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FREE: My Ebook in the Beginners Guide to Wine Series
Hey, did you know I wrote an ebook in the “Beginners Guide to Wine” series? It’s about the Melon de Bourgogne grape, which makes one of my all-time favorite wines in France’s Loire Valley: Muscadet. The good folks at Demand Media Studios are letting me offer up a free copy from now until 11:59pm Sunday, [More]
Aged Muscadet: A Surprising Loire Valley Wine
Maybe Loire Valley wine isn’t at the top of your list when it comes to aged wine from France. Though certainly there are plenty of sweet white wines from the Loire that can last for decades, if not decades after you’re in the ground. (Sorry to be morbid.) But Muscadet, the dry, bracing white wine [More]
Learn About Melon de Bourgogne in My Beginners Guide To Wine eBook
If you are not familiar with the Melon de Bourgogne grape, I am excited to announce the publication of my ebook in the Beginners Guide to Wine series. Thanks to 101 Publishing, you can learn about the grape that makes one of my all-time favorite white wines, Muscadet. I really want to stress that this [More]
Make Friends with Magnums of Pépière Muscadet
Why should red wine have all the fun? Thankfully, you can get Pépière Muscadet in magnums. And not just any Muscadet, but the old-vine, single-vineyard Clos des Briords. Muscadet, from the western edge of France’s Loire Valley, is made from the Melon de Bourgogne grape. Not only is it the ultimate oyster wine, it is also [More]
Sancerre and Goat Cheese Forever
There are few pairings more compelling than Sancerre and goat cheese, and few wine regions more swoon-worthy than France’s Loire Valley. I almost died with excitement when I was invited by the Loire Valley Wine Bureau on a whirlwind tour of this most diverse wine region. Arguably the pinnacle of Sauvignon Blanc, Sancerre combines bracing [More]
