Le Ferme Auberge is part of the winery and vineyard complex operated by Les Clos de Paulilles, one of the more interesting locations to see wine grown and made in Southern France. With the vineyards jutting out close to the sea, a backdrop of the Collioure wine growing hillsides even a rainy day couldn't ruin … Read more
For many years I've been a fan of wines from Banyuls, the wine growing region at the bottom of France's Roussillion region. The Rousillion is a wine region that produces a lot of wine, especially red, and many of the grapes end up in bulk wine, or blended into other wines that are strictly for … Read more
Every year I invite a bunch of friends over for a start of summer BBQ. Rose wines are the flavor of the day and yesterday we went through a range of the pink juice ranging from both the 2011 and 2010 vintages withh wines from Spain, the USA and France. Off the cuff, the 2011's … Read more
Image via Wikipedia TAPAS, which stands for the Tempranillo Adovactes Producers and Amigos Society announced their annual Grand Tasting event for June 9th in San Francisco. If you like wines from Spain and Portugal, then here's the opportunity to see what's being done here in the states with Tempranillo. Both long time friends David Corey … Read more
Osteria in Arezzo (Photo credit: Monica Arellano-Ongpin) Over the past few nights in Italy I've come across both the 2007 and 2008 Arnaldo-Caprai Montefalco Rosso both in Rome at the imaginative Glass Hostoria and last night at Ristorante Osteria del Teatro in Foligno (where I'm going back again tonight). While the 07 at Glass Hostoria … Read more
Image of Qupé via Snooth Sadly, due to my flight schedule I'll be missing the San Diego chapter wine event of Family Winemakers tasting. My passes arrived but I'll be flying back from London this coming Sunday. But….that means I'm even more focused on the upcoming Rhone Rangers tasting in San Francisco, the weekend of … Read more
Back in the 90s when I was authoring a series of email messages called "Road Reports" I was directed by an Alsatian region wine sales rep to try the wine of Vaquer when I was in Banyuls over my birthday that year. Over the years whenever I found a bottle of any of the exceptional … Read more
Great dinner last night at http://www.restaurant-delauzun.com/ in Gignac. I was very impressed with the wine list and the wine service. The front of house manager used to work at Terrasse de Mimosa in Montpeyroux so we had a nice catch up. Given the crowds for Vinisud will be likely finding their way here. I wanted to check out … Read more
Image of Domaine du Cayron via Snooth Knowing I'm heading to Vinisud, which is hands down my favorite wine event that happens every other year in Lattes, France (just outside of Montpellier) in a few weeks I decided to get more Rhone grape focused. Last night here in Amsterdam I was able to locate the … Read more
Image via Wikipedia Image of Domaine d'Aupilhac via Snooth Del Mar California may be about as far as anywhere from the town of Montpeyroux, France, but as far as I'm concerned, Montpeyroux and the wines of Sylvain Fadat, and Domaine d'Aupilhac is only as far as my cellar is. Last night as part of the … Read more
