2016 Food and Wine Travel, In Pictures
In 2016 my food and wine travels took me to Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, and the U.S. to meet producers, walk their vineyards, and taste what their land yields.
Travel
A passion for place and people
Château Biac: Pour Vivre Heureux
Youmna and Tony Asseily are breathing new life into an historic Bordeaux vineyard.
What The Land Can Yield
Reflections on cooking an all-local Thanksgiving dinner
Where The Lyre Grows
A lyre trellis allows more air, more sun, and more ripeness in Bordeaux’s damp climate
The Best Things I Ate In Italy Last Week
Italy is delicious. (I’m not the first to notice.)
A Conversation With Vasco Croft of Aphros, Part One
The biodynamic winemaker on philosophy, technology, modernity, and his young but vital project.
A Conversation With Vasco Croft of Aphros, Part Two
The conversation continues, mostly about the translation of substance into essence.
Roussillon: Map and Terroir
Wine is local, a lens of culture: this place, this vineyard, this grape, this grower, this heritage.
Black Spirit, Bright Wine
The luminous wines of Ànima Negra reflect Mallorca’s shimmering, indigenous soul.
I’d Say A Lot: Heritage and Diversity at Parés Baltà
A glimpse of the buzzing, thriving, chaotic vitality of Parés Baltà, and of the family who makes the wines.
A Harvest Visit With Emmanuel Lassaigne of Champagne Jacques Lassaigne
Emmanuel Lassaigne’s old-school winemaking yields Champagnes of crystalline transparency.
Red Grape, White Wine, Yellow Label: Tasting Base Wines for Veuve Clicquot Brut
The Champagne blender’s art is to foresee what each element might contribute to the long conversation taking place inside the bottle.