Bargain Bordeaux Wine
For a mere eight Euros (or a little below nine US dollars, at the current exchange rate), I recently sampled dozens of wines within an ancient fortress in the southwest…
Heartland Wine
For Easter, friends invited me egg hunting at Jowler Creek vineyard in the state of Missouri. My sprinting friends found 14 eggs between them, including coupons for free wine. (I…
New York Wine
In upstate New York I visited Kevin Hall, proprietor of South Side Wine and Spirits in the city of Poughkeepsie. He generously poured servings of Monte Da Ravasqueira 2013 Rosé from the Alentejano…
New Wine Scoring System – Anderson Valley Pinot Noir
During a recent weekend in Bordeaux, I was leveled by flu - knocked out on a Friday night and bedridden for days. When my mind came around I was soaked…
Riviera Gold
Thanks for tuning in again! Vino Voices has been ‘out of service’ awhile. The reason? I just spent a month at language ‘boot camp’ at L’Institute de Francais in Villefranche-sur-Mer, ten…
It’s Nice in Nice
I am busy with intensive language school while taking some time off work, so you will have to standby for a longer post later about the French Riviera. These photos…
Surprises In a Cellar, and Christmas Artists
Surprises In a Cellar - Let's visit a 'cave' in an ancient stone basement in Bordeaux - comfortably lit, with a classic cellar vibe - chilly, dank, and smelling of…
Back in Bordeaux
After catching flights from Islamabad to Paris and onto Bordeaux - I'm with friends in the city of Blaye and enjoying free time after four years spent working in Asia.…
Wine in a Refuge and Enclave
I live and work in an Asian country where the population's religion is predominantly Islam. I drink within a diplomatic enclave at a restaurant associated with the French embassy. The…
Wine and Sea Life in the Maldives
The Maldive Islands in the Indian Ocean do not produce wine. Those living on any of the inhabited two hundred (of over a thousand) coral reef atolls earn their income…