The 2017 vintage and, judging by my initial tastings, also the 2019s, are likely to offer longer-lived Chablis upon which Nature confers greater typicité. – Neal Martin, Vinous.com, September 24th, 2020 We started the harvest on September 11, 2019. After the two dry summers of 2018 and 2019, the vines failed to keep up and the grapes remained small but […]
Daube d’Avignon à la Paul Chaudière By Paul Chaudière 6 servings / 30 minutes preparation time & 4 hours cooking time INGREDIENTS 4.5 pounds of lamb shoulder or leg cut into large pieces 5 slices of bacon, cut into large pieces 4 large white onions, chopped 4 carrots, chopped 12 ounces unpitted, green olives 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley, destemmed 1 […]
Most of the bottles of wine that bear the stamp, Eric Solomon Selections, are exactly the same as you find in Europe – inside and outside the bottle. They are selected by Eric for import into the United States. A few however, are selected and blended with the assistance of Eric who brings over 35 years of experience tasting wines […]
The following interview was published on the blog of Spanish retailer, Vila Viniteca. You can read the original post in Spanish here. What is the current state of Spanish wines in the United States? Curious but cautious. Curious? How? More and more Americans are traveling to Spain and there is an increasing interest in Spanish cuisine and regional wines. When […]
What is the history of your family in the Ventoux? My mother’s parents purchased Château Pesquié in 1971, two years before the AOC Ventoux was created. So in a way, the history of my family and development of the appellation have been parallel. My grandparents came from Orange – basically half an hour away. When they arrived they had a […]
Recently Javier Zaccagnini shared with us the following Q & A, which succinctly explains the origins and practices at Bodegas Aalto in Ribera del Duero. When was Bodegas Aalto founded? February 1999. What vintage was its first release? 1999, although that year we had to buy grapes. We like to consider 2000 our first vintage as we had then achieved contracts […]