The Green Dolphin. As Liz and I were traveling through Europe, way back in 2005, we spent an afternoon enjoying the harbor in Monaco on our way through. The signage on this cafe immediately captured my attention and I snapped a picture to remember. There is something about the font and the way the dolphin flows out of [...]
2003 Caves Fluery Bordeaux Rouge.
According to them: Le Bordeaux Rouge des CAVES FLEURY possède une robe légèrement pourpre. Il est finement concentré, intense et élégant. Ses arômes sont pleins de charmes, riches, avec une touche de fruits mûrs.
Adapté au plus grand nombre de plats, son équilibre séduira aussi facilement les dames que les messieurs.
Servir [...]
Small Boat by Sean O’Connor.
After a couple of months off, the wine of the week has returned. My teamates at work bought me a gift certificate to my favorite wine shop this week, for my birthday. I went right over to Pete’s in Bellevue that afternoon and picked up something new for the occasion.
Medici Pinot Noir 2000 East Vineyard.
I am a sucker [...]
This brings a smile to my face.
Campos Reales 2003 Tempranillo
According to the Francisco Aragon Guiller (another wine blogger who is an exceptional writer by the way): In the glass, this young Tempranillo shows through in ruby with violet tones. The aromatic profile includes well defined notes of strawberry, blackberry, red fruit, toasted vanilla, light smoke, oak, pepper and an exotic spice element. [...]
Coltibuono Chianti Classico 2004
According to them: Brilliant and deep ruby-red in colour.
On the nose it has notes of blackberries. It is full, soft and well-structured on the palate. It has a well-balanced acidity and a clean and persistent aftertaste.
According to me: Up front this wine smelt like a mushroom patch, but as the wine opened [...]
Photo by Ryan O’Connor
Edited: Turns out this bike hasn’t move for at least five years. Sam Howard took the same picture five years ago when we were living in Florence. Great eyes see the same thing.
Is there a more beautiful mountainous region in the world than the Alps? Ryan went and had fun in the snow in France last weekend, check out his pictures here.
Aix en Provence is a college town with quaint narrow streets that empty into fountain filled squares in southern France just north of Marseille. It was also the home of Cezanne for many years. Aix has that old world charm that small towns in the US just can’t come close to, where charm [...]
