@planetebordeaux #planetebordeaux #talentsdesbordeaux All photos copyright Paige Donner 2021 Vinum Terra, Bordeaux 2019 Vignobles Boissonneau 1839-2021 ‘Immaculate natural wine’ – no added yeast, acid, sugar or sulfur, no new oak barrels, no heavy handed manipulation, biodynamic practices observed in vineyards and cellar The Natural Wine whose refinedness defies the label ‘Vin Natur’ Merlot, Appellation…
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Space Wine: All Systems Go For Tasting
by Paige Donner A little more than a year after the 12 bottles of Bordeaux wine were rocketed up into orbit for space ageing, they’ve now safely landed back down to Earth. Just last week, thanks to NASA and its collaborator, SpaceX Dragon Capsule, the 12 bottles of wine along with 320 grapevine clippings (160…
61: French Music & Wine Playlist LGf+w Podcast
Music and wine are, of course, two of life’s most essential ingredients.
If Music Be The Food Of Love – Episode 52 podcast
by Paige Donner Welcome to the first Paris GOODfood+wine podcast of the new decade! 2020 has come in like a bolt of lightning, and riding on these vibrant waves we take a page from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night for the theme of episode 52, dedicated to music. If music be the food of love…play on! Listen…
51: Paris GOODfood+wine w/ Pierre Lurton (Yquem), Alexandra Forbes (Refettorio), Chantal Gonet (Champagne) by Paige Donner
by Paige Donner Pierre Lurton of Yquem (& Cheval Blanc), Refettorio Paris by Alexandra Forbes, and Chantal Bregeon-Gonet of Champagne Philippe Gonet Listen Here Episode 51 Paris GOODfood+wine This December podcast shaped quickly up to be a very festive one. We have champagne from Côte des Blancs, sweet wine from Yquem in Sauternes, the…
Wine Rockets to Space for Near-Zero Gravity Ageing
Update by Paige Donner Twelve bottles of French Bordeaux wine just rocketed off to the International Space Station on a mission to help further the science of food here on Earth. The project is being fueled by Luxembourg startup Space Cargo Unlimited. They acknowledge that in addition to the importance of food and wine having…
Time Is The Essence – Bordeaux
by Paige Donner On a recent wine tasting trip to Bordeaux, time was the essential essence of it all. It was time, and the immeasurable value of it, which truly stood out for me. Time – Here we were, journalists/media types, at best, acquaintances – asking the highly specialized and talented, unique-in-the-world, wine makers, technical…
Episode 41: Natural Wines, Wine Calling and Sustainable Seafood podcast by Paige Donner
by Paige Donner LISTEN TO EPISODE 41 of Paris GOODfood+wine HERE Standard Definition: Natural wine is wine made with minimal chemical and technological intervention, both in growing grapes and making them into wine. The term is used to distinguish such wine from organic wine and biodynamic wine because of differences in cellar practices. This…
Dinner At Château Latour Bordeaux Grand Cru Classé en 1855
Bordeaux, June 18, 2017 by Paige Donner (all photos copyright 2017) On a hot summer evening in the Médoc’s Pauillac, Bordeaux guests arriving for the 1855 Grands Crus Classés dinner held this year at Château Latour were greeted with a marching Scottish-sounding band and flutes of Roederer champagne (who happens to own the closest neighboring…
WHAT’S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT 2015 BORDEAUX?
I’ll tell you what the big deal is – this is clearly a vintage to rival the already-legendary 2010. The Association de Grand Crus Classés de Saint-Emilion held its annual wine tasting yesterday at Paris’s Shangri-La Hotel. Nearly all of the 63 producers present were pouring their 2010’s side-by-side with their 2015’s. That’s how bright…
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