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Category Archives: France
#WW Five Champagnes for the Holidays, and Beyond
Champagne is expensive — usually from $30 a bottle on up. The best values tend to kick in around the $40-$50 range. That’s another reason to treat them like fine wine and savor them out of a decent glass. Here … Continue reading
Champagne: What Glass to Choose?
A new glass promises to help us enjoy Champagne to the utmost.
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Posted in Champagne, France, Sparkling Wine, Wine
Tagged Champagne, France, Glasses, Wine
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Are We There Yet? Are We There Yet? (Spring, that is … )
This is for faithful reader Norman Holly, who reminds me that I should be posting some wine recommendations. This is a wine blog, after all. So in the hopes that warm weather is – or is about to be – … Continue reading
Wines to Defy Winter’s Last Blast
The calendar says Spring, but Ol’ Man Winter isn’t done with us yet. Tuesday’s forecast for the Washington, D.C., area calls for 1-2 more inches of the white stuff, timed not to give us a day off like that last … Continue reading
Bordeaux: Too little, too late? It Depends(c).
My Washington Post column last week, which I posted here yesterday, generated considerable comment on the web and in emails back to me. Steve Heimoff, Wine Enthusiast’s California reviewer, took issue on his blog with the thought that Bordeaux could ever appeal to U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Bordeaux, California, France, Rants, Uncategorized, Washington Post, Weblogs, Wine, writers
Tagged Bordeaux, Wine
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Millennials and Wine: Revolution or Evolution?
There’s a lot of Internet buzz these days about the effects the millennial generation is having on wine. Much of it is quite breathless and reminds me of the journalistic cliché in which the reporter intones at the end of … Continue reading
Posted in Biodynamic, Food and Drink, France, Jancis, Washington Post, Wine
Tagged Jancis Robinson, Millennials, Wine
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Wine’s Cornucopia: An Illusion?
Do you feel overwhelmed when shopping for wine? The sheer magnitude of choices is daunting. There are wallabies and penguins and rabbits, oh my! Do you prefer to go Barefoot or wear Flip Flops, socialize with Old Farts or Fat … Continue reading
Posted in Cheap Wine, Eastern US, France, Rants, Washington Post, Weblogs, Wine
Tagged Wine
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What’s Your Sign? Sun or Soil?
There are wines of the sun, wines of the soil, and wines of the test tube. I enjoy the first, love the second, and try to avoid the third. It’s not that simple, of course. Wine never is, or we … Continue reading
Posted in Australia, California, France, Wine
Tagged Australia, Australia Wine, Cabernet Franc, California Wine, Thierry Germain, Wine
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Winemakers do a number on Wine Spectator
Call Central Casting and request a flamboyent French winemaker who epitomizes joie de vivre and bonhomie, and they’d probably send you Jean-Charles Boisset. Boisset is the scion of a famous Burgundy family who in recent years has embarked on a … Continue reading
Posted in California, Film, France, Humor, Wine, Wine Humor, writers
Tagged Boisset, Buena Vista Winery, Dan Berger, French Wine, Mondovino, Robert Mondavi
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