Last weekend we spent three fabulous autumn days venturing around Sonoma Wine Country. It was my first trip to this wine rich area (over 450 wineries latest figure I found). I know... as a wine and travel writer how could this be my first trip? Truth is I spend most of my time exploring Virginia, [...]
Monday night I had the pleasure of being at friends' in Toronto when they opened this special bottle of wine from their wine rack...not only was it Canada's 2008 Pinot Noir of the Year and from the 2010-2011 Canadian Winery of the Year, Tawse Winery, but it's made of grapes from their cousin Tom Lauritzen's [...]
It's that time of year. Thanksgiving dinner shopping and choosing wines to serve with it. There's lots of advice out there this week on-line so thought I'd share my pairing guidance. Whether you chose red or white wine, I recommend serving both, the general advice is pair simple wines (lighter and less complex) with complex [...]
As they say in France on the third Thursday of November each year, Le Beaujolais Nouveau est arrivé, the Beaujolais [pronounced BOE-zjoh-lay] Nouveau has arrived! This 60 year tradition celebrating the first wine vintage of the year to celebrate the arrival of Beaujolais Nouveau, a red wine made in less than 10 weeks from the Gamay [...]
Toasted Pascal Boye, director of Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte, kicking off the French Regional Wine Luncheon at the 2011 Epcot Food & Wine Festival. Four delicious Bistro de Paris courses were paired with four sublime Champagnes from Nicolas Feuillatte and proved just that. Most people think of Champagne only as an aperitif or celebratory beverage but [...]