Sommelier Raj Parr is teaming up with Arnot-Roberts to make a gamay. The French have a wine term that doesn’t translate. No, it’s not terroir. It’s vin de soif. wine that’s thirst-quenching is a fun drink that accompanies food or a moment but doesn’t dominate them. It’s lowish in alcohol and in price.

Granted, by picking the right reds–lighter varieties such as pinot noir, gamay, or poulsard–or the right vegetables–mushrooms or lentils–the problems are surmountable and the results rewarding. My wife has a dilemma: she loves red wine and she is a vegetarian. Not too much. Mostly plants.”) food and wine

A few minutes later, we see some more experimental vines including Savignan, the grape from the Jura area, and Gamay. Ah, Bollinger … Established in 1829 in Ay, France, it’s almost impossible to know the magic of this incredible Champagne house until one has experienced a tour led by M. Outside Bollinger, we were met by M. Bollinger herself.

This one is made of Gamay and Pinot Noir. I've been having a hard time with red wine lately. Okay, I never have a problem with mature Burgundy, or mature red wine in general. But when I'm alone and I feel like opening something to drink with dinner, or to just have a glass, I almost always reach for white wine these days.

Maison Louis Jadot Beaujolais-Villages, 2009 France The grapes (Gamay) are gently crushed, an extended maceration of 12-20 days gets you the extraction of color and tannins, then aged in French oak for 8 to 10 months. I'd like to thank Kristen and her good friends for helping me taste this flight of wine picks for Thanksgiving. SRP $40.

Gamay 2009 Louis Jadot Beaujolas-Village. News blue Gamay 2009 Louis Jadot Beaujolas-Village independence day july 4th NV Domaine Chandon Brut Classic. "Help! Need the PERFECT picnic wines to suit many foods and many guests this July 4th. What to buy !?". The wines listed below are under $20, widely available, and delicious. The Reds.

look to the left, and there is an MW giving an impassioned talk on Gamay from Beaujolais, with servers handing out each glass in a flight. Masterclasses. Arriving on Tuesday, I started off with the Circle of Wine Writers looking at a series of vertical tastings of Roederer properties including Pichon Lalande. More Excitement. Until 2012!

After all, Beaujolais, south of Burgundy, is home to the red wine grape Gamay, with the area known for its signature soils. Its red fruits, hints of red licorice, and violets make the Gamay even better in the company of salmon, tuna, chicken, turkey, veal, and fine cheeses. Beaujolais Blanc, Chateau du Chatelard Beaujolais 2009.

Fleurie from the edge of Moulin-a-Vent, this is more pinot-like than gamay, structure and elegance over fruit and ebullience. With all the hype about the Bordeaux campaign to pre-selling their 2010 wines, it made me think: surely there are more affordable, just as age-worthy alternatives out there. And around $30 a bottle? Under $30. Roda I.

gamay from Emile Heredia of Domaine de Montrieux in the Coteaux du Vendômois. All too often, French labels are stuffy. However, when it comes to good vin de table wines, puns and word play abound. Consider these from the Loire: This is a tasty yet tannic (thanks six-month maceration!) It’s labeled simply “G.&# With a spot over it.

The Inniskillin winery itself was created in 1975 by Donald Ziraldo and Karl Kaiser, across the street on 32 acres of Riesling, Chardonnay, and Gamay. so I am in Canada to celebrate the Icewine festival. It is a picture perfect snowy day and my host is Inniskillin winery, who has one of the most quality wines in the region.

It’s been a house staple here for a while but this vintage is particularly good, maintaining the snappy acidity of gamay but having a little more roundness thanks to the vintage. It’s a blend of gamay and pinot noir, made in a natural style. As is the nature of such lists, they generally skew to the fine and rare. The J.-P.

As a student in various wine educational programs, yes, I have – and when faced with several wines fitting this description, it can often be choosing between Pinot Noir, Gamay, and Cabernet Franc (assuming it is traditional old world varieties). would not know if they were Gamay, Pinot Noir, or Cabernet Franc. color: purple.

This wine opened slowly, as Foillard's wines tend to do, the nose building to a crescendo of ripe Gamay fruit and flowers, wet stone underneath. I love Jean Foillard's wines. There are many great Beaujolais wines, but if I were forced to choose only one to drink (and thank goodness I am not), I would choose Foillard's wines. You know, 3.14

The day begins at Domaine Langoureau in Saint Aubin, a white wine region with two small towns, Saint-Aubin and Gamay. The terroir lies between Gamay and the village of Saint-Aubin, with east-facing plots on a slope with clay limestone soil. As Jeanne-Marie drives toward the Chateau, I am a bit surprised. No Coats Needed in the Cellar.

2007 Claux Delorme Valençay , about $16, is a delicious blend of Malbec, Gamay, Cabernet Franc, and Pinot Noir. I was very fortunate to be invited to dinner by JD Headrick , the philosophical and articulate wine importer based in North Carolina. Headrick's portfolio is small, but well selected. Very fragrant, it really lingers on the finish.

It is also unmistakably Gamay from Beaujolais - you could identify this blindfolded simply by smelling it. Who says there's nothing good out there for about $10? There are good wines at that price point but they're harder to find than I can ever remember. What do I mean by "good?" drank two very good wines recently that cost me all of $10.80

Each of them made a reasonably priced gamay in the acclaimed 2009 vintage; I bought each for about $12 at Astor Wines and then tasted them head to head. The light red wine has that fun, fruitiness of gamay made with carbonic maceration while having enough structure to be more than simply thirst quenching.

The key is to choose a red wine that is low in tannin, which explains why Beaujolais from the thin-skinned Gamay grape, often is the prime red candidate for chilling. The Puzelat brothers–leading natural winemakers–have made this delicious blend that combines the fruit and fun of gamay with a bit of the structure of pinot noir.

This is practically waifish with a refinement that is already very pinot noir-like in the fashion of Burgundies with an Audrey Hepburn figure, but the flavors show gamay's tart wild-berry side seasoned with something I find myself calling "mealy" for lack of a better term, kind of reminiscent of cereal and multigrain, already past the primary.

You blend Pinot Noir and Gamay somewhere near Touraine and you can make a decent wine. Some of my favorite wines have just been released in new vintages. Buy the wines and drink them. Sure, pick a few that you are most interested in and lay a couple of bottles down, but these wines are drinking beautifully right now. Don't miss it. Pure joy.

With its soft and delicate structure you can pair it with foods as you would a Loire Gamay. Grillo is a white grape from Sicily that red wine drinkers would love! Something about this strong-willed grape that pairs well with firm, white fleshed fish such as swordfish or chicken with exotic spices. Let's take the white first.

Passetoutgrain is the rare red Burgundy that allows grapes other than pinot noir in the wine since it is a blend that includes gamay. The resulting wine combines the gulpability of gamay with the structure of pinot. Then our neighbor dropped by to collect his son and, in no time flat, the bottle was empty. Our sipping wine got gulped!

simple country wine, a Gamay from the Côte Roannaise, and it was delicious. Last week, for the first time in several years, I was really sick. didn't have a drop of wine for five days. Sounds crazy, but it's true. Imagine not drinking wine for five whole days! You'd have to be in prison, or shipwrecked, or completely knocked out with the flu.

Puzelat La Guerriere (cot & gamay) my choice. ++ It was love. I'm not sure opposites attract. Most of my friends seem to connect over similar palate, I mean my close friends 'get' the wines I love. Or at least I do, maybe I'm peculiar that way. Anthony is a fanatic about natural wines and presently on a European tour with Krall.

If you're a card carrier in the pineau d'aunis, gamay-and -proud- of -it The first time I had a wine from the Jura that I was aware of? It was about a decade ago at Acquavit. was there for dinner and saw this wine.Puffeney Vin Jaune. had no idea what to expect but I had heard buzz about the producer. ordered it.

The wines are quite obviously sisters, but they offer a different expression of Morgon Gamay. If I were putting together a Noah's Ark of wine, Jean Foillard's Morgons would represent the Beaujolais species. There are many lovable Beaujolais wines, but I love these the most. But when aFoillard Morgon opens up, it can be a very beautiful thing.

As in Cheverny, red wines from Valençay contain several grapes, typically some blend of Gamay, Pinot Noir, Malbec, Cabernet Franc. The 2006 vintage is 40% Gamay, 30% Malbec, 20% Cabernet Franc, and 10% Pinot Noir. the spiciness of the Pinot…the juicy "drink me" quality of the Gamay….and And it is inexpensive, too - under $20.

The fantasy was delicious, approachable wine from the United States, made from a distinctly Loire Valley Blend, cabernet franc and gamay! Yesterday over lunch at Cafe Rouge with Steve Edmunds (Edmunds St. John) yesterday, (we shared butter beans fritto. 2008 is lower in alcohol, fresh and, is now amongst my favorite white of California.

But the practice gets a big “oui&# in the appellation of Bourgogne-Passetoutgrains where the wines must be only one-third pinot noir with the balance the gamay grape. This straight up gamay (as opposed to the Passetougrains) from the strong vintage 2006 has a slight savory note to it as well as wild strawberries. Lot: 8.143.

She picked a declassified Cheverny, now a Vin de Table, a blend of Gamay and Pinot Noir by Christian Venier,a Loire hipster-natural-wine-biodynamic-producer. Pairing wine and food is something that, if approached seriously and with the right balance of art and science, can produce thrilling results. Overcompensating probably. So there.

We slurped back some delicious gamay from Christian Venier (Savio Soares, importer) and snuck in a little guerilla questioning to the young woman who asked for the VdT why she was here. My friend Lisa Donoughe, a brilliant publicist/strategist and the creator of the /a wanted to see a natural wine bar in action. think he knows I like organic."

2008 R Wines Mod Gamay, Geelong. I’m back from the fantastic Landmark Australia Tutorial. Above is a picture of (some of) the wines opened during the tremendous five days. Yes, it’s 249 bottles of wine on the wall! Really, I could post about each and every session since they were all so interesting and informative. Day One.

The home of Gamay is Beaujolais, the home of Pinot is Burgundy. Drawing on the New Yorker profile of Fred Franzia, champion of wine under $10, last week we pondered the puzzle of why so few low-cost wines–say under $10 (or, perhaps, $15)–made in America are just not tasty. Over 30 of you had your say in the post from last week.

Didier Monchovet Bourgogne Grand Ordinaire (tart, berry gamay) and a kick-ass cremant. Briefly noted picks. Domaine Derain (St. Aubin, Burgundy) Love their PetNat (sparkling Aligote) and the 2006 Le Bon as well as the '06 Mercurey which was tar and marshmallow. This one works Domaine Binner Everything from this Alsatian domaine is lovely.

Anyway, they do a completely charming Bourgone Grand Ordinaire (gamay) and a kick ass cremant and a 2003 hautes cotes de beaune very worth drinking. One of these days, I'll take a good note. But here are some picks from their terrific tasting. Derain: in St. Aubin, I visited Domique with Jenny & F in the winter. One of those Alsatian blends.

Seeing some space in one of our bags, I threw in three wines from the Loire: two bottles of Muscadet and a bottle of Gamay. I’m in an undisclosed location where rum is cheaper than Yellow Tail. We have the good fortune of being on a family vacation in the tropics. But what’s a wine lover to drink? Perhaps. rate it 100 points.

50 % Gamay, 35 % Pinot noir, 15 % Cabernet/Cot, I no idea if the wine, M. Yes, I got past the x-rays. I'm telling you, putting wine in these test tube like vials really works. didn't have a lot, but the vials (Domaine Deux Anes, premier pas) got me through. arrived to Paris. Picked up a Cheverny that I never had. Delicious.

Savennières has several top estates making great dry chenin, and the back roads of the greater Touraine, Coteaux-du-Loir and Anjou regions are just raging with eccentric producers and their eclectic lineups that are pushing the envelope with grapes like gamay and pinot d’aunis in addition to making brilliant chenin-based wines. The Loire.

It would be far too easy to choose the 2006 Clos Roche Blanche Cot or the 2007 Gamay or a Breton and so I thought, nothing. It would be far too easy to choose the 2006 Clos Roche Blanche Cot or the 2007 Gamay or a Breton and so I thought, nothing. Main | Abe on Pinot Grigio and a Call From Ethel. » Wine of the Year! Forget it.

I'll be pouring 2005 Boxler Sylvaner and 2007 Clos Roche Blanche Touraine Gamay at my Thanksgiving dinner this year. All good bloggers are supposed to tell you about the wines they will open for Thanksgiving. First of all Did you know that wine can be corked even if it is sealed with something other than cork? It, oddly, was also corked.

Other goodies too, like Gonon St Joseph, Brick House Gamay, Binner Pinot Noir.what fun! I'm not going to sugar-coat it for you, folks. grew up here and I understand its appeal, but New York City makes me crazy sometimes. There are other people waiting, you know - you can leave if you don't like it. Places like that make me so cranky.

Gamay is wildly food friendly! In 1395, Duke Philip the Bold outlawed the humble gamay grape from Burgundy, protecting the premium pinot noir by fiat. A few quick things about cru Beaujolais, the smaller, distinctive growing areas of Beaujolais. The Burgundy producers are coming! Prices are relatively low for grapes and real estate.

It is one of the most popular wines in France, normally made from Gamay grapes and fermented for just a few weeks then officially released for sale on the third Wednesday of November. Wednesday, November 12, 2008, NYC. Chamarre slightly twists the concept with a blend of 55% Merlot and 45% Syrah from different regions of France.

Pinot noir, gamay, barbera all make food-friendly wines that can be light in style as compared to, say, cabernet sauvingnon or zinfandel, which are fuller bodied (and often higher in alcohol). I like light reds. Talking about the flavor profile of wines, from light to full bodied is, in my view, a really constructive way to talk about wine.

Les Champs Libres VdT Lard, des Choix Rouge 2007 This is what you get when the teacher (Dard & Ribo( team up with their past student, (Hervé Souhaut)-in a syrah/gamay mix. Les Champs Libres VdT Lard, des Choix Rouge 2007 This is what you get when the teacher (Dard & Ribo( team up with their past student, (Hervé Souhaut)-in a syrah/gamay mix.

At 50-50 Pinot/Gamay it felt like it was trying too hard, a bit overpowering. I'm talking about wines from places and producers that I've liked in the past, things that I expected to like. Like this - the 2006 Luneau-Papin Domaine Pierre de la Grange Muscadet de Sèvre-et-Maine Vieilles Vignes at $12. This is Luneau-Papin for crying out loud!

2007 Clos Roche Blanche Touraine Cuv é e Gamay , $16, Louis/Dressner Selections. But after about 15 minutes the nose blossomed, showing sweet ripe gamay fruit, earth, herbs, stony minerals, and an energetic wildness running underneath. Another amazing Gamay from the Loire brought in by Dressner. Including tax. And what a wine!

Although 100% gamay, it is thicker than many Burgundies. Moulin-a-Vent means 'windmill' in French and is one of the most famous of the Beaujolais Crus. Oz Clarke wrote that Mouin-a-Vent is good and rich and will develop for 10 years. To me, this was a shocking Beaujolias. little bubblegum on the nose. One of the best Beaujolais I've tasted.

Such as, in no particular order: 1) 2005 Herv é Souhart VdP Le Souteronne (100% delicious Rhône Gamay). Jenny & François' tasting is something that I have come to look forward to. And they provide brief but comprehensive notes on their producers and wines - all in the same order in which the wines are poured. And then there is Binner.

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It's lovely right upon opening, but with a little airtime there are incredibly well defined aromas of pure and clean Gamay fruit, iron, and very mild brett. And it's not a cop-out to describe an aroma as "Gamay fruit." This wine smells like Gamay, and that's a beautiful thing, when done properly. It's part of their style.

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The Puzelats grow Pinot Noir, Gamay, Côt (called Malbec in Argentina), Bréton (called Cabernet Franc in the film Sideways ), Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Gris (called Pinot Grigio in Italy), and the rarely seen Pineau D'Aunis and Menu Pineau (called Arbois in the Jura). They buzz with energy, some say "wildness." Everything is good.

The Gamay grape is used primarily in the production of Beaujolais wines in France. This Baltailles Beaujolais 2004 is a cloudy light garnet color, probably unfiltered, with a bouquet that at first has a little more funk than I would expect, but transforms on the palate into a silky soft earthiness with high acidity and low tannins.

Cousin cultivates Gamay, Grolleau, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Cabernet Franc, and Chenin Blanc - there is something for everyone in this portfolio. NV Cousin-Luduc Saumur Brut , $26, Jenny & Francois Selections. This sparkling wine is no exception. first had it at the Jenny & Francois tasting back in March and liked it very much.

image/jpeg Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T Day 1: Deep color with a very fruity gamay nose. A bit over the top for me, but sweet and ripe with rich red berries.not too much to think about here, just a pleasing wine. Day 2:  Showed some real strengths after a night in the fridge and a warmup in the microwave.

2006 Domaine Ricard Le Clos de Variou, $10, Fleet Street Imports (100% Gamay For several months now the Euro is comfortably in the 1.5 range. Yup, it costs over $1.50 to buy one Euro. If you're in France, for example, and you exchange $100, you walk away with only 65 Euro, and that's before commissions and fees. We are in a recession.

liked all of the reds too, but I won't write about them here, except to say that the 2006 Touraine Gamay "Pouille" is aged in neutral barrels for a year before bottling and it achieves a complexity and lusciousness that you'd expect from the finest Cru Beaujolais. But of course I missed some great stuff. Pinon's wines. Did I just say that?

This is 100% gamay and it looks like fresh pressed grape juice, cloudy and pink. 2005 Romaneux-Destezet Souteronne VdP (Rhône) - gamay from 50-100 year old vines. Here are a few things that struck me during the tasting: If I had tasted blind, I would have guessed wrong on the grape varieties in many of these wines.

had the feeling that his only use for something like gamay would be mouth wash. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « The Winners in Global Warming | Main | Climate Change Conference: what stood out? » Global Warming & Wine Conference: M. The tasting was a blind one. Ten wines.

If you object to being objectified by Christian Chaussard and Nathalie Gaubicher, and refuse to drink this wine on the principal that they are complimenting your looks in exchange for purchasing and imbibing their juice, you could always go with You Are So Nice instead, a blend of Gamay and Malbec. Why, drink wine, of course.

The previous year it was a 2005 Clos Roche Blanche Gamay. home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Long Island Explained | Main | No Wine At Alices Restaurant This TDay » What Does the Top Wine of the Year Mean? slipped a polar fleece vest over my ice blue, silk, loungey thing. thought. moving.

went with a Gamay from the Loire Valley, a glass of 2006 O. I used to call this kind of post "Recent Sips," but I think I like this better. We went to Rosewater , a neighborhood favorite. They believe in using local and sustainably raised foods whenever possible, and the food is generally delicious. Just take a look at their wine list!

While I was drinking a charming Brignot rouge (gamay, pinot) and contemplating the Dard & Ribo St. But, I really am not into a raw food regime, which seems more like a religion. So big surprise when friends took me to Pure Food and Wine (54 Irving Place) and I found the food delicious. The wine had a different plot line. The wine is coded.

Actually, it's a blend of Pinot and Gamay, so maybe instead I should say that it's the finest under $15 red wine of the season. For red wine Pinot Noir, Gamay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and the obscure Pineau d'Aunis are allowed. Can you use 99% Pinot Noir and a touch of Gamay? It costs $13.50 Who knows.

couple of tidbits before we get into our real business, just to make sure that we're all on the same page: Gamay is the grape used to make red wine in Beaujolais. Yes, there is some white wine (Chardonnay) made in Beaujolais, but almost 99% of production is red wine, and it's all about Gamay. Don't worry, you haven't missed anything.

After that add a little Grenache and some merlot and round it off with small percentages of Gamay (really?) One coolest thing about life in New York City is central park. It is huge. But the best part is Sheep's Meadow. love sitting in the middle of it just staring at the people and taking in the skyline around me. Man, I love New York!

One thing I should mention - I did not include red grapes other than Cabernet Franc - no Pinot Noir from Menetou Salon or Sancerre, no Gamay from Anjou.I I bet all of you read Eric Asimov's column on Wednesday where he talks about learning about wine at home by having your local wine salesperson pick out a case, taste through it, etc. Enjoy

Made from Poulsard and Gamay, it is sweet, fruity, and funky all at the same time, and pleasantly bubbly. Warning : this is a really long post you might need to read it over several days, or during one day in which you are really bored at work. hauled my butt into Manhattan (!) Packed already, and only 1:10 PM. Impossible in this venue.

You know my motto, toujours gamay! home : wine recommendations : wine girl for hire : bio : articles : contact « Le Pere Pinard | Main | Chateaubriand Take Two » Dive: Morgon Moments (Part #4) February 28, 2007 Lunch was a set menu kind of an affair, which at fancy food things means that theres nothing I can eat. The 2005? Charm.

They use Malbec, Gamay, and even Cabernet Sauvignon in Muscadet, Anjou, and Saumur. BrooklynLady and BrooklynBaby, a few good friends, a little something tasty to eat, 6 bottles of wine, young red wine from the Loire Valley.you cannot really do much better than that on a Thursday night, or any night, I daresay. And at a fraction of the price.

Clos Roche Blance 2005 Gamay and the Pepiere 2005 Muscadet. All of the wines were as natural a babys bottom. The mystery wine was to be paired against a 2003 Tuscan IGT from Montesecondo. When the moment came, and the women tasted the wines, I took a vote on preference. More than half the room preferred the shiraz! was crestfallen.

The Vacqueyras we had was a blend of Syrah mostly and grenache and surprisingly some gamay according to the owner. Upon my initial sip I could see why the Gamay was in there. All I have to say is Fada. This little French bistro in Williamsburg (I put the link in the title of this post) on North 8th and Driggs is absolutely awesome!