Where to enjoy Pinot (and your pooch) in Sonoma’s Russian River Valley Recently, I was tasked with writing an article for Cori Solomon’s wine and travel website The Written Palette about dog-friendly wineries in Sonoma.…
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The mint façade of 10 Rue d’Alsace belongs to Les Pôpiettes, a trendy wine bar and restaurant in the center of Beaune. You can’t miss it. It came highly recommended by our B&B hosts who…
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In addition to recommending our lunch spot in Puligny-Montrachet, Marie from our B&B gave us a little tip when visiting some of these small villages along the Cote d’Ore. She said most of the towns,…
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After a three-day self-guided wine immersion course in Beaune, Burgundy, I compiled the following list of burgundy wine facts that serves as a crash course—Burgundy 101 if you will—in the basics of France’s oldest wine…
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After my 86th piece of torn baguette smeared with Époisses and homemade raspberry jam (thanks Les Chambres L’Imprimerie Bed and Breakfast) we decided to venture into the city of Beaune on foot. It was 10:00am…
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After navigating through the hamster maze that is Charles DeGaule airport (they literally have you walking through glass tubes) we got our rental car and were on our way to Beaune, Burgundy. Thankfully the folks…
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This year, like the past four, Jonathan and I flew back east to celebrate Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) with his family. We typically fly to New York first and spend a few days…
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When the bar is set so high….everything else seems unacceptable *At the time this piece was published, we thought we’d lost the photos we took from our lunch at Thomas Keller’s French Laundry. So instead…
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