French Wines With Game: How to Plan the Perfect Meal

Friday, Nov 1st 2013
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How to Pair French Wines With Game French wines with game dinners are a memorable treat. The flavors of venison, wild duck, or boar, pose a special challenge for appropriate French wines to serve. These rich flavors seem to need a rich wine, and the use of sauces expands the taste ...

New Cycling and Culinary Options for French Wine Explorers' Tours

Thursday, May 9th 2013
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St. Michaels, Md. (May 9, 2013) ––French Wine Explorers has introduced two new ways for guests to celebrate France’s legendary wine regions: cycling and culinary excursions. Both bicycle and culinary tourism allow travelers a more intimate travel experience, as cooking and biking ...

Burgundy Wines for Holiday Dinners

Thursday, Dec 6th 2012
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Some fortunate French Wine Explorer travelers have already tasted the summits of fine Burgundy wines. If you haven’t yet, perhaps 2013 will be the year to do so! Meanwhile, the cold nights of winter, and the festivities of the holiday season, form a special mood. It is an ample season when we ...

Burgundy Grand Cru Wines Tasted During Our Epic Tour

Tuesday, Oct 23rd 2012
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Burgundy Grand Cru Wines Tasted During Our Epic Tour The delicious goal of our Burgundy Wine Tour of the Grand Crus is to experience wines from all the Grand Cru vineyards in the Côte d’Or and Chablis. This is one of the best wine tours in Burgundy offering the opportunity to taste all the ...

Burgundy Wine: Grand Crus of Burgundy Tour at Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux

Sunday, Jan 15th 2012
  Discovering Burgundy wine at the source: day Two of our Grand Crus of Burgundy Tour: After a fabulous welcome dinner at Le Benaton – a four-hour extravaganza! – we started the next day nearly recovered from the meal! Our first stop was in Vosne-Romanée at Domaine Arnoux-Lachaux. ...

Burgundy Tour: Grand Crus and Nuances of the Cotes de Nuits

Tuesday, Dec 20th 2011
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On the Burgundy Tour featuring the Grand Crus of Burgundy we started with a short introduction to Burgundy, we were off to the Côte de Nuits for a late afternoon tasting extravaganza! Our first stop, Domaine Dujac Père & Fils in Morey-Saint-Denis, is an anomaly in Burgundy because the ...

French Wine Explorers Grand Cru Tour of Burgundy Day 1 - Part 1

Wednesday, Dec 7th 2011
  Getting to Beaune is not an easy proposition if you live anywhere outside of western Europe. I am so glad I decided to arrive a day early, catch my breath, and awaken fresh for the gastronomique “workout” that lay ahead. French Wine Explorers, a tour operator specializing in ...

Chablis Wine and the Chablis Wine Region: Authenticity and Value

Thursday, May 19th 2011
Louis Latour
Chablis Wine and the Chablis Wine Region: Authenticity and Value A recent Washington tasting of the Burgundy wines of Louis Latour from the 2009 vintage had a pleasant bonus. In 2003, the potentially fine Chablis house of Simonnet-Febvre was purchased by Maison Louis Latour. Considerable ...

Crémant: It Bubbles, but it's not Champagne?

Wednesday, Mar 9th 2011
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When I was in college, the entertainment budget for my international relations club was so small that once we resorted to serving Sparkling Burgundy. It was dreadful. How times have changed! The French are now producing superior sparkling wines in addition to champagne. Gradually, we are ...

Louis Latour: Beautiful Burgundy Wines to Try Today

Monday, Feb 7th 2011
Louis Latour
Louis Latour: Beautiful Burgundy Wines to Try Today There’s no better way to discover Burgundy wine than on a wine tour.  While you’re planning your Burgundy  tour and waiting in anticipation for your trip, tasting Burgundy wine at a tasting event is another great way to further ...

Scenic Beaujolais, the Summer Wine Region

Wednesday, Jul 28th 2010
The scenic Beaujolais region, just south of Burgundy between Mâcon and Lyon, is four hours from Paris by car, and just half an hour from Lyon. It is full of vineyards, shops where the wines may be tasted, and bistros where the wines accompany French tavern food. It also boasts village bistros ...

Starting a Burgundy Wine Cellar

Thursday, Feb 18th 2010
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Perhaps you’ve gotten one of those shiny new wine refrigerators, and would like to begin storing some excellent Burgundy wines for future enjoyment. Or, you’ve noticed a string of good vintages, and wondered how long they will be obtainable. Best of all, you may be pondering a trip to Burgundy, ...

Burgundy Wines: The Côte de Beaune - White Wine Paradise

Thursday, Oct 29th 2009
Louis Latour
Last month, we explored Burgundy wines and the first half of the Côte d’Or, called the Côte de Nuits, which extends from Dijon to Nuits St. Georges, passing fabled vineyards that you owe yourself to see in person. The wines are expensive, but the entire area is not called “Côte d’Or” (Gold ...

Burgundy France -15 miles of Wine Heaven

Friday, Sep 25th 2009
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Burgundy France Of the Burgundy wine tours I have taken I can think of no more pleasant excursion than a slow drive through the Côte de Nuits, just fifteen miles of the Burgundy region, from Fixin just outside Dijon, to Nuits St. Georges. It is pleasant, rolling countryside, with vineyards ...

French White Wines for Summer

Tuesday, Jul 7th 2009
In the hot summer weather, there is a spectrum of fine French white wines to savor. Light or medium weight, the emphasis should be on flavors, and complementing your dining choices. Clearly, many meals are going to be informal. Uncomplicated, flavorful wines will set them off perfectly. With a ...
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