Wine

Telling a kid to eat something because it’s good for them is usually a good way to make sure it never passes their lips. At the same time, if you suggest trying something that is good for an adult and/or the environment many will assume it must be tasteless or an inferior product. A January...

Much of Europe is way ahead of the United States when it comes to the demand and supply of organic products. Ivo Nardi, one of Italy’s leading organic wine producers, makes the Italian sparkling wine Prosecco and has become one of that nation’s organic farming method leaders. Nardi’s Perlage label was one of 587 at...

It’s time to get back to some specific wines and I have tasted two since returning from France which are available in the United States and made from organically grown grapes. Chateau Laubarit 2007 Entre-Deux-Mers – Or, we’re talking white Bordeaux if that makes things a little easier. Forget it’s Bordeaux and you can forget...

Wine writer Howard Hewitt travelled to Montpellier to cover Millisime Bio and will be doing a series of reports for us. You can also see more of his writing at redforme.blogspot.com. Spending a full week in Southern France’s Languedoc wine region was full of highlights. The week built to a full day out in the...

Wine writer Howard Hewitt travelled to Montpellier to cover Millisime Bio and will be doing a series of reports for us. You can also see more of his writing at redforme.blogspot.com. Southern France organic wine producers, and the Languedoc in particular, face an uphill battle in the United States trying to convince consumers that organically...

Yesterday was the final day of Millesime Bio, the organic wine trade show, here and what a full day! I spend most of the day with Paul Chartrand, a Maine importer of wines made from organic grapes. Paul, his northeastern distributor “Sam” and I made the rounds tasting plenty of wines and talking to current...

Wine writer Howard Hewitt travelled to Montpellier to cover Millisime Bio and will be doing a series of reports for us. You can also see more of his writing at redforme.blogspot.com. There are 587 wineries from around the world participating in the 19th Millesime Bio here and there seems to be just as many stories....

Wine writer Howard Hewitt travelled to Montpellier to cover Millisime Bio and will be doing a series of reports for us. You can also see more of his writing at redforme.blogspot.com. I visit arguably the most important wine country in the world and two of the three best wines I tasted today were Italian. What...

Wine writer Howard Hewitt travelled to Montpellier to cover Millisime Bio and will be doing a series of reports for us. You can also see more of his writing at redforme.blogspot.com. The press trip for the Millesime Bio got underway tonight with a dinner at Plaisirs des Mets in the old part of downtown Montpellier....