has a good Pinot Meunier.. but I’ve found the tasting room staff to be snotty of late. Imagery Winery in Sonoma has a really great selection of obscure varietals and cool blends in a beautiful setting – not to mention...

Blanc de blancs = 100% chardonnay, to the more common chardonnay, pinot noir, pinot meunier blend. Others prefer Blanc de noirs = 100% pinot noir. Also do you want vintage or non-vintage (NV). Some champagnes / vintages age well,...

want to do serious pairing. Brut- blend of grapes Blanc de Blanc- mostly chardonnay usually, but could be a blend of white grapes Blanc de Noir, pinot noir grapes. Laurent:Chardonnay 45%, Pinot Noir 40%, Pinot Meunier 15%....

I think most of us have to work! Luckily, I had this yummy tasting... NV Georges Gardet "Cuvée St-Flavy" 45% Pinot Noir, 45% Meunier, 10% Chardonnay Yummy at a great price. Loads of vanilla. Pears, nuts, very nice acidity. Best...

of a wine in a champagne with the plus of bubbles! Champagne mainly consists of three grape varietals – chardonnay, pinot noir, and pinot meunier. A champagne may balance all three, have one forward, or heavy on two,...

So last night we finally got to eat at Proof (not just drink wine). We arrived at 5:30 and got our usual 2 end seats at the bar. We had a nice cheese board and i had a couple ‘taste’ sizes of pinot noir and pinot...

is approximately 90 percent Pinot Noir, the balance being devided between Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier (but I’m not surehow much of each). Golden-straw in color, with a lively mousse and fine bead; the bouquet is quite rich...

with her crab, and one of our favorite wines, 2000 Perennial by Flowers with her hanger steak. If you have never had it, I highly recommend it, it is an odd blend of Pinot Noir, Syrah, Zinfandel, Pinot Meunier, and oddly enough...

and parsley. But La Vigne comes first here. There’s an honest champagn, Henri de Verlaine, soft and full with its pinot meuniere, from one of the co-operatives. There’s a ready to drink smooth Languedoc 19.5 Euros,...

and the King Estates Reserve (note the “Reserve”) PG for a white. As I find a lot of anise-like flavors in fennel, I think that the PN would go very well. A Pinot Meunier might work well, but will be more difficult to...

What about “the varietal that no one has heard of?” Obviously, if there is wine made for it, then someone has heard of it, but you can find all sorts of wonderful wines that are totally out of the mainstream. Think...

but this is earmarked by being a 100% pinot meunier Champagne which is quite nice. Our first amuse were Organic Spinach Risolle which were sadly a little on the pasty side. The second amuse were assorted vegetable tuilles (corn,...

has not been a player in the US market and is re-building the brand here. Snatch it up while you can before it becomes better known. It’s my understanding that Henriot uses no Pinot Meunier in its blending and has a high...

Champagne rosé (Chardonnay, Pinot Meunier and Pinot Noir vinified as white and blended with Pinot Noir vinified as red) All French, I know, but in my experience France makes the best pink wines. You should also check out the...

Thanks ChefJune The bourgogne sounds delicious and I look forward to my first bottle. I recently had a Pinot Meunier at AOC and loved it. Any recommendations for something like that?