Last year, two weeks prior to the New Orleans Food & Wine Experience, I slipped and fell at home rupturing my left quadriceps. Nothing was going to stop me ...
I had the good fortune last week, as a member of the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA), to take part in a portion of the 74th annu...
I've recently had the pleasure of getting to know Olivier Magny a bit by email correspondence and by reading his books Stuff Parisians Like and his most recent ...
It's difficult not to be overwhelmed by its magnificence. After leaving the church, we walked across the courtyard to the tasting room with its sweeping views of vineyards and green countryside.
Kevin Willenborg also comes to Paso from Napa and his resumé includes Petreus, Louis Martini and Francis Ford Coppola. His says the high diurnal variance in addition to the soil makes for a "creamier" wine. There's more roundness of the tannins in Paso he notes.
When he first arrived at Leoness two years ago there was "nothing here" he said, just a kitchen and the basics. There was hardly any budget. He had broken his ankle and spent the first four months in the kitchen on crutches.
Join us, won't you this November as we cruise the Danube on the magnificent Amabella. Travel from Prague to Budapest with colorful stops along the way on this c...
When I asked him to describe what the hotel was like when he started there he described it as a shell. All the elements were there, he says, the work just needed to be done. He describes it as desolate, that there was many a night he and chef Aaron were the only people there.
From the first sniff there was no mistaking this was a Pinot. Strawberries and flowers dominated the nose. This was another very well balanced wine that just plain loves food.
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Zagreb, Croatia played host to the 2013 International Wine Tourism Conference. The forecast called for snow and for once the forecasters got it right....
