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Domaine Saparale: A French Second Empire-style vineyard

December 3, 2009

The Second Empire in France, under the imperial Bonapartist Napoleon III (1852-1870), saw the country involved in some ill-fated colonizing efforts in Vietnam, Italy and Mexico. The country also had its fingers into Egypt, mostly because of influence gained there by the first Napoleon, where French fortunes were made with the construction of the Suez [...]

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Christian Imbert of Domaine de Torraccia:
the indefatigable ambassador for Corsican wine

November 26, 2009

The octogenarian Christian Imbert is a tall, imposing man, with a booming voice and Hollywood leading-man, rugged good looks. His life story even reads like a Hollywood film script. For 15 years after World War II he was a French version of Sir Richard Francis Burton (the 19th century explorer, not the actor), living a [...]

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The Domaine de Vaccelli: A wine that is part of Corsica

November 19, 2009

Located in the Taravu Valley, around 30km from Corsica’s capital city of Ajaccio, the 28-ha Domaine de Vaccelli was created in 1962 by Roger Courrèges, the current owner’s father. The elder Courrèges came to Corsica from Algeria, where his father and his grandfather were winemakers. The family was originally from near Béarn, which is part [...]

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Drinking inside the box: Bag-n-box wine

September 3, 2009

While on vacation in Corsica this summer, I decided to visit the Domaine Maestracci in the northern part of the island in search of a box wine that I had read about on the blog of one of the leading US importers of wine from lesser-known French wine regions, Kermit Lynch. Lynch had questioned his [...]

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The solid-as-a-rock Corsican wine of Antoine Arena

August 27, 2009

The directions from Marie Arena, wife of Corsican winemaker Antoine Arena, were good, but my sometimes-errant map-reading ability did me in once again. And I also had help from some bored Corsican firemen in getting myself lost on my way to the Domaine Antoine Arena in Corsica’s Patrimonio wine region. Madame Arena had told me [...]

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