I have always been in love with pinot noir, a delicate and sensual grape variety. So imagine when, I had the opportunity to try a selection of the Queen of them: year 2000 of the domaine de la Romanée-Conti. A few weeks ago at Grains Nobles, the prestigious tasting school in witch I’ve hosted English [...]
Archive for mai, 2010
Categories: 2000, DRC, bernard burtschy, emotion, grains nobles, romanée conti, romanée-saint-vivant, sensual, vosne-romanée
As the trend goes, because I love pink and style, I’ve decided to treat my favourite wine tasters with some of the top actual rosé. First the selection, how to pick 10 rosés on the market? Not to say that I tried a hundred, the delicious « LE PLAISIR Rosé » from Mas Amiel for instance, didn’t [...]
Categories: fashion, ferry lacombe, maison rouge, mas amiel, minuty, ollières, paris, rosé
AH ! The sun is back, Yes ! Let’s talk about Rosé ! Rosé has long been considered like the garbage of wines, with little consideration from wine professionals. « It’s a wine for women » you can hear or « Rosé you said? Let’s talk about wine !« . But everything must start one day and not so [...]
Categories: Como No, Cookie Ann, LUX polo, Marie Van Haecke, cascai, fashion, ferry lacombe, maison rouge, mas amiel, minuty, ollières, paris, regent's park, rosé
Here I am, in Beaune. There I was in Beaune. These furtive stops in Burgundy remind me of the wonderful way Alberic Bichot welcomed us in his domaine in Pommard, Le clos des Ursulines. Yes, POMMARD, the sound of it is already poetry. This domaine represent 17Ha, and is one of the 4 of the [...]
Categories: albert bichot, beaune premier cru, clos des ursulines, crémant de bourgogne, pommard
Burgundy is getting excited: this is what happen when an old wine region gets on the new social media, when local gets global and learning becomes fun. What a good idea from Rick Backas in Napa, California to organize this Chardonnay Tweetup! Chardonnay is born in Burgundy where even a village takes its name. It [...]
In Beaune: Burgundy’s wine capital and Chardonnay’s first wine region, I will be this Thursday. The 6th of May in the world is the Chardonnay Tasting on Twitter, a great idea from Rick Backas, community manager and digital strategist for St Supery winery in the NAPA valley, California. To follow the event, get on Twitter [...]
