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Evening with the Bourgogne Wine Alliance

So pleased to see Jeanne-Marie de Champs and Becky Wasserman along with some NYC based friends at the Bourgogne Wine Alliance, founded by these two ladies and several others in 1999 to promote top quality hand crafted wine from small Burgundian producers in addition to other commercial aims. Becky had several producers from her Le [...]



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Tale of Two Women in Burgundy

One of the most fun aspects of living in Manhattan is that is a city of "wine geeks" who often happen to work in the city’s best wine shops. Many of  them are generous enough to help me in the Master of Wine program by sending me boxes of wine, with each bottle covered in [...]



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Day 3: Cote de Nuits: 10th Edition Les Grands Jours De Bourgogne

To see Day 2 please click here To see Day 1 please click here   Today was the day to celebrate the Maconnais – one of the sunniest and most southern areas of Burgundy. The soil is limestone here and the wine is high in acidity, but riper than Chardonnay in the North. You can [...]



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Dinner with Negociant Becky Wasserman in Burgundy

… so it’s not often that one has dinner in a space that was formerly a stable.  That is, unless one is in Burgundy where the chic restaurant Ma Cuisine is built on the grounds of a former royal stable, and the very warm and welcoming home of negociant Becky Wasserman — in a charming [...]



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Secrets of Pairing Wine with Seafood at London Lennies

Awaiting the Tasting “Now this Volnay would go perfectly with salmon!” says Becky Wasserman, the vibrant American-born French wine importer and head of Becky Wasserman Selections who is giving a presentation to the eager young staff at London Lennie’s, a famous, casual, yet upscale high quality seafood restaurant in Queens that is celebrating its 50th [...]