The movement towards growing grapes by organic or biodynamic methods is slowly growing in France, and there are now notable examples in Provence. These wines are still single digit in terms of overall production. However, some world famous producers, including the Domaine de la Romanée Conti ...

Please welcome Bill Eyer of Cuvee Corner for a feature on affordable Bordeaux wines.  The motto of his blog is “The intersection of where great wine meets reasonable prices”.  I was intrigued by his take on French wines and asked him to write an article on what he would recommend ...

I have just conducted a course in tasting French white wines from some of the most famous wine  regions in France. One dozen tasters each contributed $25 to pay for the wines, and we had four sessions, three wines a week. Each tasting featured a progression of wine tastes, and enabled the ...

Here are some tried and tested travel apps we recommend when planning your next trip abroad: don’t leave home without them. NEW!: Never guess again when the best time is to open your bottle of wine: When Wine Tastes Best is a biodynamic calendar for wine drinkers. (Biodynamics is a ...

Sauternes, a dessert wine with varying sweetness, was one of the world’s favorite wines a century ago. These wines, from the Sauternes and Barsac region south of Bordeaux, are  now making a comeback, having suffered from the general urge to trim calories. A little goes a long way, so start with ...

  Discovering Burgundy wine at the source: day Two of our Grand Crus of Burgundy Tour: After a fabulous welcome dinner at Le Benaton – a four-hour extravaganza! – we started the next day nearly recovered from the meal! Our first stop was in Vosne-Romanée at Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux. ...

On the Burgundy Tour featuring the Grand Crus of Burgundy we started with a short introduction to Burgundy, we were off to the Côte de Nuits for a late afternoon tasting extravaganza! Our first stop, Domaine Dujac Père & Fils in Morey-Saint-Denis, is an anomaly in Burgundy because the ...

Classification of Wines – What does all mean? The idea of classification of wines, and controlling wines from the standpoint of quality, is not a new idea. Centuries ago the Dukes of Burgundy decided that Gamay was an inferior grape, and banned its production. The Pinot Noir grape was ...

Louis Latour: Beautiful Burgundy Wines to Try Today There’s no better way to discover Burgundy wine than on a wine tour.  While you’re planning your Burgundy  tour and waiting in anticipation for your trip, tasting Burgundy wine at a tasting event is another great way to further ...

Many of our readers know from our blog post Champagne-Why I love this area, that we never tire of Champagne!  Bill focuses on non-vintage Champagne for this post, and allows the armchair traveler a tour of the Champagne Wine Region. A recent extensive tasting at Wide World of Wines in ...

How to Read a Wine Label Every look at a French wine label and wonder what it takes to read a wine label?  Let’s see what it takes to understand the basic terms on how to read a wine label.  It’s easier than you think! There are 7 basic components on how to read a […]

We have all heard that prices for Bordeaux first growths have gone through the roof. These five fine wines now average, as futures, $800-$1100 per bottle. If you add the comparable great wines of St. Emilion and Pomerol, Cheval Blanc, Ausone and Petrus, the outer limit may be $1250 or so. What ...

The scenic Beaujolais region, just south of Burgundy between Mâcon and Lyon, is four hours from Paris by car, and just half an hour from Lyon. It is full of vineyards, shops where the wines may be tasted, and bistros where the wines accompany French tavern food. It also boasts village bistros ...

Loire Valley White Wine: Perfect Summer Pairings Loire Valley white wine is highly regarded. Let us sample three of them, from three different grape varietals. The Muscadet de Sèvre et Maine is a light, flavorful wine with good body, the sort of wine you can enjoy at luncheon that won’t put you ...

All of these terms are sometimes used loosely and in many cases have no official definition. Certified organic wines, for example, actually have different meanings depending on the country of origin. Here’s a quick guide: Culture raisonnée or lutte raisonnée: Often translated as reasoned ...

Perhaps you’ve gotten one of those shiny new wine refrigerators, and would like to begin storing some excellent Burgundy wines for future enjoyment. Or, you’ve noticed a string of good vintages, and wondered how long they will be obtainable. Best of all, you may be pondering a trip to Burgundy, ...