Wine ChroniclesDC winos ring in 2016 with fabulous wines
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 9 January 2016 Welcome 2016! And a very special holiday dinner. Like minded wine loving friends from my hometown of Washington D.C. get together to appreciate great wines, simply, with fine food. It turned out to be almost too fast paced, as we could have taken a bit more time […]
Heady joys of vin chaud
France’s oldest Christmas market and … mulled wine By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 3 December 2015 Here in the heart of Alsace, Strasbourg is known as the Christmas capital. With little wonder. Founded in 1570, the well-known Christkindelsmärik in Place Broglie is considered to be the oldest Christmas market in France. Starting in late November, through […]
Gevrey Chambertin and the 2014 vintage
With improved dollar-to-euro and pound-to-euro exchange rates, savvy buyers should check out 2014 Burgundy By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 30 November 2015 Gevrey Chambertin is one of the most famous wine appellations in the world, full of famous grands crus. The appellation dates from September 1936, but its glory predates the 1930s. Vineyards can be dated […]
A Virginia wine chronicle in the heart of Alsace
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 28 November 2015 My wine loving pal Dave McIntyre should have been there. Well, at least it will make him smile. It was an ironic evening. I had gone to the recently revamped wine bar, the Hotel Hannong’s “Black and Wine” with a couple of friends: journalists based in Strasbourg, […]
2014 master class, then dinner at Bouchard Père & Fils
Good to magnificent 2014s, and fabulous dining with older wines By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com This was an amazing event on Saturday 14 November, over the 2015 Hospices de Beaune weekend, even though the ambiance was bittersweet. It was a gathering to highlight the 2014 vintage and celebrate this grand maison, which was founded in […]
In praise of 2015 Burgundy: mainly the reds
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 22 November 2015 The 155th Hospices de Beaune auction began movingly with both a minute of silence and a somber rendition of the French national anthem La Marseillaise, as you can see in the video that friend and fellow wine writer Michael Apstein of Wine Review Online took – see end […]
33 Clos Vougeots from 2013
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 14 November 2015 Special note: I meant to publish this today, as I am in Beaune for the 155th Hospices de Beaune wine auction. While eating excellent Japanese sushi at Sushi Kai in Beaune last night, I got CNN alerts about terrorist attacks in Paris, which have proven to be […]
Father and son now at Branaire Ducru
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 9 November 2015 As I had earlier this year reported for Le Pan, among recent changes in Bordeaux, Francois Xavier Maroteaux recently moved to this fine Saint Julien château with his wife and children to assist father Patrick Maroteaux, who since 1988 has brought great splendor to the wines of […]
Changes afoot at Château Cos d’Estournel
Visit and tasting with Aymeric de Gironde By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 7 November 2015 Aymeric de Gironde arrived at Cos d’Estournel for the difficult 2013 vintage, although he had a hand in blending the 2012, which we tasted when I visited alongside the 2010, 2005 and 2001. He also shared a recently launched Champagne […]
Where Müller Thurgau meets pasta: Trentino
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 7 November 2015 As the early autumn sun set, Massimo Tarter, general director of Cantina d’Isera at Via al Ponte, 1 in Isera (Trento), served tasty local charcuterie and cheeses. Following a tour of his vineyard, visiting wine writers washed them down easily with some of the best Marzemino enjoyed […]
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