There’s no reason why the term ‘minerality’ should be controversial in wine descriptions, but since it is, maybe it’s better to think of it like Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart did pornography: “I may not be able to define it,…
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Posted on 2024.06.27 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Alsace, Costers del Segre  | Read more...
A true masterpiece is composed of many elements, and all the details must be in precise balance: The forearm musculature on Michelangelo’s ‘David’ for example—the intake of breath in the nostril of Sanmartino’s ‘Veiled Christ.’ This is as true for…
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Posted on 2023.11.20 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Alsace  | Read more...
As a gold medal represents the highest award that an Olympic athlete can win, in the wine world, Grand Cru is the highest designation to which a plot of land can aspire. If you are a lover of French wine…
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Posted on 2023.03.02 in France, Alsace  | Read more...
If you’re ever called upon to distill the essence of Alsatian wine into a single, simplistic phrase, you might say: ‘German varietals done in French styles.’ Of course, like Alsace itself, nothing about wine is simple, and it’s a fact…
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Posted on 2023.03.01 in Crémant d'Alsace, France, Wine-Aid Packages, Alsace  | Read more...
A true masterpiece is composed of many elements, and all the details must be in precise balance: The forearm musculature on Michelangelo’s ‘David’ for example—the intake of breath in the nostril of Sanmartino’s ‘Veiled Christ.’ This is as true for…
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Posted on 2022.11.11 in Moulin-à-Vent, Beaujolais-Villages, Puligny-Montrachet, Montlouis-sur-Loire, Menetou-Salon, Crémant du Bourgogne, Savoie, Côte Chalonnaise, Givry, France, Beaujolais, Spain DO, Penedes, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages, Loire, Sherry/Jerez, Cava, Alsace  | Read more...
To distill the essence of Alsatian wine into a single, simplistic concept: ‘German varietals and French styles.’ Of course, nothing about wine is simple, and it’s a fact that Alsace produces some of the most complex wines of any region…
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Posted on 2022.07.02 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Alsace  | Read more...
The spotlight of Thanksgiving is an expression of gratitude—for the bounty and for the providers. This extends to every phase of the celebration, family to feast, and in the rush of preparation, wines either get pushed to a back-burner or,…
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Posted on 2021.11.19 in Givry, Beaujolais-Villages, Côte Chalonnaise, France, Beaujolais, Spain DO, Penedes, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone, Navarra, Alsace  | Read more...
G.K. Chesterton wrote, “I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder.” Despite (or perhaps because of) the tumult of 2020, we can probably all find something to be thankful…
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Posted on 2020.11.18 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Spain DO, Penedes, Beaujolais, Piedmont, Burgundy, Wine-Aid Packages, Rioja DOC, Italy, Alsace  | Read more...
The winemaking region of Alsace — located in far eastern France, on the border of southern Germany — is perhaps the most geologically complex in all of France. Much like Burgundy, the vineyards of Alsace lie on the western side of…
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Posted on 2019.07.25 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Alsace  | Read more...
1966 was the year that Irma and Adolphe Ostertag first bottled their estate grown wines. The couple owned a little over seven acres at the time. After further developing his winemaking background in Burgundy, it is André Ostertag, representing the…
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Posted on 2019.01.24 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Alsace  | Read more...