Farmstead Cheeses and Wines: Jeff’s Blog

It was a short drive from the hotel to Domaine Albert Morot, where we would spend much of the day tasting their red wines from Beaune and the whites of Domaine Marc Morot. The domaine is a large Burgundian house with a large, damp, two level cellar that stretched for hundreds of feet. The walls [...]

We arrived in Beaune in the late afternoon. The sun was about to set and there was quite a chill in the air. Our hotel, the serviceable La Cloiserie, is located at the edge of town along the Route de Pommard. On the way into town I could see vineyards everywhere, and names that I’d [...]

Corbières We left the Rousillon in the morning, going north for a short drive into heart of Corbières to the town of Bizanet to taste the wines of St Eugènie, as well as to taste through the wines of Domaine Tariquet. We’ve carried wines from both wineries in the shops – the Tariquet Classic is [...]

It’s our last full day in South Africa, and our hosts Fran and Lisa Kysela wanted to show us where the Atlantic and the Indian oceans meet (as well as the new winegrowing region of Elim), so we piled into the cars for the three hour trip to Cape Algulhas, the southern most tip of [...]

Carol and I were invited to learn about blending wine at the fabulous Handley Cellars. We visited vineyards, blended wine, and ate a fabulous meal. Afterwards, we visited The Apple Farm. For a slideshow of more photos, please click here

Dinner with Raul Perez was optional. Why some of us didn’t jump at the opportunity to get some face time with a groundbreaking, singular visionary winery is beyond me, but needless to say I jumped at the chance. Raul’s red wines are confounding – sometimes they are massive, chewy, dense and aromatic; other times they [...]

Today was an unusual day – we were staying at the hotel for a major tasting, then taking a three hour drive to Bierzo – the westernmost part of the trip. The tasting was very well organized – fifty plus wines representing the majority of the Olé catalog that we weren’t visiting. Winemakers had bussed [...]

Sometimes I feel like the luckiest guy on the planet! I was invited to have dinner with another of my wine heroes the other day – Jorgé Ordoñez – arguably one of the wine world’s movers and shakers, at one of my favorite restaurants on the planet – Piperade, Gerald Hirigoyen’s amazing Basque-inspired eatery in [...]

We’re pleased to present a wine dinner featuring one of our favorite Wine makers at one of our favorite restaurants: Byron Kosuge at the Wood Tavern on Monday, December 1 at 8:00 p.m. The five course dinner is priced at $105 per person, including tax and gratuity ($100 per person for Farmstead Wine Club members [...]

Wine Dinner Fran Kysela Oct 21 Wine Dinner with Fran Kysela October 21 @ The Bay Wolf We’re proud to announce our first wine dinner of the Fall, featuring one of the wine world’s great personalities and palates – Fran Kysela, the mind behind Kysela Père et Fils, a world class wine importer (and the [...]