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April 2008
Disney for Adults
Posted: 02:01 PM ET, April 24, 2008
“Mommy, can I have this piece of chocolate from last night?”
It’s 6:30 in the morning and my eldest daughter has discovered the chocolate left by housekeeping from the night before. She missed it last night of course, as we had to carry her back to the room, comatose at 8 p. Read more
3:1, Burgundy to Rhône
Posted: 09:37 AM ET, April 17, 2008
Those who know me know that I, like my colleague Bruce Sanderson, was weaned on Burgundy. It was the region that I tasted in depth before I even realized I had a career in the wine business. It’s had a soft spot in my heart ever since.
It also still holds a prominent place in my cellar, as I continue to buy the wines of a few producers—Dominique Laurent, Marquis d’Angerville, François Raveneau, Louis Carillon. Read more
The Buzz on the Loire
Posted: 10:30 AM ET, April 11, 2008
I’ve been decompressing following my recent trip through Chile and Argentina, hence the quiet blog. Earlier this week, I stopped in at the Loire Valley Wine Bureau’s Road Show, a traveling tasting for those in the trade. I usually never attend trade tastings—they’re typically crowded and noisy and are more for schmoozing than seriously evaluating wines. Read more
At the Other End of Patagonia: The Río Negro Province
Posted: 02:30 PM ET, April 01, 2008
The Río Negro province in Patagonia is the home of the eastern extension of the river valley that is suddenly emerging as a quality wine producing area. Here the Río Neuquén joins the Río Limay to form the Río Negro, which then runs through a 15-mile-wide glacial bed whose soils are heavier than those on the western end of Neuquén, where I visited yesterday. Read more
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