Take the E50 from Paris to Reims

… and you’ve found Champagne. I think it’s time for a quick geography lesson. Champagne is both the name of a province in northwest France and the nearly universally restricted term for the sparkling wine produced from the grapes grown in this region.  Even Oregon has laws prohibiting its wine makers from [...]

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Ringing in a Decade with Champagne

We decided to spruce up the content on Tavola Rosso and focus our food.wine.travel energies in a manner that might actually result in a few people (beyond our moms) reading this site. Separately, I think, Liz, Mark, Nick and myself all had a little new years resolution including Tavola Rosso.  Mark resumed posted a week ago, [...]

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