Uncorking Bordeaux Vintage 2022
Below are companion wine tasting notes to two Forbes articles I just published regarding the 2022 Bordeaux wine vintage. These wines have been bottled and
Below are companion wine tasting notes to two Forbes articles I just published regarding the 2022 Bordeaux wine vintage. These wines have been bottled and
Recent Writings. My recent Forbes articles cover both a 176 kilometer (109 mile) trail run around Mont Blanc in France, an interview with the CEO
1. Overview I recently spent a weekend in Bordeaux and nearby Bergerac catching up with friends and winemakers. Bergerac, in the administrative ‘department’ of Dordogne,
1. Overview In late June I was invited to a summer garden party in Beaune, Burgundy, by the owners of 67 Pall Mall private members
1. Overview. Lake Garda in northern Italy is the country’s largest lake, a glacial carved beautiful locale popular for visitors, water sports, food and wine.
Overview. This post includes two events—a dinner in Minervois, and a visit to Alsace to see friends and a mountain trail run, as well as
The following five just published and related Forbes articles highlight wine vintage 2023—based on tasting over 200 Bordeaux wines. The wine tasting notes that follow
1. Rhone Valley Rasteau Wines Tastings & Value. Below are faces of winemakers from a recent visit to the Rasteau wine region of the Rhone
OVERVIEW. I was born on the island of Saint Thomas in the Virgin Islands. The last time I was there was when I was seven
Last week I attended the Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges wine auction in Burgundy in France within Château du Clos de Vougeot. Some related Forbes articles are
Wine Paris / VinExpo is a trade fair jam packed with winemakers from throughout the world. It’s also a venue for catching up. Starting the
FIRST – My latest Forbes pieces are here, including one on a local truffle market in southern France. SECOND – For the third time in
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!! FIRST – Recent Forbes articles I’ve published include: Why Wine Writing Is Tricky The Diverse World Of Ballpoint Art Colorado Wines
First, my recent Forbes articles are titled Why Wine Writing Is Tricky, and Cape Town, Puglia, Provence and Bordeaux Wines to Taste This Fall. Now,
Here are images and notes from a recent trip to western Sicily. Tasting notes and more photos are at my Forbes piece titled Shifting Wine
INTRODUCTION. Check out my lastest Forbes posts, which include: Wine Is The Secret Of This Year’s Tuscany Street Food Winners Her French Wine Bar is
INTRODUCTION. An introduction to the Minervois and Saint-Chinian wine regions of southern France, and notes on tasting several wines, is included in this Forbes article
While returning, recently, from the Solomon Islands to France, the flight from Port Moresby in New Guinea was delayed, causing me to miss my connecting
OVERVIEW. It has been two months since I arrived in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific to direct an infrastructure project. The Solomons gained
Penfolds Shiraz & Vanuatu Grass Fed Beef First, check out my latest Forbes articles on five restaurants in southwest France and reviews of 124 wines
Happy Holidays and Entry into 2023! Check out my latest Forbes pieces here. OVERVIEW. This year I made several brief trips to Italy—most recently for
Check out my latest Forbes articles here including—the 1855 classification of Burgundy soils, exploring Malaga city in Spain like a local, international sommeliers exploring Bordeaux,
The background for this post is included in a three part Forbes series I wrote about exploring Tuscany’s wine country in a Fiat 500 (‘cinquecento’)
OVERVIEW – We begin with Artificial Intelligence. I plugged the name of this blog post into the Wombo Dreams app—which generates unique, artificial intelligence created
OVERVIEW. To learn more about the successful, quality driven wine cooperatives of Cantina Terlan and Cantina Andriano in the far northern Alto Adige region of
OVERVIEW. Check out my two Forbes posts on Sardinia here and here. We’ll start off in the northeast along the Emerald Coast (Costa Smeralda), move
OVERVIEW. Emilia-Romagna is one of Italy’s 20 regions, and is known for ‘fast cars and slow food,’ as well as some great wines. Check out
INTRODUCTION. Welcome! First of all—check out my latest Forbes articles here. I will publish one in early July about Emiglia-Romagna wines of Italy, including tasting
INTRODUCTION. I have now published over 700 free articles. The links in three indexes below lead to all of them. The first blog post—Vino Expressions
Check out my latest Forbes pieces here. They cover 110+ Bordeaux wine notes from 2019, as well as the mountain wine region of Irouleguy. OVERVIEW.
OVERVIEW. In 2017 Michel Puzio purchased Château le Valladoux in the Perigord region of southern France. He soon began producing wine under the label Domaine
OVERVIEW. San Sebastian (known as Donostia in the Basque language) is located in northern Spain, on the Atlantic Ocean Bay of Biscay. Because it is
OVERVIEW. In November, a dozen member of Premium Familiae Vini—robust and renowned producers of European based wines—presented an award to the family company Maison Bernard
OVERVIEW. I recently drove to Bordeaux and stayed at a wonderfully spacious hotel with an inner courtyard and never expected that the day and evening
This is a special edition post—in which I include tasting notes for hundreds of wines from Bordeaux’s 2020 vintage. This post expands on information placed
UPDATES. Spring is in full gear, although there is still not too much in the way of travel. We are expecting that restaurants may be
UPDATES. The brutal frost that hit France last April 6th and 7th (more to the north, in Burgundy, than to the south in Bordeaux) hit
UPDATES. Laetitia Ouspointour of LO Wine interviewed me about our own Etalon Rouge wine recently on Instagram. Also, last Friday, I did a tasting of
UPDATES. I’ve added a new category to this site—’Winds of Wine—News about Vintages, Travel and Lifestyle.’ Frequently I receive updates from others and cannot write
UPDATES. Yesterday I published three Forbes articles with reviews of 83 Bordeaux vintage 2018 wines (69 reds and 14 whites), and included recommended food pairings.
UPDATES. After a ‘dry January,’ I’ll be tasting and writing about many wines (and wine regions and food pairings) in the coming weeks. I’ll also
UPDATES. Below is a newly released Vino Voices video! Thanks to STA Marchand productions. Most footage was shot last summer, during celebrations after the first
UPDATES. Because January will be a month of reduced wine intake and increased morning runs in the dark and freezing weather (always invigorating!), the next
UPDATES. Below is the latest Instagram Livefeed wine tasting. This time it included Bordeaux wines from Château de Côts located in the Côtes de Bourg