Bordeaux’s Difficult to Pronounce Wine Region – Pessac Leognan
Established as a wine appellation in 1987, Pessac-Leognan was formerly referred to as Haut-Graves. This wine region sits just south of Bordeaux city. Actually, part of it is within the…
Slow Cooked In Barolo Wine …
Recent Forbes posts include one published today - about how a Michelin star meal can be affordable. Other posts include the opening of Vinitech in Bordeaux and the drink you've…
Precious Does Not Have To Be Expensive – With Wine, Travel Or Food
The bottles most cherished in my little cellar are neither renowned or expensive. Instead, they deliver memories. There is the 2008 Clos Apalta, purchased in Chile after meeting the winemaker…
‘Tis The Season For Wine Movies
The Winemakers' Cooking Companion cookbook is now being represented by an aspiring young literary agent (also with a background in financial consulting) who is based in Lugano, Switzerland. She has…
‘Vin de Garage’ in Northern California
Some friends, known since youth, joined gangs, fraternities, rotary clubs, professional associations or workers unions. A few became "garagistes." According to French lore, garagistes, or garage winemakers, began producing, well,…
California Versus France
During past weeks I've traveled from NoCal to SoCal, as they say - from the Sierra Nevada Mountains of northern California to the gilded sand of Laguna Beach in southern…
More Irish Wine
I'm traveling through California (sampling wines) - so this post will be short and light. Years ago I wrote about Irish wine, as well as the history of wine being…
The Power of Food, Why Vets Turn Sommeliers, and The Taste of Zambela
First - friends who own La Galerie Restaurant recently hosted food and cuisine visionary Claus Meyer's flying visit from New York to Blaye, Bordeaux - which lasted less than 18 hours…
Claus Meyer’s New Venture, and Culinary Beauty from South Africa
In just over a week's time, chef Claus Meyer will visit our small town of Blaye in the countryside of southwest France. Claus was a co-founder of the Danish restaurant…
International Nomads Changing The World
I. The Cookbook - Friend Denise Chang-Yen wrote from Calgary last week to say she successfully cooked the empanada recipe provided on the last post here. It's great to hear…