Drinking sparkling wine in these parts, especially Champagne, is often reserved for special occasions – New Year’s Eve and weddings for example. The less expensive bottlings, however, are increasingly popular as summer-time drinks – the nicely chilled fizz serving as a replacement for beer or pop. In Champagne the wine is not only considered to be […]
Read MoreIt was one of those rare times in St. John’s. It had been warm all day Saturday, but as the sun started to drop behind the hills, the evening stayed warm. Not only warm, but warm enough to sit outside in just a t-shirt. That was helped as the steady wind that had been blowing […]
Read MoreThe Luberon you say? You likely have heard of the French wine regions of the Rhône and Provence. The Luberon AOC is a bit of both as it is located in the civil administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, but is included with the other AOC wines of the Rhône such as Hermitage and Châteauneuf-du-Pape. AOC […]
Read MoreMy earliest wine experiences were with products such as Casel Mendes and Mateus, like many other Canadians. These two rosé wines were of questionable quality, at least in those days, even to unsophisticated palates. The successors to these products in North America were the “blush” wines, or “white Zinfandels” which didn’t raise the quality bar […]
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Steve Delaney
July 31, 2016
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