Wine Tasting, Vineyards, in France

The Ambassador's wines

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:09:55 +0100

Ambassador David Bruce being knighted in Burgundy (1951 - source USIS)A couple years ago, I wrote a story (Wine Oblivion) about the post-war period which saw the cold war unfold, the then-disastrous economic situation of Burgundy and the nascent use...

Bikers' Club (Donetsk)

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:34:59 +0100

Bikers with an attitude at the door of the Biker's ClubDonetsk (Donbass) - drink beer, listen to music, nothing else If young people do like to have a beer together in public parks in Donetsk like elsewhere in Ukraine, that...

Wine News (25)

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:11:29 +0100

Supporters at the new Donetsk stadiumDonetsk, Donbass (Ukraine) In Ukraine like in Russia, drinking in the street is not automaticly associated with disorderly conduct, it's a tradition in a region which never had many pubs or bars and where the...

Cemetery Booze (Donetsk, Ukraine)

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:03:59 +0100

Wine, vodka and caviar (engraved marble)...Mushketovskoe cemetery, Donetsk, Donbass (Ukraine) Don't be surprised to come occasionnally accross a drunkard or a bum in a Russian or Ukrainian cemetery (I did in one of my cemetery visits this time), they're probably...

Soviet Champagne History

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:56:06 +0100

Soviet Champagne on Lenin Square (Donetsk)Remember the Paris wine tasting of 1976 which was an unexpected shock for the French wine establishment ? For those who forgot the story, let's remind the facts : In a blind wine tasting held...

Artyomovsk (ex- Soviet Champagne)

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:18:46 +0100

Artyomovsk winery - left : entry to the underground galleriesArtemivsk, Donetsk Oblast (Donbass - Ukraine) The Artyomovsk winery in eastern Ukraine is a good example of a Soviet Champagne Kombinat turned into a more qualitative sparkling outlet with the privatization...

Noëlla Morantin (Loire)

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:58:29 +0200

Noella Morantin checking the filling of a wooden vatPouillé, Touraine, Loire Another load of Côt grapes were pushed by the belt elevator into the Grenier wooden vat as Noella Morantin was checking the filling and she brushed off the grapes...

Wine News (24)

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:19:40 +0200

Dropping for a Quincy, ending with Dutch beer & Côte Roannaise...Never think that you can drop at a friends-owned bar and leave with the single glass of wine you had in view, a Quincy in this case... I showed up...

Bernache Season (Loire)

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:23:07 +0200

Bernache !Meusnes, Touraine (Loire) Open season for Bernache, the sugary juice-turning-into-fermented-beverage. This was saturday late afternoon and as I was spending the weekend in the Loire, when a sudden thought popped up : this is Bernache time, how didn't I...

Benoit Delorme (Burgundy)

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:10:26 +0200

Benoit Delorme in his cellar/vatroomRosey, Côte Chalonnaise (Burgundy) This bottle of Burgundy wine came on our table almost by accident : B.'s brother had met on a farmer's market somewhere in Burgundy one of his old-time acquaintances who had since...

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