Comments on: chablis, bernard ginestet (1990)

By: Mark Ryan

Mark Ryan — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:53:46 +0000

Keep the book recommendations coming! I love obscure wine texts. It appears there are quite a few untranslated books in the series, including:

Chambertin, Corton, La Romanée-Conti, Le Clos-de-Vougeot, Meursault, and Montrachet.

http://www.chateauloisel.com/vin/livre/ginestet-grand-bernard-vins.htm

By: billn

billn — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:53:17 +0000

I didn’t

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:49:52 +0000

Lovely quote from the Archbishop. What an enlightend 16th century pastoral message. (Some of your readers may not know that Mayence is French for Mainz.)

By: Ed

Ed — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:51:33 +0000

I’ll go lighter Alsatian whites and even MSR with South East Asian heat but for more “Indian” stuff like lamb curry … well … lager is delightful. I live near lots of excellent ground fish and shellfish and I save my better whites for that fare.

By: billn

billn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:32:09 +0000

Thanks for confirming Tom – no reason to avoid the French versions anymore I suppose!
Cheers

By: billn

billn — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:17:01 +0000

Hi Ed.
Actually I very often take a white with spicy stuff – my wife is often delivering spicy stuff from the kitchen. Cleary you should forget any expensive 1er or grand cru stuff, though they work well – you just lose the complexity you have paid for. Delicious young villages or bourgogne deliver their sweet acidity and make a great foil to spice. Works for me anyway…

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:52:04 +0000

With “curried lamb” … I can’t afford to chance it. With grilled or pan-fried white-fleshed fish, or oysters is the ticket. I have quite enjoyed the simple Bichot bottlings of 05 and 07. Quite nice for the price.

By: Tom Blach

Tom Blach — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:49:19 +0000

The Chambertin, Clos Vougeot and Corton volumes were not translated, sadly. I have the Chambertin volume which is fun and not too linguistically demanding.