Rose Club December 2024: Atypical Rosés
Atypical Rosés As 2024 comes to a close, we find ourselves back in France enjoying some rosés from regions better known for other wines. The Alsace wine region is best known for Rieslings, while Sancerre...
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Atypical Rosés As 2024 comes to a close, we find ourselves back in France enjoying some rosés from regions better known for other wines. The Alsace wine region is best known for Rieslings, while Sancerre...
3 Fonteinen Oude Kriekenlambik This month I was able to get my hands on something pretty special. Finding a traditional Belgian lambic within the beer club budget, especially from the renowned Drie Fonteinen, was a...
TOSCANA This month we are continuing our gambol through central Italy with Tuscany. A rough triangle covering 9,000 square miles of “relentlessly undulating” (per Jancis Robinson) countryside, it’s responsible for Pisa’s lean, the Renaissance (via...
LAZIO Happy New Year! We are inaugurating 2023 with a trip to Lazio, located in west-central Italy, and so-named for the original inhabitants of the area, the “Latini.” The Latini language served as the basis...
Saint Chamant & Coquillette Now that we’re smack in the middle of celebration season, I find myself wondering, with every toast: Why Champagne? Besides being delicious, what accounts for its specific mystique, its literal elevated...
Domaine Lancelot-Royer In August we focused on the contribution of Pinot grapes - Noir and Munier - to the greatness that is Champagne. For October, we are celebrating the the other major player on the...