a cooking demonstration at Barilla Academia
This is going to be a short report from our first but very memorable day in Emilia Romagna. After our 2 1/2 hour ride from Florence to Parma, we had…
After today, I think all of us on the Bordeaux 201 tour have a better understanding of what Robert Parker means when he says a wine is “St Julien- like.”…
We had another trifecta today: two great winery visits, first to Haut Bailly Pessac Léognan, 98 points from Parker and Chateau Raymond Lafond Sauternes 94 points Parker; a visit to…
Life for a wine lover doesn’t get much better than today: a fascinating visit to the Nadalié cooperage in Bordeaux that riveted our attention followed by a tasting of wines…
Today was our Cognac day. The weather was and has been magnificent and the two visits strikingly different. We started at Babinot, owned by the charming Pierrette and Christian Babinot,…