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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Wine Review: Three 2013 Alsatian Pinot Blancs… Or Should I Say One and a Half?
Disclaimer: this review is of samples that I received from the producers’ US PR agency. My review has been conducted in compliance with my Samples Policy and the ISA wine tasting protocol and the opinions I am going to share on the wines are … Continue reading
Posted in White Wines, Wine, Wine Reviews
Tagged Albert Mann, Alsace, AOC, Domaines Schlumberger, France, French, Meyer-Fonné, Pinot Blanc, review, tasting, white, wine
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An Overview of France’s Alsace AOC Appellation
Since I have recently received three samples of Pinot Blanc wines from Alsace which I am going to review on one of the next posts, today I am going to provide a brief overview of northeastern France’s Alsace AOC appellation … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Education, Wine Regions
Tagged Alsace, AOC, appellation, Auxerrois, education, France, French, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, white, wine
11 Comments
#OperaWine 2015: My Wine Tasting Notes for Italy’s Northeast
Here is part 2 in my series about my tasting experience at the OperaWine 2015 event in Verona last month. On this post we will focus on my tasting notes for the wines from Italy’s northeastern region. For my general … Continue reading
Posted in Red Wines, Sparkling Wines, White Wines, Wine, Wine Reviews, Winevents
Tagged Allegrini, Beyond the Clouds, Cantina Terlano, Cesari, Chardonnay, Elena Walch, event, Fair, Ferrari, Foradori, Italian, Italy, Jermann, Livio Felluga, Masi, Nino Franco, OperaWine, Perlé, Pieropan, red, review, Russiz Superiore, sparkling, spumante, Suavia, tasting, Tedeschi, Tommasi, Verona, Vinitaly, white, wine, Wine Spectator
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An Exciting Project and Powerful Tool: Italy’s DOCG Appellation Database
We are pretty excited to share the news of a new wine project and powerful tool that we just rolled out on Flora’s Table: an overview of all of Italy’s 74 DOCG appellations (those that are at the top of the Italian appellation system … Continue reading
Posted in Wine, Wine Education
Tagged appellation, archive, database, DOCG, education, Italian, Italy, regulations, wine
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When conversations get surreal: potato and saffron soup with pancetta croutons
A couple of days ago Stefano was getting ready to go to work and he told me that I must have done something wrong with the laundry because his pants felt tighter. Now, you can tell me anything (because any … Continue reading
Wine Review: Domaine Chante Cigale, Châteauneuf-du-Pape AOC, 2009
Our previous post provided a general overview of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the territory, the appellation and the main winemaking practices, so if you missed that you may want to go back and take a look at that before reading this post, which … Continue reading
Posted in Red Wines, Wine, Wine Reviews
Tagged AOC, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Cinsaut, France, French, Grenache, Mourvedre, red, review, Rhône Valley, Syrah, tasting, wine
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