Buongiorno tutti! In reflecting upon today's introduction, it reminds me of how Life has a funny way of unfolding sometimes.......destiny's cards are dealt, and we play our hand. [ READ MORE]
Bonjour les amis du vin, This is an image of the heart of Savigny les Beaune of Burgundy's Cote de Beaune. Map of Savigny The purple colored parcels are village level [ READ MORE]
Bonjour et joyeuses fetes a tout le monde! Of the growers that I work with, there are a few elder statesmen whose depth of knowledge/experience, serene grace, stirringpresence, and masterful [ READ MORE]
Bonjour mes amis, Imagine, if you will, that it's the middle of the night in a sleepy alpine hamlet, the moon and stars shining brightly down upon the surrounding mountains. [ READ MORE]
Bonjour aux amis du vin, I first met Jean-Michel Deiss about 7 years ago. I had heard a great many things about this controversial inconoclast, but had very little hands [ READ MORE]
Bonjour a tout le monde, There is only one Cote Rotie. The "roasted slope" of the Northern Rhone is defined by its schist soils (flaky limestone and granite), STEEP terrain, [ READ MORE]
Bonjour a tout le monde! It was an honor and a pleasure to meet, taste, and walk the vineyards with Gerard Boulay this past June. I can only imagine what [ READ MORE]
Bonjour les amis du vin, (hello friends of wine) The highest peak of the European Alps is the monumental Mont Blanc, a year round glacier that is one of the [ READ MORE]
Ah, where to begin to introduce the Glory of German Riesling.....soooo misunderstood, sooo incredibly delicious..... Today's introduction takes us to the hauntingly sleepy town of Bockenau, in the seemingly 'outside [ READ MORE]
As I wind my way into the valley directly behind the much heralded villages of Puligny and Chassagne Montrachet, I am struck by a sense of entering a more pastoral [ READ MORE]
