“Extreme complication is contrary to art.” — Claude Debussy Introducing The Claude Debussy, a $250 Wine-Aid package that includes 12 bottles of lush, earthy, and spicy red wine from some of Southern Rhone’s most prestigious Crus. The price includes tax…
- - -
Posted on 2020.05.15 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
“Wine is bottled poetry.” — Robert Louis Stevenson Introducing The Robert Louis Stevenson, a $165 Wine-Aid package that includes six bottles of ripe and lush red wine from the appellations of Faugères, Terrasses du Larzac, and Saint-Chinian — appellations that…
- - -
Posted on 2020.05.12 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
“Sorrow can be alleviated by good sleep, a bath and a glass of wine.” — Thomas Aquinas. Introducing The Thomas Aquinas, a $270 Wine-Aid package that includes 12 bottles of Côtes du Rhône from producers based in Châteauneuf-du-Pape. This range…
- - -
Posted on 2020.05.03 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
“What I dream of is an art of balance.” — Henri Matisse Introducing The Matisse, a $165 Wine-Aid package that includes six bottles of Red Wine illustrating the rich fruit and herbal fragrant wines from vineyards across southern France’s Languedoc-Rousillon…
- - -
Posted on 2020.04.28 in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” — Paul Cézanne Introducing The Cézanne, a $260 Wine-Aid package that includes 12 bottles of Red Wine illustrating a range of ripe and luscious flavors and aromas…
- - -
Posted on in France, Wine-Aid Packages, Languedoc-Roussillon, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
Situated in the heart of the village of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the vineyard Clos Saint Patrice has an unhindered view of the famous Château of the popes which has dominated the village and its vineyards for almost 800 years. But…
- - -
Posted on 2020.02.06 in Saturday Sips Wines, France, Southern Rhone  | Read more...
Fitou, a wild and remote subzone on the Languedoc-Roussillon border, is the very first granted appellation in that region. It consists of two small enclaves within Corbières: Fitou Maritime, a clay-limestone band around the saltwater lagoons on the coast, and…
- - -
Posted on 2020.01.23 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
The Côte Vermeille (vermillion coast) is a 13 mile long stretch of beaches, small bays, creeks, and coves nested along the coastline of southern France on the border of Catalunya. This romantic yet rugged land is where the Massif des…
- - -
Posted on 2020.01.16 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
The River Hérault rises out of the Cévennes mountain range, carving a path through limestone before flowing south across the fertile plain west of Montpellier and finally emptying into the Mediterranean. It cuts through the heart of the winemaking region…
- - -
Posted on 2019.12.05 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Languedoc-Roussillon  | Read more...
Do a little digging into the work of Alain Pascal of Domaine du Gros ‘Noré and the first thing the wine pundits want you to know is how much of an outsized character he is. While it is…
- - -
Posted on 2019.11.14 in France, Saturday Sips Wines, Provence  | Read more...