What do you want to do today?

Every year around this time, I get asked this question. With Thanksgiving as the first big holiday season kickoff, people put a lot of stake into the meal, including wine pairings. And normally I LOVE this question, as food and wine pairing is a specialty of mine. However, Thanksgiving is its own beast. So, the answer to the title question is: PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING. Reason #1: there is a huge array of food at the table, with a huge array of elements. Sweet cranberry sauce, sal

Thoughts of Burgundy continue to swirl through my head, inspired by the mega-tasting I experienced during the week-long Grands Jours de Bourgogne wine trade event. One recurring theme is: expectations versus reality in terms of tasting terroir . Burgundy is arguably the benchmark for terroir— with vineyard differentiation going back to Medieval times, and dozens (if not hundreds) of books by renowned authors praising site distinctions certainly supporting that. As a high-le

I started wondering if the success of “Chablis” is maybe its downfall? In the U.S., most wine drinkers are familiar with the name. Even if they don’t know much about where it is from or how it is made. Or even, what the grape variety is. (If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard, “I don’t like Chardonnay. But I love Chablis!” I’d buy a house in France and you all could visit. But I digress.)