Open doors in a Loire winery
Buzzing tasting table Fougères sur Bièvre, Loire There's a format for wine tastings and mini wine fairs that is on the rise in France, and it's perfect for me because that's my type of event, informal, casual and just the...
Causse Marines (Sud Ouest)
Soon back... Virginie Maignien in the vineyard Vieux, Tarn département (earlier this year) The Causse Marines winery is located in the Tarn département, in the Marcillac/Gaillac area in the north-eastern tip of the South-West (Sud Ouest) Appellaton r...
Clos des Grillons (Rhone)
Nicolas Renaud pouring Rochefort su Gard (Rhone) In this part of the southern Rhone you feel like in Provence, with the same white stone surfacing, same aromatic bushes and plants, and rocky hills that would be easily mistaken for being...
Wine News (47)
A happy wine A table wine I'd like to see on my table more often That's the type of wine you're happy to come across, with a lovely fruitiness (plus the pepper side of Pineau d'Aunis) and an onctuous, chewy...
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Yaki-Imo truck in the middle of Tokyo I think it was the second day we were in Tokyo, as we arrived in the evening near our friends place in Nippori, I heard the unmistakable song of the Yaki-Imo mobile unit...
A Secret Sake Restaurant in Tokyo
Sanemura-san (right) with Rie Itoh Somewhere in Tokyo Thanks to Yoshi whom we met with his girlfriend Erika at the Daitoryo izakaya near Okachimachi, we went to the most minimalist restaurant of Tokyo you can think of, and this was...
Kenbishi Shuzo, Kobe (Japan)
Mr Masataka Shirakasi, stirring the fermenting rice (moromi) Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture (Japan) We know that water counts a lot in the style and quality of sake, and here in the sake region of Nada near Kobe, the water quality and...
Saito Shuzo Sake Brewery (Kyoto, Japan)
Mr Fujimoto, showing a fermenter Fushimi, Kyoto Prefecture (Japan) There are several distinct sake regions in Japan, and Kyoto is one of them. Most of the wineries of the area are located in the Fushimi sector, and actually Fushimi is...
François Dumas, Wine Importer in Japan
François Dumas Roppongi, Tokyo We had the chance recently to meet François Dumas, who is possibly the first to have set up a wine-import business in Japan centered around French natural wines : his company Le Vin Nature is entirely...
Tokyo Wine Bar : Shonzui
Shige and Tsubo at Shonzui Roppongi, Tokyo Here is a very cool wine bar/restaurant in Tokyo : Shonzui. It's located in Roppongi, but it's almost like if it was another Roppongi than the one we usually think to. Far from...
Chichibu whisky distillery (Japan)
Ichiro Akuto, founder of the Chichibu di...
Tokyo Izakaya : Daitoryo
Welcome to another round of good drinks....
