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Palate Savvy/Sud de France Instagram Live Seminars
Hello everyone! Taking advantage of all the out-of-the-office time we have been given, I am conducting a series of short (15-20 minute) Instagram live broadcasts on Wednesdays and Fridays, at 1pm EST (that’s 19h in France, 10am in California) on the wines of the Occitanie region in the south of
Palate Savvy Seminars and Dinners
Wine is a marvelous, bewildering thing. It can be so easy to enjoy, yet also, so intimidating. There is much to know: grape varieties, vintages, regions, white, red, pink and now, orange(!), organic, biodynamic, ‘natural.’ And, God-forbid you choose the wrong wine with dinner! Fortunately, a bit of lively information,
Homage to Catalonia (and Apologies to George Orwell)
People often say that they like the wines of a particular country: French wine, Italian wine, hell, even sometimes Californian wine (not a country, check). But, what does that mean? Does someone who loves Bordeaux necessarily like Alsatian wine, though they are both within the borders of France (some Brits