We had a blast hosting our first wine tasting at home for the Newcomers Club of Ridgefield. Our theme was excellent French wines for your Thanksgiving table.
When registration opened, we quickly hit capacity with 20 unknown neighbors, mostly couples, registering! We had to cap the event at 20 because that's really all we can comfortably…
While visiting some family on Cape Cod, we decided to meander into the main retail wine shops of Wellfleet, Massachusetts to see what was shaking. We're always on the lookout for interesting and creative labels and cool shelf-talkers that tell us about new wines.
Boy, were we happy to see so many of our fine French…
Bernard Bouissou in cellar of his esteemed Bernard's restaurant featured in TownVibe's article
My, oh my! Ridgefield, you have such good taste. In the September/October 2018 issue of Ridgefield Magazine, we read an article entitled "Wining Out" (nice play on words, by the way) in which the top four restaurants with the best wine lists were…
Congratulations are in order to Monsieur Pierre Chariol! It is with great pleasure we announce that Chateau de Lescours St Emillion Grand Cru 2015 has been awarded 91 points by Wine Enthusiast. This high score will be appearing in the esteemed "Best of the Year" 2018 issue of the wine magazine.
The Chariol family has proudly owned this…
It's Harvest Time in France!
And it's going swimmingly for Chateau de L'Orangerie in Bordeaux, Export Manager Colin Sheriffs tells us.
The wine harvest started at 5:00 a.m. on Monday, September 3rd at Chateau de L'Orangerie. (This grueling work is clearly not for those who want to sleep in!)
"We are indeed very happy with quality of grapes…
Man, reds are hot, hot, hot right now! The latest of our red wines to be graced with a fantastic rating is our Chateau du Trignon Cotes-du-Rhone 2015.
The luscious red received 91 points from James Suckling, one of the most respected and widely read wine critics out there today. (You'll recall he was once Senior…
Our family loves to take some R 'n' R on Anna Maria Island every chance we get (usually once a year; twice, if we're lucky). We enjoy seeing our relatives there, swimming in the beautiful blue-green gulf and feasting on local seafood. And, what goes perfect with Gulf oysters, fish and shrimp? Our Fournier Sancerre,…
Today is a happy and proud day for Alex Milligan, as he takes the reins of his family's wine-import business, David Milligan Selections. After working side-by-side with his father in the wine industry for 12 years, Alex takes on leadership of the French-wine import company with an eye on courting the next generation of wine…
