Harvey Steiman's Blog Archives

November 2008

New Wine, This Week, So What?

Posted: 12:48 PM ET, November 17, 2008

Coming up this week is the one day of the year that specifically celebrates wine. It’s not a national holiday, but you wouldn’t know it if you happened to wander into a French bistro—in France or anywhere else in the world. Chalked up on the blackboard or spelled out in a banner festooning the entrance, a sign will proclaim “Le Beaujolais Nouveau Est Arivée!”

Yes, all over the world, cases of 2008 French red wine one step from grape juice will make the long journey from the vineyards of southern Burgundy to a casual wine bar near you. Read more

One Glass a Time: Sweet!

Posted: 10:35 AM ET, November 11, 2008

I have been traveling in the past week with a dining partner who can not drink much. Rather than ordering a whole bottle, which would inevitably require leaving some behind so I could drive back to the hotel safely, I have been choosing several different wines by the glass over the course of the meals. Read more

Remembering an Aussie Icon With Wine

Posted: 02:19 PM ET, November 07, 2008

Shortly after Bailey Carrodus died Sept. 19 at 78, I got a message from Gavin Speight, his U.S. importer. He said that he would like to celebrate Carrodus' life by dipping into his own personal cellar to open a few of the iconoclastic winemaker's older Yarra Yering bottles. Read more

Penfolds' Showcase Wines

Posted: 02:49 PM ET, November 04, 2008

When Penfolds rolls out some of its best wines for a retrospective tasting, the results can make a powerful case of just how good Australia can get. The wines don't need hyperbole, which spokesman Matt Lane nonetheless indulged in when he welcomed a mixed group of trade and media in San Francisco by calling it "one of the most spectacular tastings most of us have been to. Read more

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