Think of Calabria and what is the first thing that springs to mind? For me (a classic film buff) it is the Fellini film The Nights of Calabria. So you can imagine my surprise at an invitation to taste wines…
“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…
When gregarious Robin Kelley O’Connor – popular wine educator and now Director of Sales and Education at Sherry Lehmann – begins a short introductory speech during a Grand Cru tasting event showcasing wines from three key Bordeaux producers, wine aficionados…
Looking for a vibrant new wine to try with dishes of summer? Sure, you can go the Chardonnay route or set down a bottle of Sauvignon Blanc, but if you run in some of the cooler wine circles you risk…
Quick! When you think of Burgundy wine, what is the first thing that comes to mind? “Expensive” is one possible word. Everyone around the world has heard about the famous tiny vineyards where wines can sell for hundreds of dollars…
Ah, the Malbec grape! In Argentina, Malbec forms the basis of a rich, ripe wine with flavors of sun-warmed plum and a velvety texture. In its hometown of Cahors in southwest France, Malbec can take on hundreds of guises, from…
Do you love Italian wine? Join the crowd – Italian wine is one of the most popular imports; and with over a thousand grape varieties and many different climates, soil types, and elevations, one can easily spend a lifetime understanding…
Quick! Imagine yourself in a restaurant or wine shop. You want a Riesling wine, yet you are savvy enough to know this grape lends itself to luxuriously rich dessert wines or bone dry wines with incredible mineral content. Just looking…
Ah, the Jura! For most Americans, this French region calls up images of dinosaurs and scenes from the film Jurassic Park. Yet for wine lovers, this region brings forth memories of delicious and unusually long-lived (mostly white) wine. How long-lived?…
Ah, the Jura! For most Americans, this French region calls up images of dinosaurs and scenes from the film Jurassic Park. Yet for wine lovers, this region brings forth memories of delicious and unusually long-lived (mostly white) wine. How long-lived?…
One of my favorite movies of all time is A Good Year with Russell Crowe, which tells the story of a hard-living London banker who inherits his uncle’s vineyard in Provence, meets not one but three women of his dreams,…
