Moët & Chandon Grand Vintage 2009 $100 (5 stars)

May 6, 2018By Yvonne

To clarify, Moët rhymes with ‘poet’.  So from today. It’s not okay. To say ‘mow-way’.  When the Chef de Cave (French for ‘Chief Winemaker’) Benoît Gouez declares a ‘vintage’ it’s something to notice because the quality doth skyrocket.  This is the 73rd time in the history of Moët that it’s happened.  Aged for 7 years … Read More

Yvonne Lorkin wine column for week beginning May 5 2018

May 6, 2018By Yvonne

I made the mistake of hauling the heavy wooden box holding all of our family photos down from the top shelf in my wardrobe right when I needed to be knuckling down to work.  “I’ll just take a peek at one or two” I said to myself.  One or two rapidly became an avalanche of … Read More