Many of you delightful readers
may remember a very cool pilot project that I worked on late last year called
Le Wine Buff, part of
Enjoy Bordeaux (
Twitter,
Facebook). Sponsored by the
Bordeaux Wine Council (
CIVB), it was an innovative re-introduction of affordable Bordeaux wine to the American public. As one of the six original "Le Wine Buff's", I helped spread the word about the great
value and
QPR that can be found in red, white and dessert
Bordeaux wines at all price points below $25 via
email,
FAQ and
live video chat. The program took a winter break to expand and get even better and we're now ready to relaunch our BDX mission!
Look for an expanded schedule of
live video chat from our team of six 'Buffs.
I'll be starting off the new program 05/03/10 with my time slot every Monday night, 7-10pm PST. If you need a refresher, check out this great Preview of previous footage by Le Wine Buff Mollie.
Simply sign up and become a member to participate in any of our video chat sessions. You can follow the
Twitter feed of with the hash tag
#LeWineBuff.
As a certifiable (different from certified, mine requires a psychiatrist!) wine geek, I get a lot of questions about serving and preparing wine so that it can be happily sipped. One of the biggest questions concerns the aeration of wine...how do I like to aerate my wine, whether young or old and what do I like to use to do so? For the most part, I tend to decant my wines, but that isn't always the easiest thing to do every time I open a new bottle. Sometimes I might only want part of a bottle and then the wine is hard to store once decanted. Or, I might just have more than one bottle open at a time and I'm pouring like crazy because I have some thirsty friends, ready to partake. In that case, I find that a wine aerator tends to do the trick, i.e. a wine gadget that actually works on a per glass basis and usually by being inserted into the bottle. The larger question looms...which one is the best?? This article is here to try and tackle that vinoquery! 
