A Beautiful Carmenère

Last June, I was pinching myself in disbelief as my husband and I travelled through Chilé. We were there as the Winter season arrived which is considered off season for the wine tourism, but that just meant that groups were intimate. I was accompanying my husband on a work trip that we extended on both…

Domaine Tempier

Domaine Tempier’s cult following may partly be due to importer Kermit Lynch’s romantic and eloquent story telling of this iconic producer in his book Adventures on the Wine Trail. Or it could have something to do with the historical significance of this producer’s lifelong mission to put Bandol on the map as a world class winemaking region – producing red wines within the larger Provence region.