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July 7, 2014 4

SAFFRON: THE OTHER FIELD OF PURPLE IN PROVENCE

Deep in the heart of the pine, oak, and garrigue covered forests that lie between Mont Ventoux and Les [...]

February 17, 2014 29

SACHA LICHINE TALKS ABOUT MAKING ROSÉ IN PROVENCE AND WE TASTE HIS WINES…including the just released 2013 Whispering Angel

Sacha Lichine, the man behind the wine at Château d’Esclans, was in his old stomping grounds this week. In Boston for the city’s Wine Expo, I caught up with him at the Seaport Hotel where he was hosting a seminar on—guess what—the four tiers of luscious rosé [...]

November 24, 2013 10

NO ENCORE FOR FRANCE’S PLEYEL PIANO

I read with some sadness that Ateliers Pleyel—the last remaining piano maker in France and one of the [...]

November 3, 2013 17

PATRICIA WELLS IN MY KITCHEN

Okay, Patricia Wells is not really in my kitchen. But her new book, The French Kitchen Cookbook: Recipes and [...]

October 16, 2013 14

UPDATE: ANSWERS FROM MARC PERRIN ABOUT “THE CURIOUS CASE OF MIRAVAL’S GRAPES”

This morning I received an email from Marc Perrin, from Famille Perrin (the well-known multi-generational wine family from Châteauneuf-de-Pape that is now in partnership with Château Miraval). As readers of Sunday’s TMT post (10/13/13) about Miraval’s grapes are aware, I had written to him but had not received a response prior to posting “The Curious Case of Miraval’s [...]

September 22, 2013 6

50 YEARS AFTER THE DEATH OF ÉDITH PIAF, A TRIBUTE TO HER PACKS NEW YORK’S BEACON THEATRE

Throughout the concert, there were film clips of Piaf in concert, including on the Ed Sullivan Show [...]

May 6, 2013 16

DOMAINE DES VAUDOIS: WINE, OLIVE OIL, AND A LOT OF HISTORY

Cabrières d’Aigues, home of the Domaine de Vaudois, is not on the typical traveler’s itinerary. It lacks the visible charm of other Luberon villages such as those featured prominently in a Rick Steves’ tour guide or a Peter Mayle novel. In fact, a quick google [...]