Winemakers' Cooking Companion Cookbook

25/08/2026

White Merlot in Ticino, Switzerland

Overview Video of Visit to Lugano, Ticino, Southern Switzerland— Below is a brief video tour of the beautiful and spotless city of Lugano in southern Switzerland. Click the three dots below the video to expand this post, if needed. White Merlot from Ticino— The Merlot grape makes up 80% of

19/08/2026

Food and wine from northeastern Spain . . .

Overview of Post, And What's Coming Next— White Wines With Catalonia Grapes— I have previously written other articles for Forbes about Catalonia, including Spain's Penedès Wine Region Is Ripe For Exploring, and about the Alimentaria Food Show in Barcelona. Also I wrote about the Calçotada food...

04/08/2026

Book launch dinner and Italian restaurant in France ...

Cookbook Launch Dinner in Caunes The invitation is below! I wrote to several contributors to The Winemakers' Cooking Companion cookbook around the world, letting them know about the cookbook launch dinner on September 16th in Caunes Minervois, France. Several responded, explaining that they could no...

28/07/2026

Rare grapes, rich wines and colorful markets . . .

Book Launch Dinner! For The Winemakers' Cooking Companion cookbook When: Wednesday, September 16th, 7:00 p.m., 2026. Where: Cantine du Curé, Caunes Minervois, Languedoc, France. What: Amuse-bouche and three courses, prepared by the Cantine du Curé team, as well as by Marcel and Petra van Baalen—...

22/07/2026

This latest post from Vino Voices includes a free recipe from a winery in Catalonia, Spain.

The Catalonia region within Spain's Girona Province has been producing wines since the days of Romans. I recently drove 2.5 hours up there to spend a night and sample wines from the l'Empordá DO wine appellation, which is split into upper ('Alt Empordà') and lower ('Baix Empordà'

22/07/2026

The latest post from Vino Voices includes two free recipes—from Italy and Austria.

Some Cooperatives Produce Luxury Wines— Wine cooperatives are collectively owned, and allow vine growers to pool their grapes, equipment and labor to produce, bottle and market wine. The advantages are that this reduces financial pressure on individual grape growers to buy, utilize and maintain th...

11/07/2026

Bluefin Tuna & Local Wine in Southwest Sardinia . . .

Bluefin Tuna and Red Carignan Wine— In the brief video below I explain why southern Sardinian bluefin tuna are some of the tastiest on earth, and why this fish pairs well with local Carignan red wine. (NOTICE! I realize there is wind impacting the audio quality on a few of

26/06/2026

Overview— First, the Sauternes wine region of Frances is famed for sweet wines. But did you know they also produce stellar dry white wines? I recently learned that truth during a lunch in Saint-Émilion. Second, this wine appellation in France is located in the Mediterranean region (basin, or wate...

26/06/2026

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Do you want a free copy of my book Vino Voices: Work, Life, Travel, Wine ? Just sign up for this newsletter. Free. No commitment. You can unsubscribe anytime, with ease. Vino Voices is an e-book that will be republished this summer. Hardback and paperback editions are already available. It

04/06/2026

Below is a brief description of a renowned woman winemaker in New Zealand who has forged her own path, and videos and photos and insights from a weekend that included wandering wine bars in Krakow, Poland. She's a New Zealand Biodynamic Wine Producer and Chef Some fifteen years ago I