From the monthly archives:

April 2010

Teaching a dog a new trick while hiking in the Pyrenees

April 25, 2010

Our two-and-a-half hour hike up a broad glacial valley had brought us to the limit of our energy reserves. We–myself, my wife, our three young sons, and our family dog, a four-year-old, half-Italian, half-English black Labrador named Enzo—were on our second hike, in as many days, in the Pyrenees. Our base was Luchon, a spa [...]

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A birthday salute to American Founding Father
and Vintner in Chief Thomas Jefferson

April 15, 2010

This being the birthday week of Thomas Jefferson, it’s worth recognizing one of the greatest American wine lovers of all time. Jefferson’s passion for wine began at a young age, and one of the first structures at his famous Monticello estate was a wine cellar. When he arrived in Paris in 1784 as the United [...]

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Fontaine à vin: A question of character

April 9, 2010

Last summer, I published a story about Domaine Maestracci in northern Corsica’s AOC Corse Calvi appellation. I mentioned my interest in trying their Clos Reginu rosé that is sold in a five-liter box. That box is still in my wine cellar, waiting for weather more appropriate for drinking rosé. But I still wanted to experiment [...]

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Going vigneron: Julien Seydoux’s journey from Paris to southern France, from financial investor to winemaker

April 2, 2010

I was speaking recently with the father of a child who plays on my youngest son’s basketball team. He told me about how his company, which supplies parts to Zodiac Marine, the French manufacturer of inflatable boats and above-ground swimming pools, might lose its supply contract with Zodiac. It seems that the Carlyle Group, the [...]

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