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Wine of the Week 1961 Chateau Pontet Canet with Emmanuel Cruse
Wine of the Week 1961 Chateau Pontet Canet with Emmanuel Cruse 1961 Chateau Pontet Canet — The nose was a bit peculiar at first, as its primary note was cedar, followed by green peppercedar, forest floor, leaf, herbs and a hint of fruit. Very smoke or tobacco. The tobacco 3o minutes and cigar box aromatics emerged. The palate started off a bit rough, but with time in the glass, the wine … [Read more...]
Dreamy California Pinot Noir Deserves Some Love
Dreamy California Pinot Noir Deserves Some Love Some readers will not find that the wines highly rated in this issue and their standards of deliciousness satisfy. I would emphasis however that for what the winemaker set out to achieve, the most wines will need to be respected for their own balance, complexity and subtleties, and admired. I believe you’ll find the wines money well spent. … [Read more...]
Spit Shine (Domaine Marcel Deiss Recent Releases)
Spit Shine (Domaine Marcel Deiss Recent Releases) 2011 Domaine Marcel Deiss Gruenspiel Bergheim (Alsace, $NA) Domaine Marcel Deiss is still a family-run outfit, utilizing about 20 people and overseeing about 30 hectares of vineyards, many of which are old vine field blends (or, as they like to call them “companion implanted” vines) of Alsace’s key grape varieties, with roots … [Read more...]
Grape harvest in Paris
Grape Crop in Paris The small parcel has both red and white varieties and ones, and both vines, let us say Pinot Meunier and chardonnay, although from what I knew they’re hybrid versionsin order to resist the disease pressure. Sophia who works for the Parcs et Jardins seemed to understand quite well the difficulties and she answered willingly to the questions of the … [Read more...]
Like A True Nature’s Child (Exploring The Wildness Of Grignolino)
If you’ve never tried a fantastic Grignolino before, you are un-enviably currently missing out, but are enviably in for a real treat — it is among the most unique red wine drinking experiences you are likely to have, and therefore among the very geekily memorable, also. My most recent article for the online celebration of all things vinous in Monferrato, MyNameIsBarbera.com, is … [Read more...]
Damien Menut picks his Sauvignon (Loire)
Damien Menut Selects his Sauvignon (Loire) Damien bought a old machine since the last time I saw him : a classic Loiseau straddle tractor from 1968 with a MWM engine. The old tractor runs fine, he bought it to a vigneron in Montrichard, farther afield across the Cher river. Damien is still calm and easygoing, taking gratefully what the vineyards give him back, even if with yields that are small. … [Read more...]
Picking Romorantin at Bruno Allion (Loire)
Picking Romorantin at Bruno Allion (Loire) Asset-image at-xid-6a00d8341c018253ef01b8d2a876b4970c img-responsive” alt=”1bruno_allion_anouk_michel_picking_romorantin” name=”1bruno_allion_anouk_michel_picking_romorantin” src=”http://fotservis.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c018253ef01b8d2a876b4970c-640wi”/>Anouk and Michel choosing Some Thésée, Touraine … [Read more...]
Harvest in Les Maisons Brûlées (Loire)
Harvest in Les Maisons Brûlées (Loire) Published at Thu, 07 Sep 2017 13:52:25 +0000 There isn’t much grape to select compared to a normal year because there has been loss due to frost, sometimes there’s just one lot on a vine, but otherwise the summer was quite dry and sunny, with even some kind of drought overall (the Cher river is extremely low for example) in the region … [Read more...]
Oregon Pinot Briefs
Oregon Pinot Noir. 42 of Oregon’s most vintners will create one-of-a-kind Pinot Noir cuvées to be sold on Friday, November 10, 2017, in the Big Board Auction held in Ponzi Vineyards. On Saturday, November 11, 2017, is the Dinner and Auction Gala in Domaine Serene in the Dundee Hills. All proceeds got the the Tuality Health Foundation that offers care for Oregon’s … [Read more...]