Editor’s Note: Just in time for the holidays, RFT’s Senior Wine & Spirits Editor and expert on all things bubbly, brings us the second part of her story about champagne in Aube, a Champagne region in France you may not have heard about. Grab a glass, sit back, and...
I know that the sparkling wine known as Champagne must come from Champagne, France, and that the three Champagne grapes are Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Pinot Meunier. It’s also true that Blanc de Blanc Champagne must be 100% Chardonnay while Blanc de Noir (meaning...
Enjoy this recounting of a stay at Montestigliano, a villa in Italy where visitors can experience agritourism. Agritourismo is holidaying on a working farm and its popularity, especially in Italy, is on the rise. Usually the focus is culinary. And the food couldn’t...
France’s Loire Valley with its castle-studded landscape is the third largest producer of wines (behind Bordeaux and Burgundy and ahead of the Rhone Valley). Fragrant, fruity and nuanced with any or all of citrus, herb and spice and stone, Loire wines are more graceful...
