Whit Meyers (late of the great Jeroboam, Green Room, Gypsy Tea Room), who now represents wines for Virtuoso Selections, sent along a Reuters story about possible changes in European rose-making rules. 'Seems the EU is considering letting European producers do...
A $200 ($199.99) bottle of vintage Champagne is a fairly hard sell right now. But the Champagne in question is Dom Perignon Brut 2000, and if you're going to spring to commemorate a special occasion, such as a graduation or...
Francois and Anne Chandou sent out an e-blast from La Cave Warehouse, reporting that a supplier had fallen upon hard times and offered them an assortment of French wines at fire-sale prices, many that they are in turn offering at...
A group of Francophiles was both charmed and challenged last night at Chateau Wine Merchant's Bodega Bar by Alexandre Martin and his introduction to Le Nez du Vin, Jean Lenoir's French method for codifying and understanding the aromas in wine....
For Francophiles and wine geeks, the introduction of the new Bordeaux vintage is as eagerly anticipated as a playoff game for Dallas Cowyboys fans. Bordeaux is big-league wine, and Sigel's is teaming with the Rosewood Mansion Restaurant to unveil the...
Few wine lovers do not know the story of The Judgment of Paris, the day in 1976 when California trumped the French in a blind wine-tasting. The nine judges were the cream of French oenophiles, and Napa Valley's Chateau Montelena...