Burgundy by Janie Master “I must go down to Dijon again, to the wines of the great Cote d’Or. And all I ask is a cellar cool and a light to see the floor. And a corkscrew, and a goblet and some close friends laughing, And a great meal in our hotel and an absence of...
Costieres De Nimes Le Charmel “vin du Vallée du Rhone” by Melvyn Master Our wonderful Rhone Wine Le Charmel comes from the wine region of Costieres de Nimes which is the wine country north of the old Roman town of Nimes in the Southern Rhone Valley. This part of the...
French Edition of an American Tradition by Phillip Holland (our resident Southerner) While it is true that the Southern United States isn’t known for their wine regions, it is also true that the rural South and the French countryside have quite a bit in common:...
French Wine Trip December 2015 by Janie Master Paris was half empty two weeks before Christmas. Mel and I couldn’t believe it. The cafes, however, were full of Parisians. So unbelievably sad to think that the Daesh (ISIS) terrorists who had killed 129 people and...
Introducing the Le Charmel Muscadet Sèvre et Maine Sur Lie A.O.C. 2013 from the beautiful west Loire Valley in France. This exquisite white wine comes from a superb 75 acre single estate in the village of Gorges. The soil here is composed of predominately granite...
If you’re lucky enough to be able to miss a day’s work then take a day flight to Europe. Hey, you can always use your computer to keep working on the plane. Mel and I left Boston at 8 a.m. and arrived in London, Heathrow at 7 p.m. that night after a 5 ½ hour...
