December is that magical month that gives us licence to celebrate past successes and survivals of the year. We are encouraged to seek out family and friends to share the joy. To help make...
The Rhone Valley is France’s second largest wine AOC, with a total area as large as 71,000 rugby stadiums and 28 appellations within, with a history that traces back two millennia. While it is...
The vast Rhône Valley is an expanse of verdant beauty spanning the length of the Rhône river in southeastern France — sweeping from Lyon, France’s second city, to just north of provençal Orange; still...
Harsh, mellow, sharp, complex, elegant… These and many other adjectives can be read as easily in wine tasting notes as they can feature in the reviews of music albums. But while music tends to our sense...
Jean Charles Cazes, the CEO of Lynch Bages, recently visited Dublin and I was lucky enough to grab a few minutes with him over lunch in the wonderful l’Ecrivain. Jean Charles studied economics &...