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Selecting Your Wines for Thanksgiving: A Trip Across Town
Greenwich’s bounty of wine stores is really apparent during our national feast of abundance. We did a tour of them yesterday to get some...
frenchyswinerd
Nov 22, 20165 min read
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NEWLY-EMERGING WINE COUNTRIES
Newly-emerging Wine Countries Where is the cutting edge in wine? South Africa? South America? How about Eastern Europe? The trend...
frenchyswinerd
Mar 3, 20141 min read
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SAVVY WINE TIPS
Savvy Tips for Satisfying your Wine Curiosity The “Fridge of Sighs.” In some wine shops, that’s the name given to the enclosed area...
frenchyswinerd
Mar 3, 20142 min read
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Connecticut wines: A tale of revolution and evolution
Hopkins Vineyard recently held its Wine Festival, part wine party, part debut of its 2010 vintage, and all celebration of Connecticut...
frenchyswinerd
May 25, 20116 min read
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EASTER WINE
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Joy is an emotion common to Christmas and Easter, but if Christmas's joy is innocent, Easter's is...
frenchyswinerd
Apr 20, 20114 min read
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PORTUGAL'S WINE RENAISSANCE
What country drinks as much wine per capita as France and Italy, developed an appellation system 190 years before France did, and has a...
frenchyswinerd
Jan 13, 20114 min read
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WHY NOT MAKE WINE AVAILABLE IN SUPERMARKETS?
One of the vestiges of Prohibition in Connecticut, New York and many other states is an inability to buy food and liquor in the same...
frenchyswinerd
Dec 22, 20106 min read
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A Greenwich Wine Party
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: From lavish summer garden-parties in the Back Country to intimate get-togethers with our neighbors,...
frenchyswinerd
Feb 27, 20094 min read
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VALENTINE'S DAY SPARKLING WINES
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Champagne’s popularity seems to have dropped faster than Alex Rodriguez’s lately. Sales of sparkling...
frenchyswinerd
Feb 13, 20094 min read
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UVEPHOBIA
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Uvephobia is the fear of trying new grapes, or wines. Uvephobia is a disease with a cure, but it...
frenchyswinerd
Jan 30, 20094 min read
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RECESSIONARY WINES
From the (late) Greenwich Citizen: Like all the other sectors of our economy, the wine trade is having its troubles too. You’ll hear the...
frenchyswinerd
Jan 9, 20094 min read
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My very first article. My philosophy has stayed gratifyingly consistent...
ON THE WINE ROAD by François M. Steichen Wine is an adventure. It requires an adventurous spirit. How can it be otherwise when over...
frenchyswinerd
Sep 12, 20084 min read
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