via bordeauxmatchmaking.com Here is an interesting event coming to Boston this Friday night, November 20. A couple of French ladies matching your interests with suitable and affordable french Bordeaux and like minded new friends. A multi city tour with soirees Boredelaise style in Boston, Chicago, NY, and Miami. Certainly an unusual one-of-a-kind format. Check out […]
15 Wines in Simple Format Unlock Path To Wine Apprecation
Hosting less experienced wine drinkers to easily replicated and structured tasting formats appeals to my ritual instincts for making wine more accessible to more people. On the one hand, it’s a refreshing personal break from the usual “club” and a way to strip away the bravado and bias brought to tasting tables by hardened wine aficionados. On the other hand, it is a chance for me […]
Bang for the Buck: Magically Transforming Moulin-a-Vent
I purchased a reasonable amount of mixed 2003 Cru Beaujolais by Georges Duboeuf on release since the vintage appeared to be of historic quality and the best wines could be had in the usual $15-$20 value range. They were enjoyably rich and round with the great depth of fruit that was a signpost to the vintage’s outstanding conditions. These wines were consumed […]
One-Word Buying Strategy and a Must-Have Wine
I look forward to hearing from Matt Kramer in his regular Wine Spectator column. He delivers “regular guy” sensibility with intellectual strength wrapped in an entertaining style. His cut-to-the-chase humility combines with child-like amusement when discovering sources of fairly priced, quality wine that are messengers for their place of origin. I mean wines that unleash vineyard identity, maybe […]
Grand Tasting Kickoff at New York Wine Experience
Last night the “Critics’ Choice” Grand Tasting kick-off of the 2009 New York Wine Experience showcased the usual round up of the world’s best wineries and winemakers. The crowds swarmed the aisles of the 5th and 6th floors of the New York Marriott Marquis tasting one trophy wine after the next. It is an overwhelming experience and a […]
Generous Collector Proves Blending Theory With 1928 Pol Roger
I am an occasional Champagne drinker that had a bubbly good experience this weekend that I suspect even the region’s most avid fan might find exotic. A good friend and collector of old Champagne had told me about using young NV Champagne to bring life back to very old vintage wine. We actually opened two 375 ml bottles […]
Doing 50 in Bristol: Billecart-Salmon to D'Oliveiras
Thank you to my amazing wife Liz for suggesting, and as much to our very special trans Atlantic chums for hosting our belated 50th birthday celebration in Bristol, England this past weekend. These friends organized a 40th birthday soiree in our honor back in 1999 and it did not take long for all of us to concur that […]
Definitely Check Out Palate Press
via palatepress.com Palate Press launched last month and has been publishing a steady and significant volume of the most engaging wine writing anywhere. David Honig and William Tisherman have done an awesome job and I really enjoyed working with Tish on this piece about aging wine. Having a chance to run the piece through Tish […]
Cab Franc and Falanghina With Roots
I can only tolerate an hour, or so, of tasting through large portfolios at crowded trade events. With an air of desperation, I scurry to discover a new wine or two representing a commensurate quality and value reward for immersing in this tasting format’s inherent nest of inconvenience. My schedule had me in Boston simultaneous with the Loire Valley Wine Bureau tasting at the Taj […]
A Road Side Bomb
The Executive Wine Seminar‘s showcase of 2005 Bordeaux in New York City was arguably the most significant tasting event of last week. It combined three highlight characteristics including, Robert Parker’s customary attendance, some of the best wines from the heralded vintage, and the excellent organization and format that EWS founders Howard Kaplan and Robert Millman continue to orchestrate. Yet, with the signature effect of a roadside bomb intended for Parker’s motorcade, Tyler […]