Can you find the hidden bottle of Chateau Angelus?
This is what James Bond is drinking on his way to finding Spectre.
What would you be drinking?
Category Archives: News
James Bond and Château Angélus
President Obama and Shaoxing Wine
September 30,2015
What do you serve China’s President, Xi Jinping, when he comes over for dinner?
At a State dinner President Obama started off the meal with a traditional Chinese wine known as Shaoxing wine. This traditional Chinese wine is made from rice and can be served at the beginning of the meal as a substitute for serving rice.
There was no expensive Bordeaux wines served here but a $30 screw cap bottle of 2014 Penner – Ash Viognier from Oregon was included in the wines served. See the menu below for the rest of the wines served.
The wine is stored and aged in the traditional Shoaxing container as shown below.
Whopper Wine from Burger King
September 29,2015
Burger King has answered that puzzling question of what pairs with a Burger King hamburger. It is of course its own wine brand “Whopper Wine”.
Burger King first started in Spain 40 years ago. To celebrate this anniversary Burger King is making the Whopper Wine available only in Spain.
A.1. Halloween Whopper
September 28,2015
Burger King Restaurants is now selling a Whopper sandwich with the A.1. Thick and Hearty sauce baked into its hamburger bun. Especially for Halloween, the bin has a pitch black color to it. Do not worry the bun is not burnt.
This idea started from their Black Burger that is only served in Japan by Burger King.
So now for a limited time and of course only at participating Burger King Restaurants nationwide you can have an A.1. Halloween Whopper at the suggested price of $4.99
But what wine pairs with this?
Terraquilia’s Falconero Zero Wine
September 27, 2015
The wine cellar is located in a pristine area at approximately 450 m a.s.l. in Guiglia (MO). It produces bottled natural, secondary-fermentation wines and has a production philosophy that has ancient roots and enhances the organoleptic characteristics of the vineyards: the ancestral method. All the wines feature low sulphite content, which make them a natural and healthy wine.
2013 FALCONERO ZERO
The word Tradition is often used as a flag, almost a slogan for trying to confirm an identity that modern enological techniques tend to flatten. This is not the case here! This bottle arose from a project that searches for a balance between the environment, the vines, the wine and people; it is a biological project run in the hills at an altitude of 450 metres, where recovering the production methods of the past is truly substantial and technology remains in second place, at the service of tradition. This dark Lambrusco is re-fermented in the bottle but without sediments, with few sulphites; its lovely violet foam reveals the agricultural values of a soil that was rich in value before discovering other, short-lived riches.
Wine: Red – Year: 2013
Yearly production (bottles): 3.500
Ageing: Bottle
Designation: IGT
Grapes (%): Lambrusco Grasparossa 90%, Malbo Gentile
Review as reported by Wine Meridian
Piedmont 2011 Vintage
July 31,2015
2010 a vintage of quality and structure. 2011 is going to be the wines to drink while you 
wait for the 2010’s to properly age.
August was a warm month creating wines with low acidity and higher alcohol levels.
2011 is a ripe easy drinking vintage.
Enjoy.
Bruno Paillard Champagne goes Clear
August 2,2015
Bruno Paillard Champagne will no longer use the traditional green glass bottles for their non vintage champagnes.
Clear glass bottles will now be used. To prevent the adverse effects of direct light upon the champagne, cellulose sheets of paper will cover the bottles.
Another change is to make the front label cleaner by placing the legal requirements on the back label.
Osetra Caviar Pairing with Philippe Gonet 3210 Blanc de Blancs Champagne
August 2, 2015
Philippe Gonet 3210 Blanc de Blancs Champagne
Today we are pairing this champagne with O My Setra Caviar (Osetra) from Lady Elena Caviar.
This is from the single variety of Chardonnay. 50% is from Montgueux and 50% from Le Mesnil sur Oger.The wine was aged Sur Lie for 3 years, from 2 terroirs, 1 grape variety of chardonnay and contains a 0 g/l dosage.
Lady Elena Caviar Pairing
Gonet Blanc de Blancs 3210 Champagne Paired with Osetra from Lady Elena Caviar
O My Setra Caviar (Osetra): The champagne refreshes the palate and brings along some floral citrus notes. A great champagne and caviar pairing with O My Setra Caviar from Lady Elena Caviar.
Kaluga Sturgeon Caviar Pairing with Martinsancho Verdejo Wine
July 28,2015
2012 Martinsancho Verdejo Wine
Today we are pairing this wine with The 8th Pearl Caviar (Kaluga Hybrid Sturgeon) from Lady Elena Caviar.
This wine is made solely from the Verdejo grape variety from Rueda, Spain. The wine has a pale straw color with green tints. There are aromas of grapefruit pith, orange, peach and soft minerals. On the palate it is medium bodied with minerality and grapefruit and citrus. On the finish the fruits pickup a tropical note. The soft minerals follow through with a high acidic pleasant finish.
Lady Elena Caviar Pairing
The 8th Pearl Caviar (Kaluga Hybrid Sturgeon): As the wine coats your tongue the wine becomes more gentle and softer while cleansing the palate. A great caviar and wine pairing.
White Sturgeon Caviar Pairing with Ponzi Vineyards Pinot Gris Wine
July 16,2015
2013 Ponzi Vineyards Pinot Gris
Today we are pairing this wine with Americana Caviar (White Sturgeon) from Lady Elena Caviar.
The wine has a pale straw color. There are aromas of pears, fresh honeydew melon with apples. On the palate the wine has a medium bodied feel with the pear skin and apple. There is also some white pepper with an herbal mint note. On the dry finish. the fruits coat your tongue and is followed by mouth watering acidity. An easy drinking wine.
Lady Elena Caviar Pairing
Americana Caviar (White Sturgeon): As the wine coats your tongue the pear flavors from the wine compliment the softened caviar flavors. This is followed by palate cleansing mouth watering acidity. A great caviar and wine pairing.
