By Robert Giorgione on September 28, 2012
There’s a wonderful vineyard in New Zealand called “Raupo Creek“. It’s located within the Omaka Valley in Marlborough. Over the years, this particular river valley, as well as others – i.e Brancott, Waihopai and Ben Morven, which flow off the main Wairau Valley, have become important sites and micro-climates especially for the cultivation of top quality Pinot [...]
Posted in Interviews, Sommelier Stories, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Armit Wines, biodynamic, Book, Burgundy, Clive Dougall, eBook, Home Vineyard, John Armit, Marlborough, Michael Seresin, Momo, New Zealand, Pinot Noir, Raupo Creek, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Seresin, Sommelier Stories, Sun and Moon, Tasting Notes, Tatou, Videos, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting, You Tube |
By Robert Giorgione on September 20, 2012
This tasty dish, (and yes it does contain raw meat), is probably one of the staple menu items of any classic French brasserie. Such is the special reputation of steak tartare, any restaurant worth its salt, that wishes to be judged on the quality of its meat will probably serve it. How to make “the perfect [...]
Posted in Food and Wine Matching, Recipes, Sommelier Stories, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Beaujolais, Beef, Bistro Jeanty, Book, Bouchon, Brasserie Boulingrin, Burgundy, Champagne, eBook, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Gamay, Les Caves de Pyrene, Natural Wines, Pinot Noir, Recipes, Reims, Restaurant Reviews, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, steak tartare, Terroirs, Videos, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, You Tube, Yountville |
By Robert Giorgione on September 12, 2012
Much has been written and spoken about biodynamics over the years. But at the end of the day, do we actually know any more about it. Are we any wiser to the mysterious winemaking ‘hocus pocus’ and goings-on behind closed cellar doors in various regions of the world that practise this esoteric form of agriculture. [...]
Posted in Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged Alsace, An Epicurean Odyssey, biodynamic, Book, Burgundy, Champagne, eBook, Family of Twelve, Gisborne, James Millton, LIWF, Loire Valley, Millton Vineyard, Natural Wines, New Zealand, New Zealand Wine Growers, Pinot Noir, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Tim Atkin MW, Videos, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting, You Tube |
By Robert Giorgione on August 17, 2012
Food and wine matching from the Roving Sommelier. This is a quick and simple recipe from my own repertoire, which I love to make from time to time. It takes no more than 30 minutes to prepare this dish and makes for a perfect appetiser/fish course as part of a dinner party or a stand-alone lunch or supper [...]
Posted in Food and Wine Matching, Recipes, Sommelier Stories, Wine Reviews | Tagged Akaroa, An Epicurean Odyssey, Book, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Chassagne-Montrachet, eBook, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Hansen & Lydersen, Mountford Estate, New Zealand, Niellon, recipe, Recipes, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Salmon, Salmon tartare, Sommelier Stories, Tartare, Waipara, wine blogs, Wine Reviews |
By Robert Giorgione on January 12, 2012
So, “that week” has come around again! It’s already January 12th 2012, Christmas seems absolutely ages ago, everyone’s tweeting and talking about ‘detox’ and ‘retox’ and all the other same old post-New Year shenanigans yadda yadda… Moreover, around this time, it’s traditional in London for what seems like almost the entire UK and international wine trade, [...]
Posted in Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Australia, Australian Wine, Book, Burgundy, Dan Buckle, eBook, Enotria, Mount Langi Ghiran, riesling, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting, You Tube |
By Robert Giorgione on January 31, 2011
Each Monday, I will post an article entitled “An interview with…”. This may be a fellow sommelier, a chef, restaurateur, winemaker, blogger or person from within the wine and hospitality industry. It will enable you to catch a glimpse from ’behind the scenes’ into someone’s life, to listen to what they have to say and to [...]
Posted in Interviews, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Book, Burgundy, Chardonnay, eBook, Flint Wines, Interviews, Jason Haynes, Pinot Noir, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Videos, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting |
By Robert Giorgione on June 30, 2010
Why is it that over the years wines produced from Chardonnay have got a bit of a bad rep? Why is it that we consider more positively and ‘affectionately’ enjoying a bottle of white Burgundy, as opposed to a ‘New World’ Chardonnay? Perhaps you have not realised it yet, but when you are enjoying a bottle of Meursault or Puligny-Montrachet, you [...]
Posted in Tasting Notes, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Bibendum, Book, Burgundy, Chardonnay, eBook, Meursault, Pinot Noir, Puligny-Montrachet, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, St Aubin, Tasting Notes, Thierry Matrot, Volnay, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting |
By Robert Giorgione on March 19, 2010
From time to time, I get asked the question “Which dishes would you have as part of a desert island meal?” I have to admit that this simple yet tasty soup would be one of them. The recipe, which I would imagine, each and every Italian mother, grandmother, aunt and rustic little trattoria would probably have in [...]
Posted in Food and Wine Matching, Recipes, Sommelier Stories, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Beaujolais, Bibendum Wines, Book, broth, Burgundy, chicken, Chiroubles, Domaine Cheysson, eBook, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Pasta, Pinot Noir, recipe, Recipes, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, wine blogs, Wine Reviews |
By Robert Giorgione on February 21, 2010
As some of you may already be aware, I am currently in the process of writing a book. Moreover, during the past few years I have been on this quest for the perfect wine and food experience. Overall, this exciting journey to discover the ‘perfect meal’ has become an epicurean odyssey. Last year, I came very close [...]
Posted in Food and Wine Matching, Restaurant Reviews, Sommelier Stories, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Book, Burgundy, Chef, Court of Master Sommeliers, eBook, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Gerard Basset, Marylebone, Orrery, Pinot Noir, Raymond Blanc, Restaurant Reviews, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Texture, Tolli, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Xavier Rousset MS |
By Robert Giorgione on February 5, 2010
It has been a busy January in London. From time to time, there have been up to four wine tastings and events in one day. Moreover, I have been tasting wines from all over the world. Wines have come from both hemispheres and I have had the opportunity to make some discoveries from all points [...]
Posted in Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Wine Reviews | Tagged Alsace, An Epicurean Odyssey, Australia, Australian Wine, Book, Burgundy, Champagne, Chardonnay, Craggy Range, eBook, Kate Sweet, Louis Latour, Louis Roederer, Maison Marques et Domaines, Margaret River, Marques de Murrieta, McHenry Hohnen, New Zealand, Pinot Noir, riesling, Rioja, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sauvignon Blanc, Schlumberger, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Warren Adamson, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting |
By Robert Giorgione on January 27, 2010
At 0800 hours on a chilly January morning, we were all huddled together inside “The Pol Roger Dining Room” upstairs at “The Duke of Clarence” pub on the corner of Whitehall and Scotland Yard awaiting our orders from ‘our Commander’ James Simpson MW . This venue, historically, was one of Sir Winston Churchill’s hang outs. Whilst we [...]
Posted in Food and Wine Matching, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Wine Reviews | Tagged Alsace, An Epicurean Odyssey, biodynamic, Book, Burgundy, Champagne, Chardonnay, Domaine Drouhin, Dr Rudolph Steiner, eBook, Food and wine matching, food blogs, Josmeyer, Pinot Noir, Pol Roger, Querciabella, riesling, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Tuscany, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting |
By Robert Giorgione on January 20, 2010
I particularly like this time of year, as when it comes to January in London it normally means one thing – Burgundy wine tastings. After returning from the festive break, my diary has been filled for at least two weeks with a whole host of tastings and epicurean delights. Moreover, when it comes to the historic [...]
Posted in Tasting Notes, Wine Reviews | Tagged Alsace, An Epicurean Odyssey, biodynamic, Book, Burgundy, Catherine Faller, Chardonnay, Domaine Weinbach, eBook, Gewurztraminer, Justerini & Brooks, Laurence Faller, Orrery, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, riesling, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting |
By Robert Giorgione on September 27, 2009
New Generation Wines was established in 2005. These guys are going places. I particularly admire their dynamic energy and enthusiasm for the wine business, balanced with a ‘can-do’ attitude, pro-activity and realism for promoting, marketing and selling wines with a very positive approach. Moreover, we all know how important it is to have the right [...]
Posted in Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Andy Muscat, Australian Wine, Book, Brian Bicknell, Burgundy, Chardonnay, eBook, Hamish Young, Mahi, Marlborough, New Generation Wines, New Zealand, Orrery, Oxo Tower, Pegasus Bay, Pinot Noir, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, South African Wines, Tasting Notes, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting |
By Robert Giorgione on March 20, 2009
New Zealand has built a reputation as a quality-driven niche producer of distinctive fine wines. International critics rate the country’s sauvignon blanc as the world’s best and the growing acclaim for the pinot noir is helping to further secure its position as a producer of premium wines. “This is God’s Country when it comes to [...]
Posted in Sommelier Stories, Tasting Notes, Wine Reviews | Tagged An Epicurean Odyssey, Bannockburn, Book, Burgundy, Central Otago, Drouhin, Ellis of Richmond, Food and wine matching, Matthew Cooper, Michael Herrick, Mt Difficulty, New Zealand, Pinot Noir, Pipeclay Terrace, Roaring Meg, Robert Giorgione, Roving Sommelier, Sommelier Stories, wine blogs, Wine Reviews, Wine tasting |
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