Tableaux is a new Cabernet Sauvignon-Syrah Blend priced at $10 across the US in Cost Plus World Market Stores. It was launched last week by this French company which has its sights see for knocking off E&J Gallo’s Red Bicyclette Wine. According to an article in the SF Business Times, “Tableaux uses a bold tableaux-style…
How often have you drowned your sorrows in a bottle of wine because the S.O.B. never called back like he promised? Or just because it was another Saturday night that found you home alone & totally dateless? Well, leave it to the romantic French to come up with an answer. Hopefully, some wine company in…
Have you seen “Ratatouille”“? Because I’m a big fan of all things Disney, I knew I’d love the digital animation. I didn’t expect to be blown away by the realism of the Paris night scenery, the attention to detail in the food preparation, and the fact that I honestly cared that a rat could be…
Two years ago this week, I sat a few rows above Prince Charles and his then fiancess Camilla in London during a performance of Mel Brooks’ Tony award-winning play, “The Producers.” So I feel like I almost know him. Know what I mean? Now, the Prince of Wales has painted a watercolor of a French…
It was just a matter of time. Nearly 5,000 top-end bottles of wine and champagne were auctioned yesterday from the Paris City Hall collection that dates back many decades. Auctioneer Dominique Giafferi mentioned that it was “the perfect cellar” because the vintage wines were kept at 54 degrees F with 87% humidity… impeccable wine storage…
I’ve bought $100 bottles of wine and $10 bottles. Mostly the latter. But to some, $500 for 25.6 ounces of fermented grape juice and yeast is a price well worth paying. These are the “baseball card collectors” of wine who buy some to save, some to trade and some to sell. According to an article,…
Imagine a French vintner from Bordeaux trying to turn a rocky field he called “totally no man’s land” into a winery. Now, imagine that this patch of dirt was subject to harsh winters of -20 degrees Celsius, was within sight of the Great Wall of China, and was about 70 kilometers northwest of Beijing. That…
Food pairings are more popular than ever for wine aficianados. But when you’re trying to find the perfect fit for a particular cuisine, at the right price, what do you choose? Fear not, dear readers. A story in today’s SF Chronicle entitled: “Ten food-friendly wines you can bring home to dinner” has all the bases…
We’ve got legs and we know how to use them. That’s the bottom line on a taste-off yesterday of California wines vs. French in a cross-continental contest of wines that have matured for three decades. The occasion was 30th anniversary of May 24, 1976, , AKA “The Judgment in Paris” or the “slosh heard round…
This must be heaven for wine, spa and golf lovers. Surrounded by 135 acres of some of the world’s best vineyards, the former chateau now known as Relais De Margaux is elegance personified. Northwest of Bordeaux in the world famous Medoc region, high-quality grapes are grown here to produce Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and…