I was very fortunate to be the recipient of some lake trout (truite saumonée).
High-quality protein is always good, but when someone actually catches the fish and then delivers a cleaned fillet in pristine condition, it stops …

Yep. This and the remaining 231 pounds of wine arrived safely, and I even got everything to fit. Now to consider drinking some of it.

Long story short – it’s overrated. After a very long week in NOLA, which included being rained on and some annoyances (including one who’s sucking up to unproven Italian flash), the final evening outing was …

Uh, no - not the blue berets to cart off my evidence of extraterrestrials and targeted panspermia, but rather my wine.
I have finally discovered a method to retrieve the wines I purchased at Nancy Carten’s Kensington …

My father is off to see an old friend and has asked for my help in getting a couple of bottles of wine as a present for the visit. Stay within a stated budget, should …

This past spring my supertaster pal Karl invited me to attend a wine tasting put on by Séguin et Robillard (the Canadian representatives for Domaine de la Romanée-Conti if you didn’t already know) to showcase the wines …