April 2011
24 posts
“Burgundy makes you think of silly things; Bordeaux makes you talk about them,...”
– Brillat-Savarin (via drinksareonme)
The Assassin in the Vineyard | Vanity Fair →
thefoodoffrance:
“Who would poison the vines of La Romanée-Conti, the tiny, centuries-old vineyard that produces what most agree is Burgundy’s finest, rarest, and most expensive wine? When Aubert de Villaine received an anonymous note, in January 2010, threatening the destruction of his priceless heritage unless he paid a one-million-euro ransom, he thought it was a sick joke. But, as Maximillian...
