French wine regions

A blog focusing on wine education, wine cheat sheets, and infographics. Based in the Houston/Clear Lake area.

The Bordeaux Wine Region is famous for Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot blended wines.

Picture: Sylvain Bzikot and Christian G.E.Schiller Sylvain Bzikot from Puligny-Montrachet in the Bourgogne, France visited the US East Coast for about a week. I met him and and his importer, Olivier Daubresse, and tried his wines, including his Premier Cru wines at Cecile’s in McLean, Virginia. Bourgogne The Bourgogne is one of the most famous wine regions in the world. Most of the wine produced here is Pinot Noir or Chardonnay.Chablis and Beaujolais are formally part of Burgundy wine…

Update: I've created a new and improved French Wine Cheat Sheet. Find it here. ----------------------- For the Introduction to French Wine class that I taught last week, I developed a one-page cheat sheet for the major regions, grape varieties, and appellations. I've found this information extremely useful when buying French wine, so hopefully it will help you branch out and try something new! (See the full collection of wine cheat sheets here.) To see the Cheat Sheet in full size… …in…

There is no shortage of wine maps out there. It's actually become a bit of a cottage industry. Dense mozaics of alternately colored squiggly subregions annotated as St. This or Côte-de-that. They look fantastic in a frame next to your wine rack, and ma...

A great way to discover the incredibly rich and fertile wine regions in France is to visit the vineyards and taste wines from prestigious wineries you’ve

A Beginner's Guide to French Wines: Bordeaux | Blog La Cuisine Paris

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