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From Barrel to Bottle Tasting NYC

by Marisa D'Vari11 March 2010
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Sopexa JoLynn Howe (right)
… so I will be in Bordeaux in a few weeks to attend En Primeur … and so appreciated the snapshot of some of the 2009s showcased by Sopexa’s Le Cercle Rive Droite today for journalists and members of the trade. The 2009s were showing remarkably well! At the same time, Sopexa [...]

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A Visit to Chateau Haut Bailly

by Marisa D'Vari1 November 2009
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Wearing a bright red, very elegant, fitted jacket with glossy dark hair spilling over her shoulders, Noemie Ruelloux, communications manager for Chateau Haut-Bailly, welcomes me to the Chateau. Haut-Bailly is situated on the left bank of the River Garonne, south…

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Exploring Bordeaux

by Marisa D'Vari20 September 2009
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Bordeaux Map
Bordeaux. The name says it all. This whisper of a word conjures up images of luxury, gorgeous chateaux, elegantly dressed aristocrats, and lavish, sophisticated living.
We won’t even get into all the centuries of romance novel-style drama that must have included arranged marriages for the sake of building a family dynasty and all that, yet [...]

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Exploring Sauternes & Barsac

by Marisa D'Vari19 September 2009
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Sauturnes … yummy!
Luscious, sweet white wines with exotic, upscale Indian cuisine – who would have imagined it? When I received the invitation to attend a Cru Classes tasting of Sauternes and Barsac (both sweet white wine appellations in Bordeaux, France) with a lunch to follow, I already knew what to expect to eat. We’d start [...]

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Exploring Chateau Tayac

by Marisa D'Vari16 June 2009
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“Robert Parker spent an entire day here,” says the charming matriarch Annick Saturny, whose husband bought and created Château Tayac many decades ago. So far, this is the first Château I have visited that actually looks like the American ideal…

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Visiting Chateau Cailleteau Bergeron (Blaye)

by Marisa D'Vari26 May 2009
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“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…

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Tasting Bordeaux Grand Cru

by Marisa D'Vari25 May 2009
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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…

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Tasting Bordeaux

by Marisa D'Vari28 January 2009
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Andrew Bell, ASA (r) at Union Des Grands Crus de Bordeaux “If only people could imagine the riches!” says a wine connoisseur friend, standing in the gorgeous ballroom of the historic Waldorf Astoria hotel in Manhattan. It is a sunny…

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Tasting Chateau Faugeres

by Marisa D'Vari8 May 2008
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If you’ve seen the film A Good Year, you might recall that the Russell Crowe character, a financial wizard, inherits a winery in France and promptly sets off to sell it until he falls in love with the region. In…

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Tasting Chateau Laniote

by Marisa D'Vari7 March 2008

Quick! What does Saint Emilion mean to you? In your mind, does it represent the healing saint of the same name? Does it signify a quaint, ancient, walled village in Bordeaux? Or, for you wine lovers, does it represent chateaux…

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Chateau Guiraud’s Sweeet Sauternes

by Marisa D'Vari7 March 2008

Didier Galhaud, tall, dark, and slim, meets me at Chateau Guiraud in the Sauternes district of Bordeaux, and escorts me around the First Grand Cru Classe wine property, known for the spectacular sweet wine called Sauternes. Grey mist swirls around…

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A peek at the wines of Chateau Haut Maco

by Marisa D'Vari6 March 2008

Wouldn’t it be interesting to take a snapshot of the past? For example, on a recent trip to Bordeaux, I visited many of the same Chateau as our third president Thomas Jefferson. It was so interesting see the same topography,…

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Review: l’Auburge Du Porche

by Marisa D'Vari28 February 2008

“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…

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Visiting Chateau Paloumey in Bordeaux

by Marisa D'Vari28 February 2008

“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…

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A Visit to Chateau La Lagune

by Marisa D'Vari28 February 2008

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…

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Visiting Chateau Lamothe

by Marisa D'Vari19 February 2008

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,…

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Discovering Bordeaux from Blaye

by Marisa D'Vari14 February 2008

“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…

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A Visit to Domaine Du Complat

by Marisa D'Vari12 February 2008

“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….

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Bordeaux to cut Chateau names

by Marisa D'Vari31 January 2008

According to Jane Anson in Bordeaux and Decanter magazine, estates are being told to stop using several different chateau names for the same wine, bottled at the same property. Many producers use a different name for different sales channels such…

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Flavors of Merlot …

by Marisa D'Vari30 July 2007

… of course, there are wine shops and there are wine shops. A shop I often visit lacks the upscale ambiance of many featured recently in Zagat’s new listing, yet it has these incredibly great-value wines from France. Recently I…

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