Non-Sparkling Red Wine From Champagne?
Savouring and learning about still Champagnes is a rite of passage to becoming a wine wizard.
Coralie et Damien Delecheneau Trinqu'âmes 2018 (Touraine, Loire Valley)
The 4.5 year-old, medium-yellow Trinqu’âmes Touraine Sauvignon saw significant development with notes of honey and wet rock that is almost Chenin-like. Delicious with foie gras.
Pascal Clément Savigny-Les-Beaune “Dessus les Vermots” 2017, Bourgogne, France
Wine review: Pascal Clément Savigny-Les-Beaune “Dessus-les-Vermots” 2017. As far as wine is concerned, infanticide is not a felony but an inevitable guilty pleasure that will haunt us until the end of time. (89/100)
Domaine des Echardières “Le Long Bec”, Touraine Chenonceaux Blanc
A few weeks ago, an unexpected encounter with this Touraine Chenonceaux at a liquor store caught me by surprise. A rare sighting, because their wines are so hard to find!
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Make Love. Drink Rosé. Vice Versa.
The thing about love is that you will never run out of it. It's an ever-flowing river, and this river is pink.
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10 Red Grape Varieties in the Loire Valley
How is a wine region as emblematically north as the Loire Valley capable of producing serious red wines? Despite its northerly position in the world map of wine, Loire is a mosaic of multiple terroirs and climats that allow red varieties to not only thrive, but to produce wines that highlight each appellation’s remarkable diversity and unique personas.