I’m completely obsessed with a blog. It’s called Wine Terroirs and it’s by a man named Bertrand Celce who is a French photographer and writer. I can browse through it for hours.
He basically shares his travels around the French wine world. Tastings, wine bars, vineyards, wineries… you name it, he includes it. [...]
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wine terroirs
Posted in favourite wine sites, musings, wine school, tagged French wine, vinification, wine blogs, wine school on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ottawa food & wine show
Posted in other education, tagged black prince winery, catena, French wine, lcbo, ontario wine, prince edward county, wine, wine fair on November 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This past weekend was the Ottawa Food & Wine Show, which is generally considered to be Ottawa’s premiere wine event. It was held at Lansdowne Park, in the civic centre, which was a nicely disguised hockey arena. Basically this event is known, on Friday evenings and Saturday, to be an excellent excuse for [...]
tour de france
Posted in wine school, wines, tagged French wine, Northern Rhône wines, syrah, wine, wine tasting on October 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I will gladly admit that I know very little about Old World wines, especially French ones. All those regions and grapes and villages. I did know, however, that Burgundy generally equalled Pinot Noir and Bordeaux meant blends.
I was also pleased to discover that most of the others in class felt that way. Paul was used [...]
