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... [...]
Provence Wines
Provence in a Can – Pure Inspiration
As craft beer brewers have demonstrated, cans are cool. Gone is their "dad's beer" reputation. Cans are environmentally friendly, cheap, provide superb protection, and can go where bottles dare not tread. And, because they offer more surface area than a bottle label, cans provide an artist's pallet for creative... [...]
CHÂTEAU MIRAVAL TO RELEASE A HIGH-END ORGANIC ROSÉ THIS SUMMER: MUSE DE MIRAVAL
Marc Perrin of Château de Beaucastel fame dropped by The Pierre Hotel in Manhattan’s Upper East Side this past week for chat with a small group of... [...]
Thank God It’s Roséday Friday
I found myself in St. Tropez this week at the elegant Château de la Messardière, a five-star hotel overlooking the bay of Pampelonne. There, I attended an official press conference on the inauguration of International Rosé Day, brainchild of... [...]
4TH GENERATION VIGNERONNE TAKES CHÂTEAU BARBEBELLE TO THE NEXT LEVEL
“My father gave me something very, very good,” Madeleine Herbeau, Director of Château Barbebelle told me recently. “The Château was already very successful with good quality and [...]
Provençal Pairings: Wine with FoodAnd the Oscar Goes to…Fleur de l’Amaurigue
When you prepare for a wine pairing, and you go into it knowing that the wine has already won a Gold at the Concours Général Paris or, as it is known colloquially, the Oscars of wine, your expectations are naturally high.
I am always happy when my expectations are... [...]
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... [...]
An International Rosé Day is Launched from Provence
There's yet another reason to celebrate rosé (and, of course, drink it!). The brainchild of Valérie Rousselle, owner of Châteaux Roubine and Sainte Béatrice, Provence now has its own International Rosé Day. Beginning June 22, 2018, every fourth Friday of June [...]
Mark Your Calendars: Vinexpo New York To Return Next Year
Vinexpo made its debut in New York on March 5 and 6, with about 500 exhibitors from 23 countries. About 3500 people attended, including moi with my husband (who doubles as a PWZ photographer). Provence WineZine writer Jerry Clark also attended, in the role of taster for [...]
Provençal Pairings: Wine with FoodWine and Spice and Everything Nice
When Susan and Alex were here in December, we went on a bit of a (wine) shopping spree. Shocking, right? One of the wines we bought was a 2015 Le Caillou from Le Clos du Caillou in the Côtes du Rhône appellation. The proprietor of the wine store raved [...]
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