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Negotiating the Epistemologic Implications of Oenophilia. Category Archives: de vino. See you next week…. August 14, 2016. Taking a break this week for some serious downtime with family. Buon Ferragosto a tutti! Happy Ferragosto, everyone! In case you’re wondering what Ferragosto is, check out this post I did for the Italy-America Chamber of Commerce last week. Wishing everyone a happy week, I’ll see you on the other side…. Posted in de vino. August 11, 2016. In fact, Houston is one of the most intellect...

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8220;sleeping with other cities”. Our distributor in Portland coined this phrase. What he said was “If you’re going to live in New York, you’ve got to sleep with other cities.” New York is a long-term, tortured, arduous relationship, which you’ve got to step away from to remain sane. The point is, I apologize in advance for these random musings that may not have thematic unity; they represent the present mush in my brain as it heats up like an egg scrambling on pavement in the summer sun. For the record,...

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A few observations about the scene in Durham, North Carolina. The 2008 Lilbert et Fils we drank at dinner was outstanding, proper and powerful, a testament to the vintage and to the Grand Cru of Cramant. 4) The coffee scene is on point! One response to “The Durham Edition.”. July 29, 2015 at 4:57 pm. Best wishes for your career and keep up the great blog. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. Not Drinking Poison in Paris.

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A Visit to Paradise: Tasting with Dominque Lucas. Just outside Geneva on the French side of the border I crawled up a country road toward Ballaisons, suburb of Crépy Marocens. Sun drenched the vines, which overlooked Lake Geneva, in France called Lac Léman. When I arrived at the winery Les Vignes du Paradis I stopped to marvel at this apt description of the Domaine. It’s possible I’ve never visited a more heavenly place. Dominique Lucas is a 5. Who would want to make wine in Pommard that could make wine ...

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Embarrassment of Riches (and some comments about sulfur…). Within about half an hour there was Georges, a few bottles of Bouzy Pinot from different vintages in tow. Georges studied in Bordeaux, and as usual I attributed his choice to age his Bouzy Pinot in barrels for 18 months to his Bordeaux education, but really who knows? Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. Not Drinking Poison in Paris. So You Want to be a Sommelier.

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Two disclaimers: 1) Grand Jury is a “secret proceeding” therefore I won’t speak about any of the specifics of the cases, 2) there is nothing about wine in this post. 8221; Audience titters, cowering and confused Asian and Hispanic Americans return to their seats like children after a visit to the principal’s office.). And what about the cases themselves (non-specifically)? I was intensely proud of us the handful of times we dismissed charges: against a junkie being charged with intent to sell, against a ...

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WINE 24/7 ...: June 2015

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Thursday, June 4, 2015. DOMAINE RIBIERA La Croisee des Chemins at MAINE and LOIRE. La Croisee des Chemins 2012. Aspiran, Languedoc France. 80% Grenache, 20% Cinsault. 23/btl at Maine and Loire. On Washington St. in Portland. Unfined, unfiltered with zero added sulfites, grown without pesticides and with natural vinification, here is a tour du force! Winemaker Regis Pichon of Domaine Ribiera. Peter Hale (Maine and Loire) w/recent line-up of natural wines. Maine and Loire (Wine Shop). La Croisee des Chemins.

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Nostalgia and Surprise in the Jura: Tasting with Géraud Fromont. What does it mean to be American? Would I move to France if I could? There’s lots of marl, as well as éboulis calcaire, and other crunchy, delicious soil types, like this one from the Jensillard vineyard. Next we tasted Chardonnay and Savagnin. As a general rule, these guys like to leave their white wines for at least two winters in barrel before bottling them, so these wines will not be released any time soon. Why? I can’t move to th...

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Spring Ruminations and Champagne News. A few nights ago I was indulging in one of those guilty pleasures: aimlessly scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed waiting for sleep to come (has anyone ever noticed it’s possible to do this for 30 minutes and it feels like 30 seconds? In any case it made me smile. (This is, by the way, an incredible bottle of traditional Jura wine from the Aviet family in Montigny-les-Arsures, who will never export, so if you see it in France, don’t hesitate.). And somebody. A...