When Champagne isn’t
Under the terms of the Australia-European Community Agreement on Trade in Wine, on the first of this month, Australia became the latest …
A softer and lighter Bordeaux-style wine from South West France – Fronton
Not your “everyday” wine With the proliferation of value wines from around the globe, it’s challenging to find one that is not …
Kenzo Estate: Napa Valley luxury wine through a lens of Japanese culture
Kenzo Tsujimoto, Chairman of publicly held Capcom Co., Ltd., is the owner of Kenzo Estate, a 15,000 case production winery in the …
A retro look at the wines of Chile in America
The wines of Chile may be viewed today as inexpensive, everyday wines but its export history to the U.S. suggests a more …
Women helping women in wine, part II
Women don’t make better wine, or more feminine wines, they just have a different approach. As I wrote last year, consortiums of …
An early glimpse of the 2011 Burgundy vintage
It only takes 10 days to get a real sense of the unpredictability of Burgundy weather and why vintages matter so much …
Dining well in Burgundy
The adjective that most commonly precedes chardonnay and pinot noir wines is “food-friendly” and when one travels to the cradle of chardonnay …
Fun reading before that France trip – Stuff Parisians Like
Whether you visit Paris as a long weekend trip or stop over for a day or few before you continue on …
The case for luxury malbec from Argentina
Americans love malbec from Argentina. It is consistently good, fruit-driven and best of all, a great value at $10-15/bottle. Argentine exports of …
Inaugural Champagne Grand Tasting tour makes a big splash in San Francisco
The Champagne Bureau, the official US representative of the Champagne Wine Council (Comite Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne, or CIVC), completed its …