Bordeaux wine tasting contest makes new fans among young
Centuries of selling wine made the Bordelaise masters of marketing. A storied French wine brotherhood initiated an amateur wine tasting competition, the Left Bank Bordeaux
Anticipate springtime with Potel-Aviron Beaujolais
My favorite warm weather red wine is Beaujolais, and although it’s winter, the recent blue skies and sunny days found me tasting the delicious 2009
Rhone Valley’s whites have their charms
Red is the color most wine consumers see when they think of Rhone Valley wines, but white is what you want when the weather warms
Red or White, Roussillon’s Domaine Bila-Haut doesn’t disappoint
Good value wines, such as Domaine Bila-Haut Les Vignes Bila-Haut, often result from quality producers moving into inferior wine regions. Roussillon sits on France’s Mediterranean
At the Judgment of Princeton, New Jersey wines prove competitive
Need a good American wine for your Fourth of July party? Choose one from a New Jersey winery. Respect is coming to New Jersey wines,
Brane-Cantenac delivers delicious Bordeaux
I recently reunited with Chateau Brane-Cantenac an old wine friend so to speak, with a tasting of its 2008, 2009 and a barrel sample of
Beat the heat with a trio of light-bodied roses
The dog days of August have been biting early, but drinking these three chilled rose’ wines is one way to muzzle the heat. And the
Muscadet is the perfect summer wine
Recently, I had a BYOB dinner with a friend who has more than a passing knowledge of wine, but when I opened a bottle of
Little-known appellations producing worthy wines
Small and relatively unknown appellations like Quincy and Pouilly-Loche' can often be the source of well-made wines at reasonable prices. Quincy is a very small
From rugby to rose’, Gerard Bertrand excels
Sometimes you have to interrupt your career to be successful. Gerard Bertrand, the winemaker and owner of six wineries in the Languedoc region of France