Tasting Notes & Wine List for "Expedition Blue Ridge" Wines of Virginia: Veranda Restaurant, NYC
MONTICELLO AVA BARBOURSVILLE VINEYARDS 1) 2019 Vermentino Reserve 2) 2019 Cabernet Franc Reserve 3) 2017 Nebbiolo Reserve 4) 2017 Octagon...
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frenchyswinerd
May 1, 20222 min read
Tasting Notes & Wine List for "Spring at Last!" Wine Tasting
Christ Church, Greenwich, CT, USA: April 22, 2022 PLEASE NOTE: Tasting notes for these wines will be up on this blog entry by 11:59 PM,...
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frenchyswinerd
Apr 21, 20222 min read
A Tasting of Austrian & Swiss Wines
Rosenthal Wine Merchants, Williamsburg, Brooklyn: April 12, 2002 AUSTRIAN WINES: Josef Fischer (Rossatz, Wachau) 1) 2021 Grüner Veltliner...
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frenchyswinerd
Apr 21, 20224 min read
April 22, 2022: Wine & Beer Happenings in Greenwich
BEFORE WE START… Post-Covid, the tasting shows traditionally put on by distributors in the area have really picked up again. I recently...
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frenchyswinerd
Apr 21, 20223 min read
April 15, 2022: Wine & Beer Happenings in Greenwich
For many, “Dry January” extends into February and March. Yet while consumers may have been hibernating from liquid pleasures, the wine...
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frenchyswinerd
Jul 8, 20213 min read
Frenchy’s Wine Road Detours to Four Nearby Craft Breweries
Despite the huge growth of breweries in Connecticut, lower Fairfield County has been conspicuously uninvolved in the craft beer movement....
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frenchyswinerd
Jul 1, 20214 min read
A Review of Two Nearby Breweries
Time waits for no one, and between errands and phone calls this Saturday, my day’s Plan A got away from me. Then Plan B did too. No...
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frenchyswinerd
Mar 25, 20219 min read
The Golden Age of Maple Syrup? In a "Very Dark" Year, the Smiles are Still Sweet.
The evidence is in, and 2021 is proving to be a down year for maple syrup production in Connecticut. The late-winter night/day...
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frenchyswinerd
Mar 19, 20213 min read
Frenchy’s Wine Store Roundup Continues across Greenwich
This weekend’s Greenwich Wine Store Roundup features some really tasty items from a number of different countries and wine regions. We go...
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frenchyswinerd
Mar 18, 20213 min read
Connecticut Celebrates Maple Syrup, its First Agricultural Product, this Weekend (March 20-21)
Since 2017, the State Senate has considered March to be “Connecticut Maple Month.” The designation is no coincidence. March in New...
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frenchyswinerd
Mar 16, 20213 min read
A Special Tasting of Opus One
The other day, my old boss, Randy Caravella of Post Wine & Spirits in Cos Cob, invited me to taste a bottle of Opus One. It was a very...
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frenchyswinerd
Mar 14, 20212 min read
The New Wave of Irish Whiskey
In 1987, there was only one producer of whiskey in Ireland. Since then, 37 new or refurbished distilleries have come online in Ireland,...
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frenchyswinerd
Feb 26, 20216 min read
A Barrel Tasting of 23 White & Red Wines from Burgundy
Christian Dalbavie, French Portfolio Specialist for Kobrand – Louis Jadot’s American Importer and part-owner — was recently in the State...
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frenchyswinerd
Feb 24, 20213 min read
2019 in Burgundy… a Vintage for the Ages?
The 2019 vintage in Burgundy was the car wreck that you somehow pick a path through and escape unscathed. It was a year of disasters. ...
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frenchyswinerd
Feb 23, 20213 min read
From Cap, Cork & Cellar to Connecticut Wine & Liquor, A Weekly Roundup of Wine Store Offerings
This week the Frenchy’s Wine Road weekly round-up relates what’s going on at some or all of the 24 wine, spirit, and beer specialty...
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frenchyswinerd
Feb 6, 20213 min read
Weekly Wine Shop Happenings
Today, the Greenwich Free Press and Frenchy’s Wine Road are excited to announce that we are launching a weekly round-up of happenings at...
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frenchyswinerd
Dec 25, 20204 min read
Frenchy’s Wine Road Continues Its Tour: Cap, Cork & Cellar and Putnam & Vine
There are many Greenwich stores well worth the visit this holiday season. Two more that come to mind are Cap, Cork & Cellar and Putnam &...
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frenchyswinerd
Dec 21, 20205 min read
Wine Stores in Spotlight during Christmas Season
It is heartening to see how many superlative wine stores we have in Greenwich. At a time when so much of the wine business is...
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frenchyswinerd
Dec 11, 20203 min read
Wine & Liquor Stores in Greenwich
Spend any time in Greenwich, and you realize that it’s not so much a Town as a Federation of Villages, each forming a Neighborhood, the...
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frenchyswinerd
Nov 14, 20203 min read
An Interview (Part II) with Jean-Luc Colombo: on the Impact of Climate Change and Quality Winemaking
Jean-Luc Colombo
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