Notes from wine and food tastings around the world by WSET Educator and James Beard Award-winning writer Lyn Farmer
Wines of New Zealand had the brilliant idea of showcasing the full range of wines produced in New Zealand, meaning we had a tasting that included more than herbaceous sauvignon blanc and racy pinot noir. Here's the full story of just how great New Zealand is for wine lovers.
Read MoreVintners are by nature a convivial bunch, so perhaps it is karma as much as passion that brought together the members of MOVI, the movement of independent vintners that is making some of the most dynamic and exciting wine in Chile. Accompanying the blog post profiling MOVI, Lyn offers tasting notes on 18 exceptional wines, one from each of MOVI's member vintners.
Read MoreFelton Road winemaker Blair Walter is one of the great figures in New Zealand pinot noir. Like many winemakers in New Zealand he has worked in many other countries and brought a broad understanding of his craft back home. He is very well known for his pinot noir, but as I learned during a week together in New Zealand in 2011, he has some fabulous white wines up his metaphorical sleeve as well.
Read MoreWinery owner and passionate proponent of the wines of Languedoc-Roussillon Gerard Bertrand says 2011 was the best vintage ever in the South of France. Hyperbole, or fact? Lyn's tasting notes will help you decide
Read MoreJames Beard Award-winning Writer, Educator, Presenter, Photographer and Sampler-of-Good-Things Lyn Farmer savors experiences and shares thoughts on living life more fully by engaging all our senses all the time. Here you will find essays on taste in all its permutations, wine tasting notes, travel reviews and photography, and reflections on the many ways food, wine and the arts intersect to increase our experience of the world around us. It's time to taste your world!
(C) Lyn Farmer
Benvenuto Brunello, an event held simultaneously in eight cities worldwide, was the debut of the storied 2019 vintage of Brunello di Montalcino, Tuscany’s classic, iconic and all-sangiovese wine. I was the presenter for one of the three American debut tastings, and have the story here.