Learning about wine
7 things a wine lover should know about DRC
Wine connoisseurs among us will know what the abbreviation DRC stands for. For those who haven't yet entered this wonderful world: Domaine de la Romanée-Conti. A name you'll want to remember. It refers to the legendary winery in the Côte...
This year's annual friends' outing took us to Edinburgh, Scotland. Where last year we were still enjoying vinho verdes in the Alentejo (Portugal), we sipped whisky this year! Traditionally, the tour guides had kept the destination a secret until the very last...
Wine101: The wine words that come up in the wine cellar, deciphered.
Chaptalization—what? Chaptalization. And also pupitres, sur lie, and carbonic maceration. These are some rather pungent terms that occasionally pop up during a wine tasting or in a restaurant. In the first blog post in this series of wine words, I...
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It's not about the destination, it's about the journey, right? So, Charles and I booked a city break through srprs.me . Where to? No idea. A week before departure, we get the weather forecast in our inbox: 22 degrees! Wow, sunshine!...
Which wine with vitello tonnato
One of my favorite recipes, and a success story, is vitello tonato. Unfortunately, I don't have the patience of a saint in the kitchen, so I avoid complicated recipes. Every now and then I'll pluck up the courage and try...
Historic moment: I tasted Vieilles Vignes Françaises 2006
I still can't believe it. Yesterday I tasted a Bollinger Vieilles Vignes Françaises for the first time. Champagne, that is. Okay—you might be thinking—you were drinking champagne again? True, but this was so much more than that. It was a...
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