Tag: 2014

• Diving into Loire Valley #Wine with #Winophiles: Chinon

  

  As a young girl I grew up on fairy tales with knights, princesses and castles. In Touraine, Loire Valley, France these are not things of fairy tales. Rather, these are part of its illustrious history. Known as the “Garden of France,” Touraine is filled with castles and chateaux constructed by kings and queens. No wonder…

  Michelle Williams

  May 21, 2016

  #Winophiles, Chinon, France, French Wine, French Winophiles, Loire Valley

  #Winophiles, 2014, Cabernet Franc, Chinon, De Ladoucette Marc Bredif, food, France, French Wine, French Winophiles, Ladoucette, Loire Valley, Marc Bredif, music, Recipe, Stevie Wonder, Touraine, wine

• Welcoming Spring with Sauvignon Blanc

  

  This year in North Texas we had a very mild winter. So mild that I think spring unofficially began in late January! However, now that spring break is here and spring is budding all over the US I cannot help but look forward to one of my favorite wine varietals: Sauvignon Blanc. Don’t get me…

  Michelle Williams

  March 14, 2016

  Music, Sauvignon Blanc, spring, Wine, Winetasting

  2014, Cuvée Silice, Francis Blanchet, LangeTwins Sauvignon Blanc Estate Grown Lodi 2014, Lodi, Marlborough, Mulderbosch Sauvignon Blanc Western Cape South Africa 2013, music, Napa Valley, New Zealand, Passagio Sauvignon Blanc 2014 Russian River Valley, Pouilly Fumé, Rombauer Sauvignon Blanc Napa Valley 2015, Russian River Valley, Sauvignon Blanc, South Africa, spring, U2, Whitehaven Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2014, wine, winetasting

• Celebrating Loire Valley #Wine

  

  Hhmmmm…. (to the tune of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer) You know Champagne and Alsace and Bordeaux and Languedoc; Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Beaujolais and Provence; but do you recall the most under-rated French wine region of all? Loire Valley wine region is as beautiful as can be, and if you ever saw it, you would…

  Michelle Williams

  December 23, 2015

  Food, France, French Wine, Loire Valley, Music, Wine, wine tasting

  2013, 2014, Barton & Guestier, Brut La Gaudrelle (NV), Cabernet Franc, Château D’Epiré, Chenin Blanc, Chinon, Crémant de Loire, Cuvée Silice, Cuvée Spéciale, food, France, Francis Blanchet, French Wine, holidays, Loire Valley, Loire Valley wines, Marc Bredif, music, Pouilly Fumé, Rosé D’Anjou, Sauvignon Blanc, Savennières, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, White Christmas, wine, Wine Enthusiast, wine tasting