Katarzyna Sarek

[Chiny] Winiarze rosną w siłę

Francja właśnie dostała kuksańca. Od kilkunastu lat Chiny, z właściwym sobie animuszem, zwiększają uprawy winorośli i w ostatnich dniach oficjalnie zostały drugim światowym producentem wina pod względem areałów uprawy.

LECKER: POMMEAU, czyli jabłkowe

August Lecker POMMEAU, czyli jabłkowe Zmęczony nieco lekturą pism mądrych, a i przesycony głębią tematów w nich roztrząsanych, udał się Lekcer na wycieczkę w krainę ludycznych swawoli. Miał czas i ochotę. Starannie uporządkowana przestrzeń marketowych regałów, ustawionych w regularnie odmierzonych odstępach, dawała mu poczucie sensu, zaś mnogość barw i rozmiarów leżakujących na nich towarów mile […]

ŚRODA [Wyszehrad Plus] BARAN: Węgierskie dożynki, czyli… winobranie

Magdalena M. Baran Węgierskie dożynki, czyli… winobranie Idzie wrzesień. Dogasają już ostanie wakacyjne ogniska, dzieciakom spieszno do szkoły, studenci dopinają ostatnie plany. Przez ostanie dwa miesiące mnóstwo razy wyśpiewywano jak to „całą nockę tokaj piłem”, podrygiwano w rytm czardaszowych przyśpiewek, a nawet łamano sobie język nad powiedzeniem o dwóch bratankach. „Nie ma wina nad węgrzyna!” […]

BRZOZOWSKI: Ucieczka z kina. Wolność w Cannes [relacja z Festiwalu w Cannes]

Grzegorz Brzozowski Ucieczka z kina. Wolność w Cannes Tegoroczny sześćdziesiąty czwarty festiwal w Cannes pozostanie w pamięci zapewne pod znakiem spektakularnych ucieczek – zarówno tych wymuszonych, jak i dobrowolnych. Podczas ceremonii rozdania nagród zabrakło największych nazwisk festiwalu: zarówno rozgadanego Larsa von Triera, którego „Melancholia” przyniosła nagrodę Kirsten Dunst za główną rolę, jak i chorobliwie nieśmiałego […]

BOWMAN: Christmas lights and bubbles

Sharon Bowman Christmas lights and bubbles A lot of people haul out champagne for the holidays; it’s like that, it’s suggestive. I, however, as someone who guzzles the stuff at every wine bar and restaurant and private residence in the land, rejoicing when a muzzle is offed and a conic cork removed—well, you’d think I […]

BOWMAN: Wine & film

Sharon Bowman Wine & film Every summer from mid-July to early August there is an outdoor cinema festival at the Parc de la Villette in the northeast corner of Paris. As night falls at 10.30pm or so in these long days of the year, the film starts late, leaving a broad expanse of time to […]

BOWMAN: Proust for winos (or vice versa)

Sharon Bowman Proust for winos (or vice versa) I had a madeleine the other day. Not the tea cake, but y’know, one of those things that jogs you, like a cobblestone sticking up that catches your foot and makes you stumble into the past. A wine remembered from earlier times, one that conjured up those […]

BOWMAN: Still bubbling up

Sharon Bowman Still bubbling up Unable to contain myself, I have returned to my frequent thematic stomping ground of farmer fizz. Just up, a guest post scribed by me for my friend Scott Reiner’s blog, The Wine Explorer. In the meantime, I shall sedately relax from the pleasant aftereffects of a few bottles of Lassaigne […]

BOWMAN: Wine? Or crack?

Sharon Bowman Wine? Or crack? This blog post is a public service announcement for those interested in wine. The picture of the seemingly harmless bottle above is one you should stamp into your retinas and retain. Blink twice. You see this bottle, here, now, safely virtual. If you see this bottle in the real world, […]

BOWMAN: Naturally unnatural: orange wines

Sharon Bowman Naturally unnatural: orange wines I was sitting at my desk on a dark, cloudless spring night with a lamp shining indirect, yellowish light. I had a bottle on the glass desktop, next to the MacBook. The bottle was cool to the touch. The label was minimalistic, hand-drawn, and from the side peeked out […]

BOWMAN: Spring things

Sharon Bowman Spring things Spring is for lightness with a bit of residual sugar, I’ve decided. Light whites, Loire whites, chenins, romorantins, weird Monts-Damnés Sancerres from hills so aslope, their aromatics explode and they persist on the palate with a heady blend of alcohol and sweetness. These things we can deal with, now that the […]

Wine for rain, wine for sun

Sharon Bowman Wine for rain, wine for sun I had never thought about it before, but there is something about the delicious minerality of a Puligny-Montrachet that goes well with the rain. The other night I ran out with not one but two umbrellas (well, I was using one, and one had been loaned to […]

Overcoming grape fears

Sharon Bowman Overcoming grape fears Since last I wrote, I have continued valiantly affronting my prejudices. Now, of course, we all have grapes we don’t like. I know some highly recommendable people who have, shall we say, issues with Cabernet Franc or Grenache. (Actually, the most common bête noire among wine-drinking friends seems to be […]

What a difference a day makes

Sharon Bowman What a difference a day makes A few days ago, I opened up this one, a 1996 Ridge Geyserville. Now, as far as American wines go, I have a soft spot for Ridge. A glorious 1987 Ridge Monte Bello remains one of my most rapturous wine-tasting experiences. And not so long back, a […]

Fresh fruit

Sharon Bowman Fresh fruit   Spring is here. It’s over sixty degrees out! (Fahrenheit, for those of you in the Anglo-Saxon world.) And what better way to bask in the newfound warmth than to open some fresh whites – and fresh reds. I’d chilled the 2007 Lapierre Morgon. It came out of the fridge. So […]