Over the years, I’ve accumulated a lot of books about wine. As I started to research this post, I gathered a stack of some of my more generalized
Category: History of Wine
Orange Wines: Sometimes, the Best New Things are Old*
Last Friday night I attended a seminar on Orange Wines (no relation to actual oranges) with enologist, Charles Gendrot. It was held at one of my
Wine, Words & Wednesday, No. 76
Today’s words come to us from one of the great female pioneers of Champagne, Lily Bollinger. Madame Bollinger (or Madame Jacques, as she was known)
Wine, Words & Wednesday, No. 71
Today’s words come from American editor and author, Clifton Fadiman. Fadiman was editor of the New Yorker’s Book Review, and judge of the Book of
Carpe Vinum’s Tour de France: Champagne Wishes
If you follow my Carpe Vinum adventures, you know that a couple of us are heading to France on vacation this summer (I’m going Paris and north; my
Scratching the Surface of Champagne
If you follow my Carpe Vinum adventures, you know that a couple of us are heading to France on vacation this summer (I’m going Paris and north; my
