Br Well I had spent the day overeating and overdrinking at Dominique and Abels annual codfest their excuse for making a Portuguese meal Abel is from Lisbon on the nameday of their village. br There were his wines wines from uncle Serge the Cotats Alphonse Mellot the MassonBlondelets and many others including wines from California. br And tasting Berthomes wines at the Salon des Vins de Loire confirmed my confidence. Should you want to contact me you can email me at eleasharose br Then you can fire as many questions as you can think of. br br October In TastingNotes the CouleedeSerrant subjected to the threedaytasting test. br Silex also barrel fermented and aged is made from to yearbr old vines on the silexrich soils which Dagueneau believes make the mostbr structured intellectual Pouillys
Beautifully balanced it makes a superb aperitif and absolutely inspires culinary creativity as do the and which I tasted in early. He prunes severely debuds deleafs cluster thinsbr and keeps yields under often well under hlha. But when a wine vintage or style is the fulcrum of such dramatically divergent lines of thought there is at work an even stronger set of agreedupon paradigms. A similar situation pertains not just to judging gymnastics judging dogs in show or in other where paradigms function in an evaluative context but also I would argue in any scientific enterprise. br br July It would be funny if its implications werent so scary. br br June Back from an actionpacked winesoaked trip. The Bordeaux grapes merlot the cabernets clearly dont work here. Like abr politician he sometimes exaggerates while his claim about cocktailsbr may be true in some cases it does not apply across the board atbr least according to my tastebuds
Arrive at home grass and weeds in ecstasy indoor plants dead freezer frozen shut. Just offhand without doing any research other than consulting my own book on French wine the following very dynamic ChateauneufduPape domaines have cuvees that are pure or nearly pure Grenache Domaine Bosquet des Papes Domaine de la Charbonniere Domaine de Christia. br br July In FrenchFeast first installment of the solid side of my birthday feast. br Also I have just posted the. My poor baby was in the hospital to wit the Apple Store at the Carrousel de Louvre last time I will use an Apple Store for anything but thats another story and I was in the country. Version will probably go live before its actually finished. Silex is also priced like one atbr roughly. And in a sense to have said that was far from wrongheaded because the classic Kimmeridgian wine in question was not a Chardonnay but rather a Chablis. br br In Chicago there is a center Mathers More Than a Cafe with some unusual offerings. March The Back Story br If youre old enough to remember when the Beatles electrified America on The Ed Sullivan Show and if say years after that you fell in love with wine you may recall having graduated from Mateus Lambrusco and Chianti in jugs that would later become candle holders to Bordeaux Bordeaux Bordeaux and later becoming excited by the new wines coming out of California which brought you back to France and maybe to Italy and perhaps to Spain for a Rioja when you were feeling adventurous. March In WineTastingNotes a report on the delicious Sancerres from Domaine BaillyReverdy. But this wont matter to you as youre searching for warmer climes. Theres practical info at the bottom of the list. br br March Thoughts on Vintage in FrenchFeast
Was a weak vintage but the economic climate was strong is the inverse. But in our view freeing it from the Senior stigma would have boosted attendance and been a resource that the entire community could enjoy. On a par with the best of ChermetteVissoux. In Jackiezine a newsfeed about water into wine. br br November In OutampAbout RougePassion a restaurant a wine bar in Pariss th arr. The wine is so sui generis. br br September I am Piper chapman dating poussey off to Apulia on Sunday to taste wine and olive oil for a week. It was firm tense mineral and hookup spots near me fresh. How to bring back food on the plane They had only the most rudimentary takeout paraphernalia ie aluminum barquettes wrapped in butcher paper. br Fortunately there is a trend in this country to update the traditional concept love after hook up of a senior center and in the process make them attractive to many more people
The new appellations can make good even excellent country wines that will sell for reasonable prices. He came down on weekends. When people ask for specifics I say How much time have you got The list of lapses and blunders would read like Bernie Madoffs Bill of Particulars. I do hope to write about my favorite NY restaurants as well as a highprofile nonfavorite and would like to post something about NY wine lists or should I call them drinks listsbr In the meantime Im trying to get back to Volume II Touraine. He was years old. Of course you want to linger drink a glass matchmaking chat cs go or two
Ive gotten through all my Reuillys except for the mixed carton from JeanMichel Sorbe tomorrow and was finally going to finish my Thanksgiving notes. br br br Email from my pal Abel Osorio vigneron at Domaine Nau in Bourgueil in response to my query about the harvest. I told you it wasnt wine related. br br May Church bell is striking noon. Nearly a month after they were supposed to open they still needed prompting
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Br br May Ive been slightly under the weather with a mild stomach virus and have restricted work activities to transferring tasting notes from notebook to MacBook and contacting winemakers or trying to who have yet to send samples for Loire. The grapes will be picked when just turning yellow by tri wines will almost always be totally dry and malo do you support interracial dating will be blocked if possible. Blood drives community meetings and voting takes place there so it does serve the larger community as well. This was just me Benjamin and his wife MarieAude. brAugust Second installment in the continuing saga of the Wine Weekend in FrenchFeast notes on the visit to Domaine des ChampsFleuris in the SaumurChampigny appellation followed by a tasting and Uptown hookup tacoma wa dinner chez moi
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