“May we be of service with the menu?” asks a fellow restaurant guest with an English accent, seeing a friend and I discussing amongst ourselves the translation of the menu at l’Auburge Du Porche, a charming restaurant and Inn near…
“Welcome to Chateau Paloumey,” says Martine Cazeneuve, owner and winemaker of this 22-hectare, award-winning, Bordeaux Supérieur property. Fashionably dressed and accessorized, Madame Cazeneuve greets me at the door with her public relations executive Barbara Engerer. I am tasting my way…
Bonjour,” says English-speaking Jerome Juhe, part of the winemaking team at Chateau La Lagune. Handsome and compact with dark hair and electrifying enthusiasm for his company’s wine, he guides me through the remarkably modern and clean winemaking facilities, of which…
Do you equate delicious cuisine and fine wine with a slimming regime? No? If not, you are in for a surprise. By now you have probably heard about French Women Don’t Get Fat and other books of this ilk. The…
Hi – I am writing to you from the (rainy) Napa Valley, where I am attending the Symposium for Professional wine writers. Even better than last year! I will report more when I’m back in NYC. Also, please try out…
At some point in your life, you might have entertained the fantasy of living your life in the most elegant of French Chateaux. Of course, the chateau would look like Cinderella’s castle and would be located on a small hill,…
“Would you like to start with Champagne?” the waiter asks as you and your Sweetie sit down to celebrate Valentines Day. As this is a day set apart for sparklers, your answer should be, “Of course.” Even people who prefer…
“My grandfather created Château Cailleteau Bergeron in 1933,” says Pierre-Charles Dartier, a tall, affable fellow with the rugged, camera-ready good looks of a football star, standing in front of his family’s winery with his sister and partner, Marie Dartier. It…
“I started this winery in 1979,” says handsome, blue-eyed Jean-Louis Reculet, showing me around his vineyard and winery on a crisp January Sunday afternoon. A fat family cat scampers amongst the vines, just now in the midst of being pruned….
