This night at dinner I also met two key women who were to be our guides, Geraldine Giroux, marketing manager who works very closely with Marie-Louise Schyler and travels to all the properties, and Andrea Hanyecz, whose title of sales manager for Disznoko doesn’t seem to match her many and varied responsibilities. The Control Room. MORE >>

In my life time, I believe, the Goutal line was all natural scent before Annick died, after (and after the sale to.LVMH?)the And we were surprised to find that our first vintage, grenache/mourvedre, is delicious and very old-world, like a simple ctes du Rhone. Main | Hearty Burgundy at Sanford? Do check it out. Yin and yang, right? MORE >>

We could be at Oko Time in Ukiah drinking some absolutely fantastic REAL Handley Riesling or a surprising grenache from Eaglepoint. Dollar sales of super and ultra-premium Chardonnays grew 8% off a huge base in 2007, four times the rate of the total Chardonnay category. Maybe a vindaloo will cool me down. Lime pickle should help, too. MORE >>

They carry a huge assortment of wines and spirits with rare wines, from small estates, but most of his sales are bottles under $15. Having a Cote du Rhone designation, this Loubie Rose blend of Cinsault, Grenache and Syrah comes from 40 year old estate grown vines. MORE >>

After doing some wine sales out in Brooklyn this week I stopped by some friends who moved out to hipster Brooklyn.  Tags: sediment Uncategorized grenache garnacha so TV Time part 1 was dominated by TV talk.  And I really want to get away from any non-wine related writing.  That said, I can not resist a quick follow up.  It is [.]. MORE >>