We ended our Burgundy adventure with a night in Gevrey-Chambertain. While I had gone as far north as Nuits-Saint-Georges when I visited Domaine Faiveley on my first trip to Burgundy, I had never been to…
Posts tagged Pinot Noir
Wine Wednesdays – Burgundy is for Wine Lovers….and Newly Engaged Lovers
Some of you may have seen my teaser at the end of my first post about our trip to Beaune. It certainly was a memorable one, proving Burgundy is for lovers! After a leisurely morning…
Travelogue – 2nd Time in Burgundy’s a Charm
From Arbois in the Jura, it’s a quick 1.5 hour drive to Beaune in the heart of Burgundy. I first visited 4 years ago with my mom and absolutely fell in love with Beaune. I…
Wine Wednesdays – Brundlmayer Wine Dinner with Andreas Wickhoff MW and Wallsé
One of my favorite wine shops, Flatiron Wines, organized a fantastic dinner with Weingut Brundlmayer at local Austrian institution, Wallsé. After visiting Brundlmayer back in November, I absolutely fell in love with these wines and…
Wine Wednesdays – 2013 Ladera “Pillow Road” Pinot Noir
How lucky am I to have a man who not only likes to cook, but felt it was necessary to add a sous vide machine to our kitchen arsenal?? AND he buys me delicious wine…
Wine Wednesdays – 2011 “Saralee’s Vineyard” Wild Hog Pinot Noir
It’s official, I’m a Pinot-phile! It’s hard not to be when you have such great friends supplying delicious wine (see other examples here, here, and here)! The same friends that introduced us to Wild…
Wine Wednesdays – 2013 Domaine Hippolyte Reverdy Sancerre Rouge
I’m sure I’m not the only one who regularly associates Sancerre with white wine (Sauvignon Blanc specifically) but I recently had my world expanded when I tried this Sancerre Rouge from Domaine Hippolyte Reverdy! Made…
Wine Wednesdays – 2011 Wild Hog Vineyard Pinot Noir
I hope everyone had a lovely holiday weekend! We hit both holidays with a Passover Seder on Friday night in Connecticut and hosted Sunday night Easter dinner back at home. Did you know that most…
Wine Wednesdays – 2014 Domaine Bergeret Christian Et Fille Chassagne-Montrachet Rouge
I can’t keep up with this weather, today it’s 60 degrees and last weekend might have been the coldest I’ve ever been in my 8 years in NYC! On Friday night I had ambitions to…
Wine Wednesdays – 2014 Hibou Pinot Noir
They say your tastes change as you age, and I can say I’m starting to appreciate more lighter-style reds vs. the bold Cabernets I favored in my “youth”. Pinot Noir has become a go-to, it’s…