Soil is not just soil, believe me. Friday 12 June I had a chance to see something we normally only get to read about: the soil under the grapevines, one of the most basic elements of terroir. If at any point in your wine-drinking life you’ve pooh-poohed terroir as being an over-rated French notion, and […]
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Cave Berthaudin wine tasting at Beau Rivage
The Rambling Epicure covered this Cave Berthaudin’s spring wine tasting and gala dinner at the Beau Rivage in Ellen Wallace’s blog Among the vines.
Geneva sommelier named Italy’s best
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Fabio Masi, sommelier at the Il Lago restaurant at the Four Seasons Hotel des Bergues in Geneva has been named Italy’s best sommelier of 2009. He will participate in the Best Sommelier in the World competition in Santiago, Chile in April 2010. The competition involved recognizing a large number of wines […]
GL on WRS Friday – again!
You can find GenevaLunch editor (that’s me!) on WRS twice this week, first with Anne Glusker on “Stir it up,” talking about Swiss wines, and now Friday talking to Pete Forster about expats and what they look for on GenevaLunch. We’ll be joining others who cater to the foreign population in Switzerland. Tune in: WRS, […]
Put in your order for Chinese Bordeaux wine, vintage 2020
Things are heating up in Bordeaux, France, with the tasting sessions for the primeurs, or new wines, starting today (30 March). Wednesday I’ll be joining 1,000 other journalists and wine writers who descend on the area, for three days of tastings and talking to producers. Meanwhile, Bordeaux winemakers are taking advantage of the wine world’s […]