Chateau Labadie This month, the French #winophiles are traveling to Bordeaux. We were charged with looking at what's new in Bordeaux. I choose Chateau Labadie, a winery that is located in Bégadan in the Northern Médoc. The winery is not new but it changed it's core nature in the 1970s when the Bibey family bought... 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 →
Sweet Wines from the Loire Valley
The Loire Valley is such an incredibly beautiful place, rich in history with an amazing array of wines to taste, write about and enjoy. I've spent some time in the Loire but it's never enough. When I lived in Dijon in college I visited some of the famed chateaux and since then, I've visited a... Continue Reading →
Muscat de Rivesaltes – A Marvel from Roussillon
Photo from CIVR website Today the #Winophiles head to Roussillon as we continue our exploration of French wine regions and wines. Our host for this month is Lynn Gowdy of Savor the Harvest who is based in Bordeaux and has visited the region. Here are a couple of her posts about the region filled with... Continue Reading →
Falling In Love with Champagne: My First Visit to a Wine region
This month the #winophiles traveled to Champagne for unexpected pleasures tour. thanks to Gwendolyn of Wine Predator. Her preview post is here. Her second post about the area is here and so resonated with me when thinking about experiences in the Champagne region. Champagne was the first wine region that I visited on a quest to... Continue Reading →
Cru Beaujolais – An Endless Discovery
This month the #Winophiles are traveling to the Cru Beaujolais area.Our host, Cindy from Grape Experiences, described the area in her invitation post. Before I dive into the Crus, a word about the area in general. History: Beaujolais was first settled by the Romans.We can see this history in the naming of the Crus as well.... Continue Reading →
Virtually Visiting Crozes-Hermitage Through Chapoutier’s Wine – #Winophiles
This week's #Winophiles are heading to the Northern Rhone. Rupal, known in the blogosphere as the Syrah Queen wrote her invitation post here. It's such a welcome relief to think about wines rather than the virus. If you feel the same way, join us tomorrow, April 18th, for our chat on Twitter at 11 am... Continue Reading →
Cremant de Bordeaux, An Unexpected Pleasure – #Winophiles
Today I am writing about Crémant de Bordeaux even if I am not drinking it. My title is the unexpected pleasure that one finds in a Crémant de Bordeaux. I mean that in two ways, one that it's not the first wine you think of when you think of Bordeaux and two, thinking about bubbles... Continue Reading →
Start Your French Wine Study With Beaujolais – #Winophiles
This month's #Winophiles is staring the year with great ideas for newcomers to French wines. There are so many great posts that will be part of this series with lots of educational information for all. Jeff, from FoodWineClick.Com has already written some extensive ones which you can find here and here. My approach to this... Continue Reading →
Buona Befana!!
Gearing up for the end of the winter holidays, everyone makes numerous resolutions, including me. One of mine is to write more copy on this blog and posting on other people's blogs. Thank goodness for the blogging groups I participate in #ItalianFWT, #WinePW, #Winophiles, without which I think I may have stopped writing. I love... Continue Reading →