Tag Archive: red wine

At the table: Cassoulet

The precise origins of cassoulet, the classic southern French white bean and meat dish, may be disputed, but its ability to match red wines of various origins and styles is not in doubt, says Joanna Simon. In the realms of French provincial cookery, few dishes are more famous than cassoulet and few have aroused more… View Article

Single-vineyard Rioja: Shifting horizons

Simon Field MW introduces an instructive, heterogenous tasting, shared with Tim Atkin MW and Andrew Jefford, of red single-vineyard Rioja—including examples of the new official Viñedo Singular category. For full coverage of the tasting, including notes on all 67 wines, subscribe to The World of Fine Wine. I have been privileged to participate in many… View Article

Single-vineyard Rioja

Cahors and Argentinean Malbec: Floral tributes

Honors were even in an extensive comparative tasting of wines from the world’s two leading Malbec regions featured in Issue 73 of The World of Fine Wine, says Andrew Jefford, who was part of a tasting panel that also included Simon Field MW and Anthony Rose. For full coverage and notes on all 52 wines—26… View Article

At the table: Lamproie à la bordelaise

The intense, gelatinous lamproie à la bordelaise may not be for everyone. But as Joanna Simon says, this classic Bordeaux dish is as rich in history and wine-matching possibility as it is in flavor. I should say at the outset that lamproie à la bordelaise is not an out and out crowd-pleaser (and this may… View Article

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