Corsica’s Domaine de Vaccelli: Sciaccarellu on Granite
Bonjour du Wild West du sud de la France, La Corse, as it is named in French, is often referred to as France's Wild West, a rustic and relatively untouched [ READ MORE]
Jean Collet of Chablis: Young Romain is Makin’ Moves!!
Bonjour d'un jeune homme qui saute en avance pour decouvrir le passe, Romain Collet is wasting no time. Since being handed the reigns of his family's deep holdings in some [ READ MORE]
Justin Boxler of Niedermorschwihr: the Majesty of the Sommerberg
Bonjour des pentes follement raides de Niedermorschwihr, Today's quixotic intro is the result of pure kismet, an unintentional collision of passion meets unlikely overlapping threads of circumstance. I have visited [ READ MORE]
Marie Therese Chappaz : Queen of the Terraced Valais
Bonjour du royaume terracé de la Reine du Valais. In early June, I had the pleasure of finally visiting with one-of-a-kind soul sister Marie-Therese Chappaz of Fully, Switzerland. In just [ READ MORE]
Stephane Tissot: Redefining the possible in the wild Jura
Bonjour d'une boule d'energie qui ne connait pas le mot quitter, One week ago Thursday, I spent a misty morning with the [ READ MORE]
Roucas Toumba: Bouletin’s Simple Genius
Bonjour de la terre du Mistral, Today's introduction takes us to sleepy medieval Vacqueyras, town of 100 inhabitants in France's southern Rhone valley. Nestled in between the towering Dentelles de [ READ MORE]
Josephus Mayr: Mountain nectars of Lagrein and Schiava
Guten tag ancora in Italia? In the Dolomites of Alto Adige in Italy's northeast, just east of Bolzano where the mountain walls narrow into a steeply sloped valley, flows the [ READ MORE]
Passopisciaro: Setting the high bar on Sicily’s Mt Etna
Buongiorno Amici, Sicily's Mt Etna has exploded.....no, not a volcanic eruption, which is very possible for this still active cauldron. Rather, the renewed interest and investment that has taken place [ READ MORE]
Sensational value of Santenay: Roger et Julie Belland
Bonjour aux amateurs de la Bourgogne! I too often hear people bemoan the lack of value to be found in Burgundy, that it is an overpriced minefield whose true beauty [ READ MORE]
Chianti’s Heart of Gold: Muratori, Montenidoli, and Vernaccia
San Gimignano rising out of the mist Buongiorno agli amici della vigna, Nestled in the Tuscan hills between Firenze and Siena, just outside of the idyllic medieval hilltop town of [ READ MORE]