3 vineyards in France to have status as its own appellation. The 2003 vintage, as in most of France, was very hot. Did you notice that? Mais bien sur!