My Own French Wine Articles

While I feel fine showcasing other people's wine articles, I'd like to give you the chance to read some of my own. Every author feels that she or he is unique. I haven't seen a series of articles quite like mine. I love French wine and food and I am writing a series on the wines and foods of France's eleven wine regions. That should keep me busy for some time, and I hope you'll join me on this journey. You may even find some bargains, I have.

A clickable list of my articles follows immediately. If you are not sure you want to read it, we present a direct quote from each article, followed by a clickable link. Keep coming back, I'll be adding more articles regularly.

I Love French Wine and Food - A 2007 Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau
I Love French Wine and Food - A 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau
I Love French Wine and Food - A Burgundy Chablis
I Love French Wine and Food - A Saumur (Loire Valley) White
I Love French Wine and Food - A Rhone Valley Crozes-Hermitage
I Love French Wine and Food - A Touraine (Loire Valley) White
I Love French Wine and Food - A Provence Bandol
I Love French Wine and Food - A Burgundy Aligoté
I Love French Wine and Food - A Bordeaux Rosé
I Love French Wine and Food - A Midi Syrah
I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Riesling
I Love French Wine and Food - A Languedoc-Roussillon Pinot Noir
I Love French Wine and Food - A Midi Merlot
I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Pinot Blanc
I Love French Wine and Food - A Midi Viognier
I Love French Wine and Food - A Bordeaux Merlot
I Love French Wine and Food - A Red Côtes du Rhône
I Love French Wine and Food - A Mâconnais (Burgundy) Chardonnay
I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Pinot Noir
I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Pinot Gris
I Love French Wine and Food - A Red Beaujolais
I Love French Wine and Food - A White Beaujolais
I Love French Wine and Food - Launching A Series
I Love French Wine and Food - Beaujolais Nouveau

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A 2007 Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau

" Let me present a few tidbits of information before reviewing what may be one of the best Beaujolais Nouveau wines... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A 2007 Beaujolais-Villages Nouveau

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau

" ...The first thing that hit me was the taste of bubble gum, more or less dominating everything else. The wine was pleasant... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A 2007 Beaujolais Nouveau

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Burgundy Chablis

" ...The wine was very refreshing with plenty of lime and acidity, strong and yet subtle. This combination was classic and the wine emerged slightly different with each..."

I Love French Wine and Food - A Burgundy Chablis

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Saumur (Loire Valley) White

" Saumur is a city of about thirty-five thousand inhabitants where the Loire and the Thouet Rivers meet in the Anjou and Saumur zone of the Loire Valley, east of the Nantes and west of Tours. It is a bourgeois city proud of... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Saumur (Loire Valley) White

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Saumur (Loire Valley) White

" Saumur is a city of about thirty-five thousand inhabitants where the Loire and the Thouet Rivers meet in the Anjou and Saumur zone of the Loire Valley, east of the Nantes and west of Tours. It is a bourgeois city proud of... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Saumur (Loire Valley) White

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Rhone Valley Crozes-Hermitage

" I know how much this wine likes beef and veal, so I decided to try it with barbecued chicken marinated in a commercial Mediterranean-style light sauce. The wine was careful... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Rhone Valley Crozes-Hermitage

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Touraine (Loire Valley) White

" ...The story has it that the Emperor wanted to divert the Loire River to create a moat but wiser heads prevailed and he had to be satisfied with diverting the Cosson River. When he came to visit it took twelve thousand horses... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Touraine (Loire Valley) White

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Provence Bandol

" ...I am getting an image: people sitting around a campfire devouring raw or scarcely cooked bear meat – I have no idea what bear meat tastes like but I know this Bandol... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Provence Bandol

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Burgundy Aligoté

" ...This little hilltop village seems to come straight out of the Middle Ages, except for the tourists who have recently discovered it. Its focal point is the Château (Castle) built in 1132 and occupied by the same family for nine generations until 1456 when Cathrine of Châteauneuf was burnt to death; it is said that she... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Burgundy Aligoté

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Bordeaux Rosé

" My first pairing was with home made barbecued chicken accompanied by rice, grilled Portabello mushrooms, and grilled red peppers. It was quite substantial for a rosé. However... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Bordeaux Rosé

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Riesling

" The next shot was a commercially barbecued chicken leg (of course not as tasty as my own barbecued chicken) with its skin in a paprika sauce accompanied by, Turkish salad, and Greek olives. I started by sipping the wine alone, as I was afraid that I might have lost the bottle because the wine sat in the fridge for quite some time... "

I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Riesling

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Midi Syrah

" Among the eleven wine-growing regions of France, Languedoc-Roussillon ranks fourth in total vineyard acreage. This area, which includes the Midi, (the home of the wine reviewed below) was traditionally known for producing ton after ton of mediocre table wine called vin ordinaire. But times change and in spite of global warming... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Midi Syrah

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Languedoc-Roussillon Pinot Noir

" ...You may recall from the initial article in this series (I Love French Wine and Food – Launching a Series) that Vin de Pays is a relatively recent French classification for wines of promise that for one reason or another don’t meet the stricter requirements of the presumably better classifications. Even though almost one third of French wine is classified as Vin de Pays we don’t get too many of them here. I smelled a potential bargain. "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Languedoc-Roussillon Pinot Noir

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Midi Merlot

" My first meal was take out. It consisted of chicken breast with the skin on, potato salad, and a somewhat spicy tomato, red pepper, and garlic salad. No, I didn’t buy this last salad in the Midi... You know the old story about not getting a second chance to make a first impression... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Midi Merlot

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Pinot Blanc

" I usually don’t go with a non-imported cheese when tasting wines. However, I am making an exception for a Canadian Asiago cheese that our local supermarket almost never carries. This cheese is perhaps the best that I have tasted in a long time; in my opinion it clearly surpasses its Italian Asiago cousin. When a cheese is that good, I am quite anxious to try it with wine. The result... "

I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Pinot Blanc

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Midi Viognier

" The Viognier grape was on the edge of extinction about forty years ago. At that time it was restricted to France with a grand total of about 35 acres. Times have changed and this grape is now grown in... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Midi Viognier

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Bordeaux Merlot

" ... but the wine reviewed below is very affordable. Interestingly enough, its noble cousin, Chateau Petrus, crafted by the same producer with the same grape in the same area holds no prestigious classification. However, Chateau Petrus is definitely world class and comes with a price to match, if the wine merchant will even look at your money. "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Bordeaux Merlot

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Red Côtes du Rhône

" My first meal consisted of rib steak and fried potatoes. The steak was marinated in a homemade ketchup and horseradish mustard sauce. By accident too much mustard fell into the sauce, but I didn’t want to throw it out and start over again... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Red Côtes du Rhône

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Mâconnais (Burgundy) Chardonnay

" This Chardonnay was fermented in stainless steel tanks and never saw the inside of an oak barrel. The Pouilly-Vinzelles is a not very well-known neighbor of the more expensive Pouilly-Fuissé. And now for the review. "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Mâconnais (Burgundy) Chardonnay

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Pinot Noir

" My last meal associated with this wine consisted of filet of sole wrapped around salmon accompanied by two types of fried potatoes. The commercial fish preparation sounded much better than it actually was. The concoction took forever to cook and the final product was overcooked, undercooked, and waterlogged. Furthermore, there was so little salmon that it was hard to get an idea of its taste, or how it paired with this wine. However, ... "

I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Pinot Noir

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Pinot Gris

" Saint-Aubin is a soft French cow’s milk cheese traditionally packed in a wooden box. This cheese has a creamy brie-like texture and a stronger taste. The wine’s fruit came out to meet the cheese, but... "

I Love French Wine and Food - An Alsace Pinot Gris

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A Red Beaujolais

" Final verdict. I first started drinking Beaujolais decades ago, in part because I was no fan of tannins. Then I sort of dropped Beaujolais with the exception of the yearly tryst with Beaujolais Nouveau. This bottle was my first Beaujolais Cru wine, and I... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A Red Beaujolais

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - A White Beaujolais

" Let’s start by quoting the marketing materials. The name “Pisse-Dru” comes from an amusing French vintners expression: when an old vigneron says with a smile of satisfaction on his face, “ça pisse dru”, it means that... "

I Love French Wine and Food - A White Beaujolais

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - Launching A Series

"

We are going to look at eleven wine French regions: in alphabetical order they are... Each article will discuss the region and its distinctiveness. We’ll talk about the wines and the foods that characterize the region. We will try to have at least two articles per region... "

I Love French Wine and Food - Launching A Series

Title: I Love French Wine and Food - Beaujolais Nouveau

" Final verdict. For many years I have not been a fan of new wines. I taste them every year, and am always willing to change my mind. This... "

I Love French Wine and Food - Beaujolais Nouveau



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