Join Bordeaux students.. on the bus. The Bordeaux bus is a special discovery offer for students; for only € 15 hop on the bus, visit and taste at 2 Bordeaux Chateaux. Next dates are 20th March to the Haut Medoc visiting Château d’Agassac and Château de Taillan and on the 10th April Pessac Leognan visiting [...]
READ MORE »Monthly archives for February, 2010
I’ve joined the club.
The Association of Wine Educators in the UK has accepted me as a member. For more information see my page on their web site
READ MORE »Champagne on snow
The theory up here is that snow, not ice, is the perfect way to cool champagne to tasting temperature. Guess what ? It works!
READ MORE »Blonde on ice Champagne on ice
Up in the Alps to find more than the traditional snow and ice. Last night was the first night of the Dom Perignon Ice Bar outside the Olden Hotel. Everything from white orchids imprisoned in ice to the traditional uplit ice bar. Will it last until the thaw?
READ MORE »It’s never been easier to get to Bordeaux.
There are daily flights from Bordeaux to London, Paris, Geneva and Amsterdam all year round however with the summer season looming it will be even easier to visit us in Bordeaux. Check out the daily flights on BA from Gatwick – www.britishairways.com and Easy Jet from Luton and Gatwick. The seasonal service during the summer [...]
READ MORE »From Bordeaux to Sonoma
Bordeaux is not the only wine region where you can rent apartments to make you feel at home. For rentals in the USA directly from the owner visit the web site : www.vrbo.com . Vacation rental by owner is a terrific resource if you want a change from the classic hotel option. Should you be [...]
READ MORE »On the wings of a Dove.
Château Paloumey a cru bourgeois in the Haut Medoc that rare thing in Bordeaux, a property that has been completely reinvented. Well established in the early 19th century Paloumey was a victim of Phyloxera and the economic crisis that led to it being uprooted and disappearing in the 1950s. Never one to be afraid of [...]
READ MORE »Château d’Yquem – a women’s wine?
The cellar master at Château d’Yquem is a cellar mistress; Sandrine Garbay is well known in Bordeaux and further afield as being the talented wine maker of this prestigious property and is often cited as an example of the current increasing role of women in winemaking in Bordeaux; But visiting Yquem yesterday the point was [...]
READ MORE »Cabernet and Chocolate
The Cabernets from Napa are just like the wonderful women who hosted us for the Wine Entre Femme symposium last weekend: Big, Bold and Beautiful! It has been said, especially by Europeans, that these wines are difficult to match with food but I beg to differ – they are the perfect match for chocolate and [...]
READ MORE »Oh and Bordeaux is doing it too….
So chocolate and Haut Bailly for St Valentine too? Nip into the shop at Château Haut Bailly and buy their chocolates specially crafted by Bordeaux artisan chocolatier Saunion, or pick up a box at the Saunion store in Bordeaux (56 cours Georges Clemenceau) and you will receive an invitation for a free visit for 2 [...]
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Wendy has spent the last 25 years in the French Food and Wine Industry.
Wendy now teaches professionals and the general public in Bordeaux, the UK and as far away as Asia and the US, as well as accompanying private wine tours for amateurs and enthusiasts alike. Her aim is to open the doors of the world’s most famous vineyards, explaining and making the wonderful world of French wine more accessible.
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