TDF2018 Stage 10 The Mountains, The Savoie and Domaine Belluard

Rest day, the French are probably still celebrating the World Cup win but it is a completely new race, we … More

TDF2018 Stage 7, 8 and the Cobbles of Stage 9, Bastille Day, Champagne All the Way!

  It is hard keeping up with each Stage of the Tour de France 2018 of French wine and food. My … More

TDF2018 Stage 5 Quimper and Stage 6 Brest or Why the French Love Oysters and Muscadet

I have been having time management issues in keeping up with the TDF2018 stages so I am grouping Stage 5 … More

Stage 4 TDF2018 – Sarzeau -Salute to French Cider

La Baule to Sarzeau 7/10/18, Stage 4 195K Flat To recap where we are for Stage 4, we have moved … More

TDF2018 Stage 3 Team Time Trial – Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Jo Landron

According to google maps it is a 33 minute drive from the winery of Jo Landron to the start/finish of … More

TDF2018 – Stage 2 – Fiefs Vendéens Mareuil

Still within the Fiefs Vendéens wine region of the Pays Nantais, western most sub-region of the Loire Valley, considered the … More

Tour de France 2018 aka Tour de French Wine – Stage 1

June was a busy month for me, so no posts. I started a job in the wine department of Eataly … More

Planet Bordeaux, Sustainability, The Yoga of Wine

“We see everywhere the spread of a change in awareness concerning the horribly destructive effects of chemical products that have … More

O Riesling, Alsace Rieslings, Musings On Rieslings for 2018

If you taste an Alsace Grand Cru riesling or a Wachau Smaragd riesling it will convert you to a riesling … More

Walking In the Vineyards of Rouffach

I have been stalling writing my final posts on the Wine Scholar Guild Alsace trip.  When I finish the posts, … More