This is the 5th part in my series of blog posts about my trip to France. My first really good night sleep on the trip has just happened. I left San Antonio on a Saturday and arrive in France Sunday morning. I don’t get to
This is the 4th part in my series of blog posts about my trip to France. Monday morning. 7AM. I wake up refreshed. Not an ounce of jet lag. No, really. I don’t get that at all. But then again, I have a weird body
Part 1: Part 2: Part 3: In this special episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark shares wine with Sam Scarpari of Seraphim Wines via Skype. Sam is 8800 miles away and 16 hours ahead in Australia. He and Mark are just a couple of blokes
This is part 3 (yes, it’s a year later I’m finally continuing this story) in my series of blog posts about my trip to France. I’m leaving on a jet plane….. All charged up and ready to go to France, I load up the car
In this episode of 1337 Wine TV, Mark does a Google Hangout of One. Thursday 8/30/12 was #CabernetDay on Twitter where people from all over got together on Twitter to drink Cabernet-based wines. These could be Cabernet Sauvignon or Cabernet Franc (one of the parents
In this video wine review, Mark reviews the Non Vintage Choco Vine Chocolate Wine. This is a product from Holland where they take French red wine and add chocolate and cream to it. It’s really more like a chocolate liqueur rather than a wine with
In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2007 Les Tourelles de Longueville from Pauillac. He bought this at a wine shop during his trip to France in September. Link for today’s show: Château Pichon-Longueville – Actual Château where this wine is from.Les Tourelles de
This is part 2 in my series of blog posts about my trip to France. Now that I got my travel arrangements made, I needed to do some more planning. Going to Bordeaux during harvest can be an exercise in frustration to say the least.
In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2004 Chateau Langoa Barton from Saint-Julien. He bought this at a wine shop during his trip to France in September. Link for today’s show: Chateaux Langoa & Leoville Barton
In this video wine review, Mark reviews the 2007 Chateau Tour Priban from Pauillac. He bought this at a wine shop during his trip to France in September. Link for today’s show: Chateau Tour Priban – This is the Wine Doctor’s Entry for the Chateau
