Mondavi: Napa’s First Family of Wine Reunites at Thanksgiving
As we sit down to the Thanksgiving table today with our families, I want to share a new story of a family near and dear to all wine lovers, the Mondavis of Napa Valley.
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Secrets of Blind Wine Tasting from New York City Wine and Food Festival’s “Top Tasters”
Are you smarter than a would-be Master Sommelier? Win The ONE stemware! Read the tasting clues in this post and take the Quiz to see if you can guess the wines we served based on our pro challengers’ descriptions. The winner will get a prize set of The ONE wine glasses. (To store your score […]
A great Paris wine bar for Bordeaux lovers: L’Ecluse.
Catching up with James Sichel in Paris over a glass of Chateau Palmer 2001–just now ready to drink. Elegant! I was looking for the perfect Parisian place to film the next installment of my Deltavideo tasting notes, and James suggested L’Ecluse. There are actually five l’Ecluse locations in Paris featuring dozens of Bordeaux including classified […]
New York City Wine and Food Festival
New York is a great city for foodies.
When my husband John and I did our food, wine and travel show Local Flavor, we had the chance to eat in great restaurants all over the world. Of course, I am perhaps a little biased having worked in top New York restaurants for years, but with so many datapoints (and calories) from great foodie cities, I can say New York is still one of the world’s greatest restaurant and wine cities.
The Perfect Paella and Wine Pairing?
Paella and wine are a natural, because they both come from wine country–Spain’s wine country. “But the whole country of Spain is wine country,” you are thinking. And you are right! And the whole of Spain is Paella country – everywhere doing it a bit differently, as it is with wine. Arguably the classic Paella […]
Tour de France–Bikes, Bites, Bouteilles
The best view of the Tour de France is surely through a glass of Rhone Rosé from beneath the jagged peaks of the Montmirail that punctuate the southern Rhone course of the 16th stage. Unfortunately I didn’t manage to pull off both simultaneously :). But I’ll take any day my Chène Bleu Rose and Maillot […]
Happy Auction Napa Valley!
Bon Appetit’s piece on their ’10 Favorite Hotels’ in this month’s issue features two of my favorite hotels in the US, who also happen to be big fans of The ONE – Blackberry Farm and the Inn at Palmetto Bluff. I was thrilled to see these two tremendous properties get the nod from Bon Appetit, […]
A Toast to the Golf Masters with Master Somm Wines
Just one champion will don the green jacket this weekend at the fabled Masters Tournament. A few other visitors to the Augusta National Golf Club will have the chance to sip from a certain green-stemmed wine glass created just for the Masters by yours truly. To celebrate, I plan to fill my glass with wines […]
On the “First Date of Christmas”..Let the Romantic Holiday Wine and Food Pairings Begin!
Last holiday season, my husband John came up with the idea of the “12 Dates of Christmas”–meaning “kitchen dates,” on which he is quite the expert–lucky me:). It’s simple – make dinner a chance to “court in the kitchen” and either win her heart or, in our case, just keep the fire stoked. This year […]
Visiting Burgundy Wine Country
Visiting France’s Burgundy wine region is an easy foodie side trip from Paris, thanks to the TGV service to Dijon (yes, France’s mustard HQ is also the gateway to Burgundy wine country). Here’s a little taste of what it is like to visit the home of the world’s most magical Chardonnay whites and Pinot Noir […]
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