Tag Archives: Matassa

Twitter Recipe #1: Wine suggestions for Anthony's white bean sunchoke purée crostini (and another recipe)

By winecase | Published: December 21, 2008
The other day, I was getting ready to cook some white beans, and wanted to take the dish in a different direction than what I usually do. So knowing that I have many friends on Twitter who are well-versed in the culinary arts of the Mediterranean, I tweeted for suggestions while the beans simmered and [...]
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Tasting Note: Palladius 2005, The Sadie Family, Swartland

By winecase | Published: June 3, 2008
I’ve been a little quiet, these days, and it’s not because I haven’t been thinking about wine. On the contrary, I’ve been coordinating (and hosting) the 14th edition of the Vendredis du Vin, the French-language equivalent of the Wine Blogging Wednesdays. We had a great time with this collective tasting on unusual wines, which led [...]
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Pulling back just a touch

By winecase | Published: January 12, 2008
Are California wines over the top?. That’s the title of an interesting article published earlier this week in the Los Angeles Times, which I picked up on through the web site of A Donkey and Goat Winery. (Reading it requires a free registration) The answer to the question? Yes, quite obviously. And it’s not me saying [...]
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A vineyard in winter

By winecase | Published: December 15, 2007
I’ve been exchanging e-mails with Tom Lubbe at Matassa, this fall, and it has only reminded me of how much work there is to do in a vineyard after harvest is done, and after the wines have been laid to rest in the barrels, to mature over winter through secondary fermentation and all. In late October, [...]
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More Pressing Matters at Matassa – and a walk through the vineyards

By winecase | Published: October 4, 2007
Instead of picking a few grapes in the vineyards of Domaine Matassa, I spent more time in the cellar making myself as useful as I could, and truly learning just how physical winemaking can be. Let’s just talk about one of the many tasks I took part in during the end of my stay there : [...]
Posted in Barolo, Domaine Gauby, Domaine Olivier Pithon, Jean-Philippe Padié, Laureano Serres, Matassa, Nebbiolo, Roussillon, Tom Lubbe, biodynamic wine, biodynamics, carignan, vineyard, winemaking | Also tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment