CHATEAU YVONNE — SPIRITUALLY, CRIMINALLY GREAT

A wandering priest, a criminal, and a nun walk into a vineyard… In the Middle Ages, around the time and place that Graham Chapman’s King Arthur (from Monty Python and the Holy Grail) was galloping the countryside with coconuts, receiving visceral taunts from a thick-accented Frenchman, and being attacked by a carnivorous rabbit, monks were […]

DOMAINE MARCEL DEISS VIEWS TERROIR AS SYNESTHESIA

The word terroir is a fun one to drop because:1. many agree on its general definition2. some dispute its validity altogether3. others have a more specific idea of what it really is and its true role.This last group is the most interesting, and is where one Alsatian wine legend is firmly planted. With a history of going […]