by Bob Lipinski | Mar 21, 2025 | Cheese, Wine
By Bob Lipinski “How can you govern a country which has 246 varieties of cheese?” — Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, President of France, 1962 speech According to popular legend, Emperor Charlemagne first tasted Brie in around 774 at a monastery and fell in love with...
by Bob Lipinski | Dec 6, 2024 | Cheese
By Bob Lipinski As the weather turns colder and days become shorter, thoughts of sitting around a roaring fire come to mind. Although freshly roasted chestnuts and large mugs of mulled wine or even hot chocolate satisfy, I enjoy dipping some crusty bread into a pot of...
by Bob Lipinski | Oct 5, 2023 | Wine
By Bob Lipinski Côtes du Rhône, the largest appellation in Southern Rhône, produces red, white, and rosé wines from anywhere in the Rhône Valley, although most of the wines are from the south. The term côte refers to wines made from grapes grown on the banks of the...
by Bob Lipinski | Sep 8, 2023 | Wine
By Bob Lipinski The region of Provence sits along the Mediterranean coast at the southern end of the Rhône Valley, east of the Languedoc region. Wine has been made here for around 2,600 years, with grapevines brought by the Greeks, thus making it the oldest...
by Bob Lipinski | Jun 23, 2023 | Wine
By Bob Lipinski “What I love about wine is the joy of discovery. It’s the fact that wine is so obviously affected by what people do to create it.” (Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber, English musical theater composer) As an author and professional taster, I evaluate hundreds of...
Bob Lipinski, author of 10 books; writes, consults, and conducts training seminars on Wine, Spirits, and Food and is available for speaking engagements.
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