Currently featured on SlaveToTheGrape from the French wine press: In the News – The numbers don’t lie: with two short harvests in a row, French producers from Bordeaux to Burgundy and beyond are witnessing a significant spike in prices that reflects the disconcerting yet inexorable realities of supply and demand. A La Une (news en français) – The historical, sweet, dessert […]
John Lancaster – Destem, Decant, Deliver! Part II
March 6, 2014 by
In full view of Treasure Island, the city’s eastern waterfront and the imposing, battleship-grey bay bridge lies the Auddifred building – a 19th-century jewel of San Francisco’s illustrious past and home to one of the city’s (and nation’s) most beloved and enduring dining destinations. Launched in 1993 by master chef Nancy Oakes and renowned designer […]
John Lancaster – Destem, Decant, Deliver!
February 27, 2014 by
In full view of Treasure Island, the city’s eastern waterfront and the imposing, battleship-grey bay bridge lies the Auddifred building – a 19th-century jewel of San Francisco’s illustrious past and home to one of the city’s (and nation’s) most beloved and enduring dining destinations. Launched in 1993 by master chef Nancy Oakes and renowned designer […]
Vine Buzz
February 6, 2014 by
Currently featured on SlaveToTheGrape from the French wine press: In the News – For dessert-wine lovers, nothing seduces quite like the golden, sticky elixirs from the Bordeaux district of Sauternes. The landscape in this coveted wine region continues to shift in ways that may soon change the face of the appellation forever! A La Une (news en français) – […]
Wait, Just Wait
December 6, 2013 by
Like all Made-in-the-USA endeavors, when modern, California wines flamboyantly swaggered onto the global stage in the last half of the twentieth century they did so with bravado. Brash, full-bodied reds dominated by Cabernet Sauvignon alongside richly-textured, lavishly-sexy, oak-driven whites crafted from golden Chardonnay have resoundingly defined the “new world” style for the last half of the century. Today, […]
Vine Buzz
November 27, 2013 by
Currently featured on SlaveToTheGrape from the French wine press: In the News – In late November, when the world is dancing gaily in the streets with a glass of Beaujolais Nouveau in hand, the reverberations of an historic gavel announce one of the premiere events in the world of wine – the charity auction of the Hospices de […]
Christian Moueix – A Tale of Two Terroirs
November 13, 2013 by
It is quite possible that, more than any other profession, the wine industry, whose tireless emissaries passionately extoll the virtues of the vine – the irresistibly engaging history of which speaks to the creativity of the human spirit and its relationship to the natural world – is disproportionately populated with eminent storytellers whose tales have often been forged […]
It takes a Forest!
October 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
From childhood, our imaginations are repeatedly stirred by captivating tales of noble forest-dwellers the likes of Robin Hood interspersed with fantastical worlds inhabited by gnomes, fairies, trolls, wolves and the like. As we grow, the forest enchants us through the infinite expanse of places it challenges our minds to explore and discover. Whether scaling one […]
The (Golden) State of Pinot Gris!
October 10, 2013 by
Alsace, and its eastern neighbor Germany, harvest many classic grape varieties that have left an indelible mark on many of the planet’s other great wine regions. And so it is, along one of the more rugged and majestic landscapes to be found in the world, where great stands of gigantic, ancient redwoods hug the spectacular […]
Vine Buzz
October 1, 2013 by
Currently featured on SlaveToTheGrape from the French wine press: In the News – Michel Chapoutier, one of the leading pioneers on the French viticulture scene, is not only a towering figure in France’s Rhone valley but an admired innovator the world over. Thierry Dessauve profiles him with panache! A La Une (news en français) – The verdict is in – the […]
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