2020 Domaine Rémi Jobard Santenay Sous Roche, France, Burgundy, Wine Review

This is not your typical Santenay. For one thing, it is white. For another, this is one of the best. 100% Chardonnay. Light golden in color, clear and bright. Vibrant nose of peach, apple and slight tropical fruit. Medium bodied. Slightly viscous. Crisp acidity. On the palate, this is delicious. Deep and complex with peach, apple, minerality and slight salinity. Long finish. This is drinking well and should for the next five to eight years (and maybe more). Better with food, this will go well with chicken or tuna salad.

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2020

Current Price:

$65.00USD

Chablis: History & Recommendations for the Great Burgundy White Wine

About 110 miles southeast of Paris, at the northern tip of the Burgundy wine region France lays Chablis. Chablis is the name of a village that has given its name to a region producing some of the best white wines in the world. The region of Chablis encompasses 19 towns and is about twenty by fifteen kilometers in size. In France, by law, wines are named after the place where they are fashioned and not the grape varietal. The wine producers of Chablis have spent hundreds of years determining which grapes produce the best wines for their soils and the answer: crisp, mineral-driven wines made from the Chardonnay grape.

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2018 Domaine Rémi Jobard Meursault Les Narvaux, France, Burgundy, Wine Review

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2018

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A-

Current Price:

$110.00USD

Golden green in color, clear and bright. Great nose with lemon/lime and a slight chalk note. Medium bodied with crisp acidity. On the palate, this has some depth. Grapefruit along with a touch of chalkiness. Nice finish. This drinks very easily on its own and works well with lighter foods, or seafood. A nice wine with lobster. Drink over the next seven to ten years.

2018 Domaine Bachey-Legros Santenay 1er Cru Clos des Gravières, France, Burgundy, Wine Review

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2018

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A-

Current Price:

$55.00USD

This is apparently mostly from younger vines but it doesn't show in this excellent Chardonnay. Green/gold in color, clear and bright. The nose is nice with lemons, beeswax and baking spices. Medium to full bodied. Slightly viscous in the texture. On the palate, lemons with a slight amount of oak. A bit bitter on the finish. Very refreshing. Good acidity. It will probably work better with food. Drink over the next three to five years. It will work nicely with lighter foods. Vegetarian Thai food would be a good match.

Pinot Noir in La Cote de Beaune: Burgundy’s Bouchard

The name Burgundy conjures up images of lush pinot noirs and chardonnays with expensive price tags, served to you with a French accent. It’s most wine lovers dream to visit the region and immerse yourself in pate, pinot and pastries.

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Judgment of Paris: Film "Bottle Shock" Brings the Paris Tasting of 1976 to the Big Screen

Bottle Shock On May 24, 1976, Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant hoping to stoke sales at his French-wine-only shop, held a wine competition in Paris. In this competition French judges were invited to blind-taste top chardonnays and cabernet sauvignons from France and California. In an event that would later be dubbed the Judgment of Paris , the California wines –included merely to serve as the “sacrificial lambs” to the supposedly superior French wines- won the competition in a shocking upset. This singular event revolutionized the wine industry and put California on the map as a major world producer of fine wine. This story comes to life on the silver screen for the first time with the film Bottle Shock , starring Bill Pullman, Alan Richman, and Dennis Farina among other notables. I recently chatted with Bottle Shock Co-Writer and Producer Jody Savin about the film. Why this film now? To answer this question in a socio-political sense, I would venture to say that we live in challenging times.

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