Lose Weight Through…Cooking and Drinking Wine?
This is bizarre. As in - unexpected. Here's the story. My weight stabilized and reduced, almostThis is bizarre. As in - unexpected. Here's the story. My weight stabilized and reduced,…
Unexpected Lessons From A Kitchen
This week's post differs in that it is only about cooking. However one of my latest Forbes posts is about a British Columbia winery. In the future we'll be covering more British…
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…