France

Red, She Said

“Red is the great clarifier – bright and revealing. I can’t imagine becoming bored with red – it would be like becoming bored with the person you love.” – Diana Vreeland photo credit: EatonAlive ©2013

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Wine Harlots Spring Fling in Spain and France

“We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.” ― Anaïs Nin I’m in Spain as I write this, embarking on a twenty-six day wine odyssey beginning with Penedés and Priorat as a guest of Freixenet, a few days in Barcelona with gin and tonics, Gaudi and European professional basketball. The [...]

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Château Ballan-Larquette Bordeaux Blanc 2011

photograph of Chateau Ballan Bordeaux Blanc with a wine glass of the golden yellow French white wine

“We must leave this terrifying place tomorrow and go searching for sunshine.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald Wine. Terrifying? For the general public, it can be. So many, brands, so many labels, so many rules, rituals and misconceptions. Like the myth that “Bordeaux wines are super-expensive.” Sure, they’re a few grand crus that are prohibitively expensive, but [...]

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Jean-Luc Colombo Cape Bleue Rosé 2012

bottle shot of a flamingo pink rose wine from the South of France

“See how the sacred old flamingoes come, Painting with shadow all the marble steps: Aged and wise, they seek their wonted perches Within the temple, devious walking, made To wander by their melancholy minds.” William Butler Yeats Anytime it’s sunny and warm, rosé wines always are an easy choice to quaff. It’s been spring verging [...]

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Domaine de Bernier Vin Pays du Val de Loire Chardonnay 2011

thumb nail of a French wine Domaine de Berier from the Loire Valley with a class of golden chardonnay

“We’re like a painting, And now it’s raining down, Watch the colors run ‘till we’re almost one, Watch us fading, from this one street town, We’ll sleep where we fall, or nowhere at all. Everyone wants something, Well, I’m wanted by everyone but you. Well, I’ve been thinking about the meals with wine, Can’t you [...]

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The Golden Globes Drinking Game

Comic Tina Fey and Amy Poehler hosts of the Golden Globes lounging on the steps in gold beaded gowns in Converse Chuck Taylor high-top basketball shoes with the Golden Globe Awards carelessly strewn about the staircase

“There comes a time in every woman’s life when the only thing that helps is a glass of Champagne.”  ― Bette Davis Wine Harlots are gearing up for our favorite awards show The Golden Globes, where the Champagne flows freely, and thus anything can happen, and oftentimes does. The hosts for the 70th annual awards are [...]

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Fishing in The Seine :: Georges Seurat

Fishing in The Seine, Georges Seurat (1883) in the permanent collection, Musée d'Art Moderne, Troyes, France.

“Fishing, with me, has always been an excuse to drink in the daytime.” — Jimmy Cannon Fishing in The Seine, Georges Seurat (1883) in the permanent collection, Musée d’Art Moderne, Troyes, France.

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Urban Union – Chicago

photo of a bottle of white bordeaux with a glass of wine and candlelit background

The first official stop on the Wines of France Across America Tour was a media dinner in Chicago. The Team rolled in Urban Union, located in Little Italy on Taylor Streetjust west of Racine. It’s one of those nose-to-tail places owned by Chef Michael Shrader, who philosophy on food is: “less is more, no Bullshit [...]

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Champagne & Chicago-Style Hot Dogs

photograph of a chicago-style hot hog in all it's glory. hot dog was a steamed poppy-seed bun, with an all-beef hot dog nestled inside and “run through the garden” in diner-speak, with add-ons of yellow mustard, relish, tomato wedges, chopped onions, a kosher pickle spear, sport peppers and a dash of celery salt. But no ketchup

“What I find really interesting is to try and mix it up, to push myself and try different things. I don’t want to stay in my comfort zone. I want to take risks and keep myself scared.” —  Michael Fassbender To the Wine Harlots, Champagne always signifies a good time. Holidays, celebrations, birthdays, weddings – you automatically [...]

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Bastille Day

poster for the bastille day embassy in france july 12th 2008 with a red-haired woman with feathers in her hair with a gold and red dress with champagne bubbles on her décolletage

 

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