All Posts Tagged With: "french wine"
French Wine Courtesy Of China
French Wine Courtesy Of China. What, China is giving the World French Wine? Close, but no cigar. China is giving the World the opportunity to BUY the less expensive big name French Wines. How? Why? – Because it’s slurping up all the expensive ones. This has put the (ever so subtle) pressure on the grand […]
20May2012 | Bicycle Gourmet | 39 comments | Continued
French Cognac From Ireland
French Cognac From Ireland. Yes, dear reader, it’s true. The fact that Cognac, while not from Ireland, owes it’s fame, popularity and world-wide notariety to Ireland. Specifically to Blarney land’s Richard Hennessy who left the Emerald Isle to join the army of Louis XV. He was stationed in the southwestern town of…(you’re ahead of […]
30Apr2012 | Bicycle Gourmet | 30 comments | Continued
French Chablis Winos Go Bio
It’s not just Aquitane winos that are jumping on the Organic/Bio bandwagon, some French Chablis Winos are going Bio too… COURGIS, FRANCE — On a damp Monday morning in March, only the distant rattle of a tractor breaks the silence. A suspicious pair of eyes monitors a visiting car’s progress down the Grande Rue Nicolas […]
1Apr2012 | Bicycle Gourmet | 16 comments | Continued