By Tom Welsh: Here is the third, and for now, final installment of my blogs on my week in France last month. The three days in Bordeaux went too fast, but there were still four days in France ahead. Getting to Burgundy from Bordeaux by train “obliged” me to pass through Paris, so I spent a day there to rest up between wine tasting and touring…
Beaune France, Burgundy, Côte Chalonnaise, Côte de Beaune, Côte de Nuits, French wine, Mâconnais, Romanée Conti vineyard
This week is part one of a series on How to Read Wine Labels. We will start out with how to read an Old World wine label. There are some items that are “must haves” on each wine bottle label: Items such as type of wine, i.e. Cabernet, Burgundy, Merlot, etc. You will also find the alcohol level…
AOC, Bordeaux, Burgundy, French wine, how to read a wine label, Old World wine, VDP, VDQS, VDT
Last week we took a look at what terroir is, how it affects the taste of wine and the different types. In this week’s blog, we will discuss some of the differences in terroir between my three favorite wine regions: Napa Valley, California, and Burgundy and Bordeaux, France…
Bordeaux, Burgundy, climate, Left Bank, Napa, Right Bank, soil, terroir
I have written on specific Pinot Noir wines in the past but I have never addressed the actual grape and its history. I’ll share with you what I know and what I learned. Since I didn’t drink Pinot Noir wines early in my wine-drinking days, over time I have had to acquire a taste for Pinot Noir…
Burgundy, France, Pinot Noir, red wine
Today’s blog is another from guest blogger Tom Welsh, general manager and partner at Tapastrie restaurant: I’ve told many people that if I were forced to drink one kind of wine for the rest of my life, it would probably be Burgundy…either red or white…
Burgundy, Clos de Vougeot, Côte d’Or, French wine, Grand Cru