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Provençal Pairings: Wine with FoodA Fight to the Finish
Not everything goes as planned. I had, in hand, what I hoped would be a knock-your-socks-off white for this month’s wine with food pairing. However, it wasn’t meant to be. Sometimes, like people, good wines go bad. It wasn’t corked but, wow, it smelled like dank gym shoes and it tasted much worse. It was ruined, most likely, during a long and arduous transit from New Hampshire to Arizona back to New York and again back to Arizona in 100°F (38°C) ambient temperatures, and most assuredly hotter temps in cargo on the tarmac.
Susan had brought it with her as a special treat for us, and - to be sure - for you. Alas, the airlines “forgot” to unload her luggage, thus... [...]
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Domaine du Paternel is Just One Great Reason to Visit Cassis
Mention wine from Provence and one surely conjures up images of rosé. After all, pink wine does account for close to 90% of all wine produced in the region. But, there are pockets of Provence that run counter to its... [...] -
LE P’TIT RESTO: A SMALL RESTAURANT WITH A GREAT WINE LIST
Long before I was able to score a table at Le P’tit Resto, a small restaurant, rather unassuming in appearance and tucked into the tiny Place de la Marie in the charming village of Vaugines, I had heard about its stellar wine list. How... [...] -
GABRIEL GIUSIANO, THIRD GENERATION VIGNERON AT PEY BLANC, FOLLOWED THE GRAPES
When you work in a vineyard, you are intimately involved with nature. All year long, you tend to the vines—prepping soil, pruning vines... [...]
Provençal Pairings: Wine with Food
Provençal Pairings: Wine with FoodMix and Match
Generally, when serving a meal, I like to pair the wines with the region from which the food comes. It’s not always possible - Asian food, for example - but, when making Italian dishes (even as specific as Sicilian fare) there are so many good local wines available for pairing.
However, if you look slightly northwest out your window in Palermo, Sicily, you might be able to see the coast of France, and - more specifically today - the Costières de Nîmes region, from which today’s wine comes. (Yes, Sardinia is in the way of your view... but work with me.)... [...]
Musings and Memories of a Wine Maven: Notes Too Long for the Cellar Book
Musings of a Wine MavenAre you ready for a wine cellar in 2018?
A wine cellar can be defined in various ways. In its basic element, I define it as a place to stash wine.
My first was a nine-bottle wooden rack placed at the back of a clothes closet on the seventh floor of an air-conditioned apartment building in New York City. Since that humble beginning, my storage space has hitched itself to my business-related moves to no less than fourteen [...]
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
Acquiesce Winery’s Sparkling Grenache Blanc to Debut on Friday, July 13
Grenache Blanc is widely grown in both Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Côtes du Rhône. If you are lucky enough to be familiar with Acquiesce Winery in Lodi, California, you know that they have a vine or two of this grape variety. It was a white Châteauneuf-du-Pape wine – typically some combination of Grenache Blanc, Roussanne, Picpoul Blanc, Clairette Blanche, Picardan, and Bourboulenc -- that propelled Acquiesce proprietor Sue Tipton into serious winemaking. In fact, she began... [...]
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