Space Wine: All Systems Go for Tasting

by Paige Donner A little more than a year after the 12 bottles of Bordeaux wine were rocketed up into orbit for space ageing, they’ve now safely landed back down to Earth. Just last week, thanks to NASA and its …

Chateau de Chelivette Clairet, Chateau Tour des Graves Rosé

I find that the freshness and the liveliness of memories of sunshine can complement a holiday dinner table superbly well.

Sirius, One of The Most Brilliant Stars of Bordeaux

With his Bordeaux White cuvée Sirius, he demonstrates that by implementing the vigorous standards and methods that are used on the Grand Crus Bordeaux, you can elaborate wines of similar excellence

57: Chef Sebastian Gibrand Nobel Gala Dinner & Blue Grass Cooking Podcast PGf+w

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for. Epicurus by Paige Donner © July 2020 It seems I haven’t been able to …

Mouton Rothschild’s 2017 : Hallelujah!

A Wine Full of Promise. 

49: La Tour d’Argent Somm Julien Touitou; Burgundy’s Franco Bowanee & Karina Laval

by Paige Donner © LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE : Episode 49 Paris GOODfood+wine Now Playing On Soundcloud Autumn has come quickly this year. Following our very warm summer, punctuated by two historically infernally-hot heat waves, ones which toasted grape …

Episode 47: Peanuts Inc. in Paris; Parabere Forum – Paris GOODfood+wine by Paige Donner

by Paige Donner Our send-off episode for Season 5 is full of fun. It’s also full of women’s wisdom…   Listen HERE to Paris GOODfood+wine Episode 47 SoundCloud.com/paigedonner   Hello Summer!  It’s rosé time!       First up, we hear …

Veuillez dîner au Château d’Yquem à Sauternes?

by Paige DonnerWhen the gold-enclosed invitation first arrived, my initial thought was, ‘I need to frame this.’ It’s a dreams-do-come-true moment when you find yourself sitting down to dinner at the mythic Château d’Yquem in Bordeaux’s Sauternes region in the …

45: CBD Edibles, Andy Hayler Restaurant Critic, Food Waste in Paris PGf+w

by Paige Donner Today’s episode of Paris GOODfood+wine from this springtime in Paris is an interview with renowned Restaurant Critic, Andy Hayler, a quick tutoial on CBD Edibles, and a short report on Food Waste In Paris. Click HERE to LISTEN To …

Domaine Saint Amant Rouge & Blanc

by Paige Donner The Côte du Rhône has, of course, some superstar apellations. Think Châteauneuf du Pape, Crozes-hermitage, Côte-Rôtie, Saint Joseph… to drop some of the big names. But it’s always worth taking a look at smaller producers and less …

Episode 37: GrØnt Danish Food in Paris and Atelier du Saké

by Paige Donner For our wind-down of Season 4 of Paris GOODfood+wine we get green Danish style with Jane Pedersen and her GrØnt grains and smorgasbørd good eats. Of course she pronounces her native Danish words properly so I won’t …

Cabernet Sauvignon – Consumption Manual

Originally posted on Chérie Du Vin:
(by Anonymous Wine Lover) Do you have feelings of inadequacy? Do you suffer from shyness? Do you sometimes wish you were more assertive? Do you sometimes feel stressed? If you answered yes to…

Le Domaine Famille Picard – Burgundy

by Paige Donner (photos © 2017) After enjoying a successful career in marketing with Nike, Francine Picard rejoined her family’s Burgundy wine estate the same year that her brother did, too – at the end of the 1990s.  Since 2010 they …

Dinner At Château Latour Bordeaux Grand Cru Classé en 1855

Bordeaux, June 18, 2017  by Paige Donner  (all photos copyright 2017) On a hot summer evening in the Médoc’s Pauillac, Bordeaux guests arriving for the 1855 Grands Crus Classés dinner held this year at Château Latour were greeted with a …

Episode 27: Chef Mauro Colagreco & Rooftop Urban Paris Gardening on Paris GOOD food + wine

by Paige Donner One of the World’s Best Chefs, Mauro Colagreco,│ and Urban Rooftop Gardening in Paris ©2017 Paige Donner For this episode of Paris GOOD food + wine, we have with us one of the world’s top chefs, namely …

Three French Wines For Thanksgiving: Fixin, Fat Bastard and Colombelle

Thanksgiving is here and it’s time for feasting. As a nation, we have surely earned it this year with all the election stress. Now it’s time to relax with loved ones over the long weekend and enjoy good food,  home …

Leader Price France Autumn Wine Sale

Originally posted on Chérie Du Vin:
by Paige Donner If you missed the Foire Aux Vins at Leader Price or any of the other Casino Géant affiliate chains such as c-Discount or FranPrix these past few weeks here in…

Episode 18 Paris GOOD food + wine Loire Valley Wines with Paige Donner

Paige Donner, host-producer of Paris GOOD food + wine brings you a special sweet summer ’16 episode of the program, the first-ever English language radio show and podcast about French food and wine broadcast from Paris. In this show we’ll …