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Combining patrician tradition with au courant French chic: a legendary name manages to elevate generic Bordeaux into something very glamorous and very good.

Dec 5

Dec 5 Combining patrician tradition with au courant French chic: a legendary name manages to elevate generic Bordeaux into something very glamorous and very good.

Michael Braverman

The owner and winemaker of a Grand Cru Classé estate in St. Emilion is an accomplished French woman. We caught up for lunch and a wine tasting on her New York visit.

May 18

May 18 The owner and winemaker of a Grand Cru Classé estate in St. Emilion is an accomplished French woman. We caught up for lunch and a wine tasting on her New York visit.

Michael Braverman

Lunch with Attitude: It’s a sauvignon blanc from the Loire with a hip designer label. Along with several (non-edgy) Sancerre and Pouilly Fume wines it was quite a satisfying meal.

May 3

May 3 Lunch with Attitude: It’s a sauvignon blanc from the Loire with a hip designer label. Along with several (non-edgy) Sancerre and Pouilly Fume wines it was quite a satisfying meal.

Michael Braverman

Shopping bargain wines from email offerings: if you know and trust your retailer try it. I recently did and found some value wines that will please both the frugal and fussy.

Jan 13

Jan 13 Shopping bargain wines from email offerings: if you know and trust your retailer try it. I recently did and found some value wines that will please both the frugal and fussy.

Michael Braverman

Uncovering a case of Moulin des Carraudes, the second label of Chateau Lafite Rothschild. Past its prime time but once out of hibernation a lovely wine.

Nov 21

Nov 21 Uncovering a case of Moulin des Carraudes, the second label of Chateau Lafite Rothschild. Past its prime time but once out of hibernation a lovely wine.

Michael Braverman

Exceptional, indulgent, a bit hedonistic, a morsel of bon vivant life: this year’s Fete du Bordeaux. With a dynamic, young and entrepreneurial generation now running the wine trade.

Oct 21

Oct 21 Exceptional, indulgent, a bit hedonistic, a morsel of bon vivant life: this year’s Fete du Bordeaux. With a dynamic, young and entrepreneurial generation now running the wine trade.

Michael Braverman

Bordeaux vintage of the century. 2005 is getting the antics, the action and the adjectives, not to mention the prices. Hoping some rich connoisseur will invite me for a taste.

May 6

May 6 Bordeaux vintage of the century. 2005 is getting the antics, the action and the adjectives, not to mention the prices. Hoping some rich connoisseur will invite me for a taste.

Michael Braverman

Beaujolais Nouveau: the most identifiable aroma is the scent of cash. It’s clever marketing but still fun to drink—as long as it is consumed really young, within a month or so.

Nov 18

Nov 18 Beaujolais Nouveau: the most identifiable aroma is the scent of cash. It’s clever marketing but still fun to drink—as long as it is consumed really young, within a month or so.

Michael Braverman

Staying at a farm where they herd goats and make chevre, and sampling everyday wines in the Languedoc region, part of a vast wine producing area. A quick guide to some of the labels.

Jul 4

Jul 4 Staying at a farm where they herd goats and make chevre, and sampling everyday wines in the Languedoc region, part of a vast wine producing area. A quick guide to some of the labels.

Michael Braverman

Fete du Bordeaux, the annual gathering at the Four Seasons: a deep dive into outstanding Bordeaux wines and an extraordinary dinner seated next to the CEO of Cos d’Estournel.

Oct 16

Oct 16 Fete du Bordeaux, the annual gathering at the Four Seasons: a deep dive into outstanding Bordeaux wines and an extraordinary dinner seated next to the CEO of Cos d’Estournel.

Michael Braverman

The vade mecum of second labels: like their famous siblings they vary in price and quality. But if you hit it right you’ll score a classic French Bordeaux at a showboating price.

Apr 17

Apr 17 The vade mecum of second labels: like their famous siblings they vary in price and quality. But if you hit it right you’ll score a classic French Bordeaux at a showboating price.

Michael Braverman

Further guidance to second labels: the frisson of seeing a name like Lafite or Latour or Haute Brion on the bottle and what you should (cautiously) expect in your glass.

Apr 17

Apr 17 Further guidance to second labels: the frisson of seeing a name like Lafite or Latour or Haute Brion on the bottle and what you should (cautiously) expect in your glass.

Michael Braverman