64: Castor & Pollux - Please Don’t Eat The Elephants - Podcast Local GOODfood+wine

64: Castor & Pollux – Please Don’t Eat The Elephants – Podcast Local GOODfood+wine

The longer one lives in Paris, the more one realizes how little you really know about the city and its rich history. 

Take the case of Castor & Pollux. These were two famous elephants who lived at the Jardin d’Acclimatation over in the 16th arrondissement. Today it sits next to the Fondation Louis Vuitton. But at that time, in 1870, it was home to many an exotic animal.

For this episode 64 of…

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Chateau Tour des Graves, Chateau de Chelivette

Chateau Tour des Graves, Chateau de Chelivette

by Paige Donner

I am not one to subscribe to the assumption that rosé is only for summer sipping. I find that the freshness and the liveliness of memories of sunshine can complement a holiday dinner table superbly well. Same goes for a ‘French Claret’. And, of course, if you are in a different hemisphere, such as down under in Australia, then a rosé for the Christmas table is actually seasonably…

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Sirius, One of The Most Brilliant Stars of Bordeaux

Sirius, One of The Most Brilliant Stars of Bordeaux

by Paige Donner

As a way of proving that even from ‘less’ prestigious terroirs, it is still possible to obtain an excellent wine, Peter Sichel created this vineyard in the Canton de Saint Macaire in 1985. It is part of the illustrious Maison Sichel, AOC Bordeaux.

With his Bordeaux White cuvée Sirius, he demonstrates that by implementing the vigorous standards and methods that are used on the…

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Episode 60: LGf+w Thanksgiving 2020; Pancakes In The Marais, Paris