It is hard keeping up with each Stage of the Tour de France 2018 of French wine and food. My … More
Category: French wine
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
Alsace and the Ageability of Their Wines – Maison Trimbach
The universe is interesting sometimes when it comes to coincidences. In 2009, quite along time ago now, a friend … More
Traveling By The Glass 