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James Molesworth

Saint Bart's Day 2: More Rosé and a Little François Villard

Posted: 08:51 AM ET, 11/24/08

By day two in Saint Bart's, Nancy and I both had the bright red foreheads that announced our "just arrived" status. We’d also developed a contest (she’s almost as competitive as I am): who could zap the most bugs.

Our room came equipped with a mini-tennis racquet device, whose wire membrane becomes electrified when you press and hold the button on the handle. Read more

James Laube

What Lies Ahead For Wine And Prices

Posted: 01:04 PM ET, 11/21/08

It’s been a long time since I’ve ridden a roller coaster. Yet all the economic gyrations of late have left me with that same kind of unsettled stomach one gets when free-falling on an amusement park ride.

Many of you have wondered where the wine market is headed in light of the recession and stock market collapse. Read more

2008 Harvest

Making Mourvèdre—Day 8

Posted: 11:49 AM ET, 11/21/08

Posted by Brian Loring

November 6: When I lifted the lids of the fermentors this morning, I noticed a couple telltale signs that the must was starting to ferment. Read more

James Molesworth

Bob Marley and Truffles in St.-Barthélemy

Posted: 08:46 AM ET, 11/21/08

Nancy and I haven’t been alone since the kids were born. That's eight years. We committed to getting away together this year, however, as we passed our 10th wedding anniversary in June.

Since I wasn’t making my usual fall trip to the Rhône, I was in need of something hearty, where red wine and the scent of burning autumnal leaves in the air would fill the gap; Nancy needed a beach. Read more

James Suckling

Sick in Bed

Posted: 05:35 AM ET, 11/21/08

While the War of the Wine of the Year raged in my blog this week, I was fighting my own battle with pneumonia in my right lung. I am not sure where I picked it up. It must have been somewhere on the West Coast last week. Blame it on the Madonna concert in Las Vegas, or a late party in West Hollywood. Read more

2008 Harvest

A Piedmontese Grape in California?

Posted: 02:14 PM ET, 11/20/08

Posted by Adam Lee

Let’s talk about California Nebbiolo. Yes, I really mean it, California Nebbiolo.

Nebbiolo in California certainly isn’t a burning topic of conversation on anybody’s mind. Read more

Harvey Steiman

Your Most Unusual Thanksgiving Match

Posted: 12:12 PM ET, 11/20/08

More wine matching advice, I would wager, gets dispensed in the week before Thanksgiving than in the entire rest of the year. Or so it seems. Everyone has an opinion on which wines do best with the turkey and the trimmings on the one day of the year that the majority of us eat more or less the same thing. Read more

James Laube

A Weekend Getaway in L.A.

Posted: 04:43 PM ET, 11/19/08

I spent last weekend in smoky Los Angeles, visiting friends and enjoying a slice of its diverse dining and social scene as wild fires raged nearby, making the air heavy with smoke and tinting the sun an amber color.

Friday night I dined at Michael Mina’s new place, XIV, it being his 14th restaurant. Read more

2008 Harvest

Late Harvest Pays Off in the Côte-Rôtie

Posted: 10:34 AM ET, 11/19/08

Posted by Stéphane Ogier

I can see now that to be a good journalist or wine writer, it is probably better not to be a winemaker at the same time. Well, especially not during harvest! So a month after my first blog contribution, let me tell you a bit on what is going on in the Côte-Rôtie. Read more

2008 Harvest

Making Mourvèdre—Day 7

Posted: 09:30 PM ET, 11/18/08

Posted by Brian Loring

November 5: The must has now been cold soaking for five days, and we've been regularly taking Brix and pH readings and making water and/or acid additions as necessary to the fermenters. Read more

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