Tag Archives: Alsace
Picks from La Rennaissance des Appellations – Part 1
As I mentioned, I recently attended the Renaissance des Appellations (a.k.a. Return to Terroir) tasting during the Montreal leg of its tour. More than fifty winemakers, all members of the Return to Terroir organization, were at the Loft Hotel pouring … Continue reading
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Alsace Au Menu at Le Hangar
On Wednesday I was a lucky guest at an Alsace Au Menu dinner. The goal of these soirées (sponsored by Vins d’Alsace in a campaign co-financed by the European Union) is to showcase Alsatian wine paired with food from around … Continue reading
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Grand Cru Zinnkoepfle
When we walked into La Montée de Lait on Saturday night, the first thing I checked out was not the other patrons or even the food, but the blackboard inscribed with the by-the-glass wine list for the evening. (Perhaps this … Continue reading
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An Alsatian Dinner
Being fairly health-conscious, I’m not a big sausage lover. In my very slow transformation over the years from vegan to vegetarian to pescetarian to carnivore, sausages and bacon are my last holdout. But whenever we go to the farmers’ market, … Continue reading
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Les Cigognes Alsatian Riesling
One of the things I like most about Riesling is its food-friendliness. Last night we had no time for grocery shopping or cooking, so at the last minute we headed out to a neighborhood bring-your-own-wine Vietnamese place called Cinq Epices … Continue reading
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