Topic: Bourgogne

Wet summer weather may herald good French wine year

PARIS (Reuters) - Holidaymakers may deplore the wet weather in France this summer but the silver lining to all those cloudy days at the beach may eventually be a good to "exceptional" year for French wine.Many wine experts say only the return ...

Winemaking in Loire-express yourself and terroir

ANGERS, France (Reuters Life!) - More than 600 Loire valley winemakers gathered in Angers earlier this month for three days of tasting and touting their terroirs.But the vignerons, whose vineyards are spread along the banks of river's 630 miles, are as ...

What Makes a Wine Ageworthy?

time in the cellar), Robert Hight asked, "What is it that you sense in a wine that makes it ageworthy? Will Malbecs from Argentina, which seem so promising, reward cellaring? The list of such wines today is vast. When I was living ...
Beaujolais Nouveau is back: New edition deemed sweet, authenticThe latest batch of Beaujolais Nouveau, the popular French wine that's more fun than fine, made its debut Thursday.The verdict for some: a sweet, fruity and authentic flavor that matches 2009's ...

A French White That Goes Against the Grain

Plain old Bourgogne Blanc?made from all the bits and parts that don't fit into Burgundy's more expensive premier cru and village bottlings, which carry specific place names?can still deliver welcome charm.. The 2006 Bourgogne White Cuv?e de ...

17th Century French actors

Here is ?little background about theater in France during the 17th Century before I get into the actors. In 17th Century French theater, a play had to follow three unities. These stories were made to fir 17th Century views of the world ...

Coq Au Vin

rooster in wine" in a french) is a French recipes of rooster cooked with red wine, leek, mushrooms, carrot and optionally garlic. This menu use Bresse Chicken (or free range chicken) (use giblets and crushed carcass, if possible) for cooked.I want ...

Wine

As a young cook, Hugh Acheson bought one great bottle of wine (often French) with every paycheck. Another option: the 2009 Michel Girard et Fils. How did you learn about wine?. I started socking away money to buy wine, and the next ...

What Is Muscadet?

Muscadet is a French white wine of the Loire Valley region. Made of the Melon de Bourgogne grape, it is produced more than any other Loire Valley wine. The name most likely refers to a musky or Muscat-grape flavor.The Melon de ...

Henri Emile Bazin

Feb. 7, 1917, Dijon), engineer and member of the French Corps des Ponts et Chaussees ("Corps of Bridges and Highways") whose contributions to hydraulics and fluid mechanics include the classic study of water flow in open channels.. Bazin worked as an assistant ...