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Posts Tagged with ‘Bordeaux wines’

• French Impressions: Janet Hubbard’s “Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish” on mystery writing – digging below the surface, behind the façade, lurks story, rumor, and competition

  08 Jan 2015

  Janet Hubbard divides her time between Vermont, Virginia, and France. This series is a result of annual trips to France…

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• Janet Hubbard’s “Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish” greed, suspense, murder – lust for the best vintages (excerpt) – part two

  07 Jan 2015

  Excerpted from Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish, © 2014 by Janet Hubbard. Reproduced by permission of Poisoned Pen Press. All rights reserved.…

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• Janet Hubbard’s “Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish” a vineyard mystery and the world of fine wine (excerpt) – part one

  06 Jan 2015

  Excerpted from Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish, © 2014 by Janet Hubbard. Reproduced by permission of Poisoned Pen Press. All rights reserved.…

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• Wine in France: Florence Cathiard of Château Smith Haut-Lafitte, together with her husband Daniel (both former French Olympic skiers), brings finesse and exceptional detail to making great wines

  15 Dec 2014

  Florence Cathiard, in 1990, together with her husband Daniel Cathiard, fell in love with the property Château Smith Haut-Lafitte and…

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• Wine in France: Véronique Sanders of Château Haut-Bailly, and recipient of the “Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite” honorary title awarded by the French government

  04 Dec 2014

  Véronique Sanders, in 1998, at the age of 30, became the general manager of Haut-Bailly, making her one of a…

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• Wine in France: Dewey Markham Jr., wine scholar, food connoisseur, and author of “1855: A History of the Bordeaux Classification” a James Beard award book, 1997

  02 Dec 2014

  Dewey Markham Jr., wine scholar and author living in Mérignac, France, was born and raised in New York City. He…

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