Provence in the City: Simply Provence Wines
Jill Barth · Taste · Wines and Spirits of ProvenceContributor blog post by Jill Barth:
I attended Provence in the City, hosted by Vins de Provence. Over 25 winemakers met with wine industry and media folks at the Public Hotel’s historic Pump Room in Chicago. It was a gorgeous spring-like day in typically chilly-in-February Chicago. The afternoon’s wine was offered alongside a buffet-in-courses …Continue reading here for a description of the wines that Jill tasted at the event, and find out why she thinks that each wine shares a “Distinct story of terroir.”
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