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September 2008

The Stock Market and Birthday Wishes

Posted: 12:55 PM ET, September 30, 2008

I am recovering from three days of birthday celebrations at my house in Tuscany. I celebrated my 50th. Yes, I am a half of a century old now. I drank a number of 1958s and I have to say that I think I am aging better than any of them, except for the 1958 Sandeman Vintage Port. Read more

Great Grenache is Hard to Find

Posted: 11:19 AM ET, September 22, 2008

I have fallen back in love with Grenache. In the 1980s when I lived in Paris, I used to regularly go to the Southern Rhône and visit Châteauneuf producers from Beaucastel to Rayas to Telegraphe. I was always tasting and drinking Southern Rhônes with my buddies at Willi’s Wine Bar, particularly Tim Johnston and Mark Williamson. Read more

So You Want To Be A Winemaker?

Posted: 02:35 PM ET, September 19, 2008

I was thinking this morning about my winemaking adventure in Baja California, Mexico, which I blogged about on Wednesday, and I was wondering how many of you out there have tried your hand at making your own wine, or have had a similar vinous dreams?

I really recommend it. Read more

La Vendimia Mexicana

Posted: 01:28 PM ET, September 17, 2008

I was a winemaker for a few days. I am not sure what I helped make will be vinegar or Château Rayas, but I hung out at a winery for a few days last week crushing, fermenting and pressing grapes. And it was a hell of a lot of fun.

I wasn’t at a chi-chi, mega-bucks winery. Read more

Remembering Claret

Posted: 04:15 PM ET, September 09, 2008

I was thinking about my trip to Bordeaux last week, and how many elegant and beautiful wines I tasted as well as consumed. The latter action is the most important one for me to remember.

Sure, I was tasting three or four dozen wines a day in my tasting room at the hotel Les Sources de Caudelie in the Pessac-Leognan region. Read more

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