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Provençal Pairings: Wine with FoodLove is in the Air
Love is in the Air... and in my glass. It’s D’lovely!
This month, we continue our salute to 2019 rosé wines — a summer-long celebration of our mutual love of all (or most all) wines pink. Especially those from our beloved Provence.
Love, by Château Léoube, a certified organic rosé, is a truly enjoyable, perfect summer quaff. With all the difficulties in our world these days, it’s so nice to have something pleasant and fun, like food and wine that sing together. You see, it’s This Crazy Little Thing Called Love. (Please enjoy — or excuse — all the love song references this month!)
As with their other cuvées, the bottle for Love... [...]
Provençal Pairings: Wine with Food
Provençal Pairings: Wine with FoodPraemonitus, Praemunitus
Praemonitus, praemunitus. How is your Latin? Not so good? Don’t worry — neither is mine. But this 15th century Latin proverb, when translated, will be very familiar. “To be forewarned is to be forearmed.” A little insider knowledge can make a big difference, as it helps us to be... [...]
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KITÁ WINES: FOR NATIVE AMERICAN WINEMAKER TARA GOMEZ, DREAMS DO COME TRUE
By the time Tara Gomez graduated from high school in 1991, she knew she wanted to be a winemaker. In many ways, she had been preparing for that role her whole life. But, she probably never imagined she would be making wine for her tribe, the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians in the American Viticultural Area (AVA) of Santa Barbara, California, or that she would also co-own a nearby winery, Camins 2 Dreams, with her wife Mireia Taribó, a winemaker, that specializes in natural wines. Dreams do... [...]
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Swedish Wine Writer Wins Coveted Award for his Book on Provence Wines
Göran Boman was recently honored with the prestigious international Gourmand World Cookbook Award for his 2018 book entitled The Wines of Provence – Tricolour. Accordingly, this book is the “Best in the World” in the category “French Wine“! I learned that this competition has been likened to the film competition in the Oscars. Woo-hoo, Göran Boman!
This very informative and well-written book covers... [...]
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Cassis: A Timeless AOC
Cassis is the most beautiful AOC (appellation d'origine contrôlée) in France: the vineyards cling to the slopes of a magical amphitheater that plunges towards the shimmering Mediterranean. The Phocaeans (ancient Greeks for Asia Minor) must have been... [...] -
Hermitage – the finest manifestation of Syrah and Marsanne
Standing guard with a fabulous view looking south over the Rhône Valley is the magnificent hill of Hermitage, crowned by the famous chapel of St Christopher... [...] -
THE INTRIGUE OF LOURMARIN’S DOMAINE DE LA CAVALIÈRE AND ITS NATURAL WINE
In August, the tiny villages of Provence swell with visitors from around the world. In Lourmarin, the charming Luberon village where luminaries like Henri Bosco, Albert Camus, and... [...]
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