Wine Camp Blog (Free subscription) | 27/12/2008
... and meld into one unctuous sameness. The thing that bothers me most about the sweetening of Alsace is they don’t give you a hint on the label except for their ultra-rich dessert wines Vendage Tardive and Sélection de Grains Nobles . But for everything else, if they’re going to continue making wines like this (as they surely will considering the high points they get) they should start doing...
Corrente (Free subscription) | 22/12/2008
Richard Wilbur, "First Snow in Alsace" The snow came down last night like moths Burned on the moon; it fell till dawn, Covered the town with simple cloths. Absolute snow lies rumpled on What shellbursts scattered and deranged, Entangled railings, crevassed lawn. As if it did not know they'd changed, Snow smoothly clasps the roofs of homes Fear-gutted, trustless and estranged. The ration stacks...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) Following the completion of the 2008 harvest, Alsace's vintners are confident that pure, aromatic wines will be on the way. Because Mother Nature showed her capricious side both early and late in the season, the vintage will most likely have a slightly lower volume than that of 2007. However stock levels are stable at 1.64 million hectoliters, and already the 2008...
Bordeaux-Undiscovered (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
... global non-Champagne sparkling wine sales rising by 4.3%. Philippe Seconde suggested Cremant d'Alsace t to me when I was looking for a really good sparkling wine and and I have to agree that his taste is flawless. Philippe makes the most beautiful Champagne and his vineyards are one of the 17 premier cru vineyards. When you think that there are some 300 Champagne Houses a nd over 15,000...
Bigger Than Your Head (Free subscription) | 25/12/2008
And so we launch another “12 Days of Christmas Countdown” with sparkling wine and champagne. Today’s selection is the Wolfberger Crémant d’Alsace Brut Rosé, made by a cooperative founded in 1902 in the town of Eguisheim in Alsace. Made from 100 percent pinot noir grapes, this Brut Rosé offers scents of macerated peaches and strawberries [...]
Joe Pastry (Free subscription) | 16/12/2008
Alsace is a unique little region in that it is perfectly suited for agriculture of the type that yields alcoholic beverages. The climate is ideal for growing grapes (particularly white grapes like Riesling), hops and a variety of fermentable fruit crops. Thus Alsace has been a center of beer, wine and schnapps-making for centuries. No wonder the various powers of Europe have fought bitterly...
kottke (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
I read Cynical-C everyday; the other day I ran across this post about the Dancing Plague of 1518 . The Dancing Plague (or Dancing Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace, France (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and over the period of about one month, most of the people died from...
A Wine Story (Free subscription) | 02/12/2008
Wine afficianados in NYC are so lucky that the Rieslig Foundation organizes a tasting featuring Riesling producers from around the world. Germany, Alsace Washington State, Australia, South Africa, Long Island and the Finger Lakes were all represented.On a personal note,...
Cynical-C Blog (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
From Wikipedia: The Dancing Plague (or Dancing Epidemic) of 1518 was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace, France (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) in July 1518. Numerous people took to dancing for days without rest, and over the period of about one month, most of ...
