by Sarah Hernan Since the 2014 harvest is complete in France and Italy, you may have read reports from the different producers giving their first impressions about the new vintage. Yet we rarely consider what harvest is like from a grape picker’s point of view. Harvest 2014 at Domaine du Salvard, Loire As wine tourism […]
Posted on May 17, 2013, 5:35 pm, by Anthony Lynch, under
Picnic Wine.
Everybody loves a picnic, especially now that summer is around the corner. It is time to plan a day at the beach, lake, river, pond, park, or even in your own backyard, where you can decompress in the sun with good friends, food, and maybe a bottle of wine or two. Okay, definitely a bottle […]
Posted on July 3, 2009, 1:34 pm, by Clark, under
Bandol,
Domaine du Salvard,
Domaine du Tour du Bon,
Languedoc,
Loire Valley,
Red Wine,
Rosé,
St. Martin de la Garrigue,
White Wine.
The time around July 4th is when French wine sales take a little hit. Domestic wineries jump on the “buy American” bandwagon and people head to their local shops that feature their favorite homegrown wines. This makes sense, right? July 4th = Zinfandel? Why on earth would you buy a bottle of French wine to […]