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Daily Archives: October 28, 2024

The 2024 New York Wine Experience: Wine, from Generation to Generation

When Jeffery Lindenmuth took the stage on the first morning of the 2024 New York Wine Experience, the executive editor of Wine Spectator looked out on a crowd of more than 1,000 people—but they might as well have been family. “When I arrived at the hotel last night, I was riding the elevator with a few of our guests all …

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London’s best French restaurants for wine lovers

The view from the pink marble Chef’s Table at Hélène Darroze at The Connaught. The news earlier this year that the legendary Le Gavroche was closing may have sounded like the death knell for old-school French cuisine in London, but in fact it has undergone something of a revival recently. Not only are many new restaurants choosing to give themselves …

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2019 La Sousto Chateauneuf-du-Pape

Ok, Chateauneuf-du-Pape time; always a favorite of ours. Costco generally does a good job bringing in reasonably priced Chateauneufs that are nice quality, including the Kirkland one of course that is only $20. This is a new one we had yet to find and taste. Costco’s price was $34.99, and it looks like the retail … Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2019-la-sousto-chateauneuf-du-pape/

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2020 Lucia Victoria Rioja Tempranillo

We’re hot from just having found the Cune Gran Reserva Rioja at Costco, and now we find this very affordable Rioja where the quality really surprised us at this price point. Good drinkable red wine under $10 that doesn’t come from the Kirkland brand is hard to find. Costco’s a good place to look as … Source : https://costcowineblog.com/2020-lucia-victoria-rioja-tempranillo/

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