tags: french wine: stories and blogs
french wine: stories and blogs
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The Lowly Côtes du Rhône
Châteauneuf-du-Pape, watch your back.
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That Wine’s a Fake
Does it really matter if what you’re drinking isn’t actually Pinot Noir?
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What to Drink in 2010
A wine, beer, and cocktail forecast.
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Thankful for Burgundy
It’s a special treat to taste these Thanksgiving-friendly wines in their true habitat.
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Hold Your Wineglass the Right Way
Get your grubby fingers off.
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Entering French Basque Country
Around the town of Pau a few obscure appellations are worth seeking out.
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Green Wine Is Good (or Can Be)
Herbaceous and leafy does not have to mean underripe.
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The Year in Food 2006
From bad spinach to exploding lattes: The tastiest moments of 2006.
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Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the Spanish Inquisition, and the Building of a Dynasty
How the Skalli family got into wine.
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If Memory Serves
Youthful encounters with what I thought was fine Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
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Location, Location, Location
Flavors and memories are inextricably linked, and that’s especially true—for me—of Gigondas.
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La Vie en Rosé
Why do we still face the “pink” problem?
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Over the Hill
Great wines whose finest expression will be in a vinegar barrel, perhaps.
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Old Wine and New
Two very old bottles turn out surprisingly good; the new wine’s not so bad either.
