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Provençal Pairings: Wine with FoodVin with Versatility
You know, from reading my posts, that I truly enjoy when a pairing is so perfect that it brings tears to my eyes. Sometimes, though, I find that there are wines that have no one perfect pairing, but have a versatility to go with many foods.
Today’s wine is such a wine. It reminds me of Audrey Hepburn... a knockout in a Givenchy gown, yet stunningly elegant in Capri pants, a cashmere shell and pearls.
Bandols, in general, are wines that can take on the quotidian burger... [...]
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MY DAY AT WINE PARIS 2019
Paris has long been known as the City of Light and the City of Love. Now, it might also lay claim to the title “City of Wine.” From the 11th through 13th of February, 26,700 wine professionals were drawn to the capital city for the inaugural Wine Paris event... [...] -
THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A BOTTLE
One of my therapist friends closed her message to me today by saying: “Happy New Year!” Catching herself, I suppose, she added, “That’s what I’m supposed to say, right?” She’s not my therapist but as she continued, I thought she really must be a darned good one as... [...] -
THANKSGIVING CHEZ MANFULL: WHICH WINE PAIRS BEST WITH GRIEF AND OTHER STORIES FROM AROUND OUR TABLE
On every Thanksgiving but one, there’s been a turkey on our table. The singular exception was 16 years ago... [...]
Provençal Pairings: Wine with Food
Provençal Pairings: Wine with FoodSmooth Operator
When I started writing this column - can you believe it has been four years? - I had never had a French Viognier. I was used to the sweet, strongly spiced American vintages which, I believe, have their place at the table. They are well-liked and, as soon as anyone here says, “Lobster with drawn butter,” someone else in the rooms puts a Viognier... [...]
Musings and Memories of a Wine Maven: Notes Too Long for the Cellar Book
Musings of a Wine Maven Rosé Vintage Importance: With Ten Seconds To Choose, Which Rosé Will It Be?
Numerous studies have been conducted in the food industry on what influences shoppers’ buying decisions. I came across several such studies during my printing equipment sales career, as print quality of the package can have enormous impact, positive or negative, at the moment of selection. What stands out in my mind today from... [...]
Diary of a Master of Wine in Provence
Diary of a Master of Wine in ProvenceProWein and Vinisud Conversations: Breaking the Stereotype of “Provence-Style Rosé”
One of the comments I often hear when going around international wine exhibitions is, ‘We make our rosé in a Provence or southern French style.’ What this means is that the wine has minimal skin contact, making a pale pink, dry wine with delicate fruit character.
This confuses me. Most producers... [...]
Off the Via Domitia
OFF THE VIA DOMITIAHOW MARKUS NIGGLI VENTURED INTO MAKING EUROPEAN-STYLE WHITE WINES IN LODI, CALIFORNIA
Markus Niggli—founder of Markus Wine Co. at Borra Vineyards in Lodi, California-- is an exceptionally talented and savvy winemaker who started making his own small-production line of edgy, artisanal white wines in 2010. He was not quite 40 years old [...]
Wine Snoops
Madeleine Herbeau of Château Barbebelle Visits New England
Madeleine Herbeau of Château Barbebelle in Provence dropped by Portsmouth, and PWZ rendezvoused with her and Top Terroir importer, Jacques Navarre, over lunch at La Maison Navarre.
You can catch up with her today, Sunday April 7, at the MN Wine Bar (in La Maison Navarre in downtown Portsmouth, NH) from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m., and taste her award-winning rosés and, perhaps, a little red and white wine as Herbeau and her team excel in those colors, too.
My husband Towny and I had the pleasure of tasting her namesake line of wines (all three colors) and [...]
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