Lovely trip really! Alsace has gotten very close to Paris now with the new TGV line. Beautiful villages, stunning aromatic whites… well worth the trip!
Entries from December 2007
#18 Alsace at Christmas time
December 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments
Tags: Regions · Uncategorized
#17 Riesling, the terroir sponge
December 24th, 2007 · 2 Comments
The grape of the future…
Tags: Grapes
#16 Interview of Olivier Humbrecht, Master of Wine, Oenologist - Wine Enthusiast’s Winemaker of the Year 2006
December 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments
Ok, guys… sound is poor but the man is a real legend!
And here’s part two (THE SOUND IS NOW WORKING):
Tags: Regions
#15 Pairing Wine with Foie Gras
December 17th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Did you see that they banned Foie Gras in some US states? Well, after they did that, sales of foie gras went up big time in those states! That gives me hope in human nature!!
Tags: Pairing with food
#14 Wine and Global Warming
December 12th, 2007 · 11 Comments
Ok, I look ridiculous on those skates… but oh well, let’s call this my contribution to fight global warming!!
Tags: Random
#13 Busting the French Girl Myth
December 10th, 2007 · 14 Comments
This will ruin the very little chances I still had of marrying a French girl. My mom will be angry if she watches this one!
Tags: Random
#12 Pauillac: dirty water, great wine
December 7th, 2007 · 3 Comments
Isn’t this the nastiest water color you’ve ever seen?
Tags: Appellations
#11 Getting to know Margaux
December 6th, 2007 · No Comments
If you ever drive through the Médoc…you’ll be astonished to realize how lousy the actual Margaux village is. It’s like nothing… but the wineries there are serious!! Goooood wine!!
Tags: Appellations
#10 Jacques Shiraz
December 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments
Ok, that’s a lame pun. But hey… did you see who our new president dates? Carla Bruni… ex super model and great singer! The man is a pimp! For the first time in my life, I’m proud of being French! Thank you Mr. President!
Tags: Grapes
#9 Strike in Paris - Want a drink?
December 4th, 2007 · 3 Comments
We actually wanted to interview these guys and ask them what type of wines they drink… but trying to talk about wine to a communist during a protest is like trying to talk about geostrategy with a gangster during a car jacking… simply pointless!!
Tags: Random
#8 Pomerol at harvest time
December 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Why do church bells always ring when I’m shooting a video?!
Tags: Appellations



