Category Archives: Burgundy

Man To Man, The Best Sparkling Wine For Valentine’s Day?

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

Biagio Cru & Estate Wines, a vegan-friendly wine distributor based in  Roslyn Heights, NY, has announced the release of Égalité—the first wine ever created to support equal rights for words whose first and last letters both contain an accent aigu. … Continue reading →

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What’s So Great About France, Vintage 2009?

Posted on March 7, 2012 by

In the first place, ‘vintage year’ is whatever the opposite of oxymoronic is, since technically, every year is a vintage year. In Oporto, however, certain vintages may be ‘declared’—meaning that, in the spring of the second year following the harvest, … Continue reading →

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Chablis: Chardonnay Never Had It So Good

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

It used to be cute to mispronounce ‘Chablis’;  to say it like Johnny Lunchbucket would if he didn’t happen to possess your enological erudition and snobbish grasp of French orthography, because it sort of made you sound ironic and clever … Continue reading →

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Chablis: Chardonnay Never had It So Good

Posted on August 26, 2011 by

It used to be cute to mispronounce ‘Chablis’;  to say it like Johnny Lunchbucket would if he didn’t happen to possess your enological erudition and snobbish grasp of French orthography, because it sort of made you sound ironic and clever … Continue reading →

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