Sideways: Wine can make great movies!
Sideways is a movie which could be a wine tasting guide for beginners as well as an abs straining exercise from laughing for 121 minutes of the full length of the film.
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Graça do Vinho: The slow-food wine bar in Lisbon that connects then and now
Graça do Vinho must be the most relaxed wine bar in Lisbon. Set on a steep slope of the Graça neighbourhood, climbing up its cobbled ground on your feet in […]
Wine detox: Day two & how not to pair Chinese food with wine
An almost six-hours drive from Monaco to Geneva made it easier to forget about wine for a while. Coca cola at a gas station, some candies and cookies … All […]
Michel Rolland: book Le Gourou du vin introduced with his wines at Hotel de Paris in Monaco
Michel Rolland is perhaps the most famous wine consultant on the world. Most serious wine drinkers know him for his awarded creations in Bordeaux, Spain, South Africa, South America and […]
The spirit of Napa
Last week I was filming in the Napa Valley, California, and interviewed owners of four outstanding family vineyards: Gargiulo, Martin Estate, Quixote and Palmaz (check videos). As wonderful as their wines […]
The Taste of Los Angeles
The Taste of LA is already an established festival of great food and drinks on the LA’s gourmet scene…
Chateau Montelena: the culprit of "bottle shock"
Jim Barrett, a co-owner and vintner at Ch. Montelena, took the wind out off the French wines’ sails as his white Californian Chardonnay 1973 scored off the world famous Burgundies […]
Ecco on Snow: high altitude gastronomy floating by St Moritz
The chef at Ecco has already developed a fine palate, which he translates brillliantly in his contemporary European oddyssey. The Swabian German Rolf Fliegauf deserves the two Michelin “macaroons” for each, …
8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana in Shanghai: Italian dining with stunning views across Pudong
Umberto Bombana has been constantly upgrading his reputation on the Asian dining scene in recent years.
Michel Guérard at Les Prés d’Eugénie: the milestone for fine millennial tastes
With his three Michelin restaurant Les Prés d’Eugénie, the octogenarian chef Michel Guérard stands as one of the last iconic personas of the French nouvelle cuisine. Set in a remote Relais […]
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