Sweet Wines These wonderful wines showed up at my home some weeks ago and it seemed a gift from heaven during these hard times. I love wines made from these three grapes - Semillion, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscadelle, in all of their forms in Bordeaux and these four are such exceptional examples. Sweet Bordeaux is often... Continue Reading →
A Window Into The Côtes du Rhône Through Maison M. Chapoutier
While many people know of my connection to Italy, the real truth is that France and all things French were my first love. I lived in Dijon during University, was a French language and literature major in college and to this day associate much of my childhood with trips to France (read Dad’s love of... Continue Reading →
“A Wine from Gérard Bertrand: A Larger than Life Figure – #winophiles”
Today's post, the first in a long while, is about a wine that I received as part of the French #Winophiles group. The wine is from Gérard Bertrand and is called Cigalus Blanc, it's a 2018 Biodyamic wine from IGP Aude Hauterive. In my title I say Bertrand is larger than life and that's for a... Continue Reading →
Biodynamic Cremant d’Alsace from Domaine Mittnacht Frères – #Winophiles
I am truly becoming a big fan of all the Crémant wines that Alsace produces. This one from Domaine Mittnach Freres is brought in by Skurnik. It’s a blend of 60% Pinot Auxerrois, 10% Pinot Blanc, 10% Riesling, 10% Pinot Gris, and 10% Pinot Noir. White Cremant D’Alsace tends to be a blend but the rosés... Continue Reading →
French Crémant – Perfect Sparklers for the Holiday Season – #Winophiles Chat
Today's post is about Crémant D'Alsace and is part of this month's French Winophiles blogging group . Many of us received samples, including me, from Teuwen Communications. When the box came in the mail, I was thrilled to see three bottles of beautiful wine and decided I would write three separate posts and dive into these... Continue Reading →
Discovering Maury AOC for December’s French #Winophiles Chat
I love sweet wines so when I saw that the French Winophiles group was writing about French dessert wines, I thought I would join for the first time. I'm part of a blogging circle about Italian wines but thus far haven't join the Francophiles. In truth, I am a Francophile of longstanding. I majored in... Continue Reading →