Would you like some red with your eggs? Or maybe in them…
As I was going through one of my reader pages, I stumbled upon a post from The Accidental Hedonist, presenting a version of a recipe called eggs en meurette – i.e., poached eggs in a red wine sauce....
View ArticleOn the way up, New Zealand is stopping by
In recent years, New Zealand has certainly been a growing concern on the international wine scene. The sauvignon blancs, of course, and, increasingly, the pinot noirs have been making great headway on...
View ArticleCanadian wines for all occasions
I was invited for a second time by CJAD host Sharman Yarnell to do a wine-related bit on her Saturday-morging show called Showtime. And since our little chat was to air soon after Canada Day (and...
View ArticleTasting Note: Melon 2003, Deux Vert Vineyard, Yamhill County, La Bête
Melon from Oregon? Now that’s a wine that could qualify for Wine Blogging Wednesday 47, whose theme is “Brought to You by the Letter S”. ‘Cause it’s oh, so Surprising. But no, I have another idea for...
View ArticleWine Blogging Wednesday #48: Back to Your Roots
Great theme from Lenn Thompson, founder of the Wine Blogging Wednesday, to celebrate four years of this collective tasting thing (which begat a French heir called les Vendredis du vin, among other...
View ArticleRegional Wine Writing Project: Napa North? How about Burgundy West?
When I decided to take part in the Regional Wine Writing Project, I started with Quebec, my homeland, which deserves a full introduction to just about anyone that is not a wine lover in Quebec itself....
View ArticleCalifornia Wine all tastes the same? Says who?
Well, finally back to blogging. After an intense weekend at the Wine Bloggers Conference, followed by four full days of running around Sonoma and Napa – and Fairfield, and Berkeley and San Francisco –...
View ArticleIn praise of diversity (or engineering it): Jura, New Zealand and yeast strains
I haven’t been blogging as much as I usually do, this past couple of months, partly because I found it hard to run through wine regions at a fast pace, absorb all the information and write something...
View ArticlePost-TasteCamp North interviews: Jonathan Wilson of Labeled.ca
TasteCamp North, held on both sides of the Niagara river on May 13-15, was a lot of fun and very instructive for the thirty-some wine bloggers and writers present. Pursuing a tradition started by Lenn...
View ArticlePost-TasteCamp North interviews: Adam Japko of Wine Zag
TasteCamp North, held on both sides of the Niagara river on May 13-15, was a lot of fun and very instructive for the thirty-some wine bloggers and writers present. Pursuing a tradition started by Lenn...
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