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Joanna Simon’s tour of wine country cuisine reaches Germany in time for the nationwide festive tradition of Christmas roast goose or Weihnachtsgan. I have stretched the interpretation of classic wine country cuisine this month to choose a seasonal dish that is not a classic of a single or even of several wine regions, but is… View Article
In 2012, wine buyer and importer Robert Walters established Place of Changing Winds, a small, high-density vineyard in the Macedon Ranges GI to the north of Melbourne. The first commercial release was from the 2019 harvest, and Walters sent a set of the wines to Andrew Jefford, an old acquaintance and long-term correspondent, and The… View Article
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
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
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
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
