Back Up Wines for Entertaining A couple of weeks ago we invited some friends over for an evening of French Fringe Wine Fun. During the evening we served wines from grapes and/or regions that were new to pretty much all of us. Each wine had a course that included a…
Beauty is the Beast: Studying (Drinking) Southwest France
It used to be that studying French wine regions would be a daunting task, and it still can be for many wine students. We all start with the Bordeaux, Burgundy and Beaujolais, then Champagne, and tentatively move out to the Rhone, Loire, Alsace. The regions of Languedoc-Roussillon (where I personally…
