wine

Long, hot summer shrinks French wine production

Some of last year’s wines of Provence, at a local festival in Saint-Remy de Provence     The weeks and weeks of high heat across Europe, and especially in France, are affecting prospects for this year’s French wine vintage.

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Florida: Unexpected Destination for Wine

Think wine, and you think Europe…or the Napa Valley…or…Florida?   Not a thought that occurs to too many, but as the Miami Herald points out, Florida has a long and thriving history of wine production, although mostly fruitier, sweeter wines…

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Vineyards, Burgundy, France

There have been occasions when glimpses of a place, from listening to someone speak of them, or in a magazine, a movie, or even a television program, have caused me to tuck the name securely away in memory, to be retrieved later for the impetus to go there.

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Florida: Unexpected Destination for Wine

Think wine, and you think Europe…or the Napa Valley…or…Florida?   Not a thought that occurs to too many, but as the Miami Herald points out, Florida has a long and thriving history of wine production, although mostly fruitier, sweeter wines…

Read More

Vineyards, Burgundy, France

There have been occasions when glimpses of a place, from listening to someone speak of them, or in a magazine, a movie, or even a television program, have caused me to tuck the name securely away in memory, to be retrieved later for the impetus to go there.

Read More