#ChampagneDay 2013

Posted by foodwineclick on October 25, 2013 · 2 Comments 

We have fun celebrating these internet based theme days for various wines.  One of our favorites is #ChampagneDay because it’s a great excuse to make the day an occasion.  It appears that #ChampagneDay is the last Friday in October, because it was also on a Friday last year.  Wow, just like Thanksgiving and Easter!  Anyway, … Continue reading →

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Our Piemonte Wine Dinner

Posted by foodwineclick on October 25, 2013 · 8 Comments 

Barbaresco, Barolo and Much More Just back from a wine touring week in the Piemonte (Piedmont) region of Italy, Julie and I were eager to share a glimpse of that area with our wine dinner group.  We prepared a Piemonte menu we hoped would be both authentic and tasty.  How did we do? The White … Continue reading →

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Oops!

Posted by foodwineclick on October 21, 2013 · 5 Comments 

Make Sure You Have Plenty of OOPS! OK, you spill an expensive bottle of wine, you break glasses.  Those “oops” moments are no fun at all.  The OOPS moments I’m talking about are failures, but they show you are still trying new things, experimenting, learning. FoodBeerClick Chili (original post here) I wanted to modify a … Continue reading →

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Quick Visit & Lunch in Tain L’Hermitage

Posted by foodwineclick on October 10, 2013 · 10 Comments 

If you’re a Northern Rhone fan, a visit to Tain L’Hermitage is well worth your time.  Seeing the land for yourself will show you things you will never learn from a book or an article.  After our morning visit at Jean-Louis Chave, we had a little time to explore before we caught the train back … Continue reading →

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Minnesota Visits Domaine Jean-Louis Chave – St. Joseph & Cellars

Posted by foodwineclick on October 2, 2013 · 5 Comments 

On a visit with Erin Cannon Chave, we crossed the Rhone from Tain L’Hermitage to Mauves, in the St. Joseph appellation. The difficulty of farming on the hillside (cliffside?) of St. Joseph is clear as as soon as you see the steep slopes and terraces.  Cultivated for centuries, many of these hillsides were abandoned after … Continue reading →

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Minnesota Visits Domaine Jean-Louis Chave – Hermitage

Posted by foodwineclick on October 1, 2013 · 15 Comments 

A question came up at our Chave tasting in Minnesota: “If we’re in France, can we visit?”  Erin answered that they aren’t really set up for visitors, but if we would be in France to send her an email.  If she would be available, she would be happy to have us visit.  Lucky us, we … Continue reading →

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