ReMARKable Palate #192: Beaujolais Cru Tasting with Georges DuBoeuf

I attend a special sneak preview tasting of 18 different wines from DuBoeuf, the leading French wine company in the US, led by Mr. Georges DuBoeuf himself. After the tasting, I spoke with his son, Franck DuBoeuf and with Yann Bourigault, North American Export Director for DuBoeuf. We learn about the qualities of the Gamay grape, and about the differences between Beaujolais Cru and the more famous Beaujolais Nouveau.

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Video clips from the tasting:

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Part 2 of our latest Food Blogger Play Date, where we do a blind tasting of Artisanal steaks from Carrie Oliver of www.oliverranch.com. Anu Karwa from Swirl Events brings along some great wines to pair with the beef.

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ReMARKable Palate #155: The Oils of Chile

This week, we speak with Chef Pilar Rodriguez from Chile, who specializes in creating dishes to pair with the wines of Chile. She speaks with us about some special ingredients which are indigenous to this South American land, and how she incorporates them into her cooking. We then learn about the wonderful work being done in Chile to produce Avocado oil and olive oil, and how this South American land just may sneak up on the Mediterranean countries to become the preeminent producer of fine cooking oils in the world.

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ReMARKable Palate #143: Finger Lakes Wine Region

This week, it’s all about the food and wine of the Finger Lakes Wine Country, just a few hours north of New York City. I attended a tasting at New York’s Astor Center, the state of the art tasting room above Astor Wines, where I got a chance to taste a number of Rieslings from the Finger Lakes paired with nibbles prepared by some of the region’s best chefs. In addition, we learned about many of the fun activities on offer in the region, from sporting, to car racing, and of course, the heritage museums of Central New York.

Websites mentioned:

www.schuylerny.com
www.hill-top-inn.com
www.corningfingerlakes.com
www.womenonlyweekends.com
www.theglen.com
www.gafferdistrict.com
www.wagnervineyards.com
www.glenora.com
www.theglen.com
www.rednewt.com

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ReMARKable Palate Video #23: Ariane Daguin of D’Artagnan Foods

I catch up with Ariane Daguin from D’Artagnan Foods, on the occasion of a luncheon she co-hosted at Restaurant Orsay in NYC to celebrate the arrival of the wines of Domaine du Tariquet from her native Gascony to America. We chat about the wine and food pairings, and the seasonal wild fowl D’Artagnan is bringing to America from Scotland.

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We just got this email from our friends Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg, whom we interviewed for the CPN a few months back:

Dear Friends,

It’s a pleasure to send greetings to you on this first day of spring…especially with such exciting news to share!

THE WASHINGTON POST : Today marks the impressive debut of the newly-redesigned Food section of — not to mention the debut of our first wine column in its pages.

We hope you’ll be sure to pick up a copy of today’s (March 21st) paper — or simply click through online to www.washingtonpost.com — to check out our column featuring four terrific wines that are the essence of spring in a glass, and (of course) pair deliciously with food!

Four Pours That Are Verifiably Vernal

By Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg
Wednesday, March 21, 2007; Page F07

We’re not your typical wine writers: We love food first and wine second. Frankly, we think the most amazing thing about wine is its ability to make food taste even better.

That means, simply, that you can bring more pleasure into your life every day through more thoughtful — even inspired — pairings. We know from experience that the wrong combination can ruin the wine, the food or both: Imagine pad thai wiped out by a cabernet, or Riesling overwhelmed by a steak. On the other hand, reverse those same wine choices, and you’ll see that the ideal match can transform virtually any meal from ordinary to extraordinary.

Read the rest of the article HERE.

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ReMARKable Palate #75: The Emperor of Wine, Part 1

Today our guest is celebrated wine writer and critic Elin McCoy. She is the wine and spirits columnist for Bloomberg News and Shattered magazine, and for years she was a contributor and editor of Food and Wine Magazine. Today she joins us to speak about her award winning book, “The Emperor of Wine, the Rise of Robert M. Parker Jr. and the Reign of American Taste”, which was just released in a trade paperback with additional material not found in the original hardcover edition. This book won the Gourmand World Cookbook Award, and was a finalist for both the James Beard and the IACP awards. Elin and I sat down over a cup of tea on a chilly winter afternoon.

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#70: Food and Wine Pairing at Pour

I visit the new wine shop Pour on Manhattan’s Upper West Side and speak with owner H. Tres Meyer and Beverage Director Jerri Banks about their novel approach to selling wine for food pairing.

Be sure to check out Food Philosophy #34 for Jennifer and my interview with husband and wife team Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page, who were at Pour signing copies of their book What To Drink With What You Eat. It was the perfect setting for focusing on stripping away the pretense and the enigmas of food and wine pairing.

Pour: 321 Amsterdam Ave. @ 75th St., NYC 212-501-POUR www.pourwines.com

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