VANILLA ICE CREAM À LA CHÂTEAU DE BRIGUE: TOP WITH A SPLASH OF OLIVE OIL
I recently visited Château de Brigue, one of largest estates owned by a single family in Provence. Located [...]
Articles by Susan Manfull
BYOWA in the Hamptons
Woe is the bon vivant who looks forward to a tipple of rosé this weekend in the Hamptons. Yesterday, the New York Post sounded the alarm with their headline, “Rosé running dangerously low in the Hamptons.” Whispering Angel the perennial favorite of the [...]
THERE IS SOMETHING BUBBLING
AT CHÂTEAU DE BRIGUE
Château de Brigue is one of largest domaines owned by a single family in Provence. Located in the heart of rosé country, the family makes the wine in Le Luc en Provence and tends to 120 hectares (300 acres) of vineyards there and in three other villages spread along [...]
THE PERTUIS MARKET
Conversations in Provence inevitably turn to local markets (and food and wine, of course). Did you see the [...]
No more Aureto Tramontane (2011) in la cave
Shortly after this IGP Vaucluse red wine received a “Commended” nod from the 2014 Decanter World Wine Awards—adding to its other awards—Cave Aureto’s bins are bare, as of the first week in August. (We have thoroughly enjoyed the 2010 cuvée on [...]
FOLLOWING CHÂTEAU COUSSIN’S ROSÉ FROM NEW YORK TO PROVENCE
Have you ever locked eyes with a stranger from across the room and wondered what it was about that person—among all the other handsome folks in the room—that caught your attention? That happened to me at Lafayette Grand Café & Bakery in New [...]
CHÂTEAU LA COSTE: THERE’S SOMETHING FOR ALL AGES
There is no shortage of places to go, people to see, or things to do in Provence, especially in August when [...]
Château d’Esclans “Garrus” rosé auctioned off for a record $15,000
Stateside, last weekend (August 3, 2014) in the Hamptons, that exclusive east end tip of Long Island, New York, at the annual Great Chefs charity dinner, a large format double magnum of the Château d’Esclans “Garrus” rosé was auctioned off for a record $15,000 for one bottle. [...]
Grape news from Le Clos de Caveau
Up in Vaqueyras, Henri Bungener, proprietor of Le Clos de Caveau, reported that the vineyard is back on track for the usual mid-September harvest. The warm spring, a harbinger of a slightly earlier harvest, was offset by a cool July. [...]
TWO NEW PUBLIC TOILETTES IN LOURMARIN: UN GRAND SOULAGEMENT
It’s August and, as tourist season moves into full throttle in little Lourmarin—crowds bulging at the [...]
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