Retour à Lisbonne: Food & Wine Festival, Terroso, Taberna da Rua das Flores

Adegga Wine & Food Festival @the restored Pavillon Carlos Lopes Pedro Jorge at the entrance to Terroso: his new bar and restaurant in Cascais Soft shelled crab in a bun – one of the delicious signature dishes of the very inventive @ Taberna da Rua das Flores Due to circumstances – events, dear boy! – …

Alsace Pinot Noir: between Burgundy and Germany

  My title may hold true geographically speaking, but it hardly does so stylistically, at least for the majority of the wines that I tasted recently at the trade wine fair called Millésime Alsace, which is held every 2 years in Colmar. Good German Pinot Noirs often have more intensity and density. They can also …

Riesling from Alsace: at its best without any petrol

I am a great fan of wines from the Riesling cultivar, which probably explains why I decided to mostly concentrate on this variety (I also tasted a few Pinot Noirs and the occasional Sylvaner) when I recently visited the bi-annual "Millésime Alsace" wine fair in Colmar. Luckily the day was not at all hot, which …

Première rencontre Européenne des vins oxydatifs à Perpignan : une superbe dégustation…(volet 1)

Je vous l’avais annoncé, ce lundi  11 juin à 10h, le salon ouvrait ses portes, à la Galerie d’Art, à seulement 100 mètres du "Centre du Monde" (c’est comme ça que  Dalí a baptisé la gare de Perpignan). La Première rencontre Européenne des vins oxydatifs commençait !  Pour ceux qui ne sont pas venus, vous n'imaginez pas ce …

Vues sur le Riesling en Alsace

A note to my English-speaking readers. An English version of this article will be forthcoming next week, but you can still check out the pictures and the list of the good Riesling wines that I tasted last Monday at Colmar in Alsace! Je suis très amateur du cépage Riesling. C’est pourquoi je me suis concentré …

En léger différé du Mondial du Chasselas

J’ai toujours autant de plaisir à participer au Mondial du Chasselas, à retrouver la jolie cité d’Aigle et son château entouré de vignes (déguster dans un beau cadre ne doit pas être retenu contre les organisateurs!), et le Chasselas. Côté organisation, comme d’habitude, ce fut sans faille - la précision suisse, mais avec la convivialité …

2018 VitiLoire: an enjoyable morning in Tours

We spent a most enjoyable Saturday morning (27th May) in Tours at VitiLoire. It all started well as the SNCF were operating – there was no grève that day. Even better there was a special SNCF promotion for VitiLoire – Chenonceaux to Tours return for just 4 euros each. Furthermore there was full-on sunshine and …