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French Consulate, NYC Frédérique Dutheillet de Lamothe -Directrice de l'Alliance des Crus-Bourgeois du Médoc Wine Tasting Featuring The Official 2012  Crus Bourgeois du Médoc Selections-- and a few Past (Tasty) Vintages We're fairly sure some of the talented French producer natives we had the pleasure of meeting earlier this week...would cringe at the expression 'idiot-proof' red wines...attached to their glorious drinkable now (practically) 2012 Crus-Bourgeois -sampled this past week. But given the average cost of a California Cab-clocking in at $60 (as told to us by the charming smart Frédérique Dutheillet de Lamothe -Directrice de l'Alliance des Crus-Bourgeois du Médoc)---imo these complex -accessible selections -that will retail around $28-$50 -with most under $35---are all good-to great wines. Certainly cannot say that about some left coast tastes we've tried. The idiot proo f part comes courtesy of a two step screening process embrace...

Wonderful Gifts for Mother's Day, College Graduates---and for Summer Entertaining Midtown Loft, 267 Fifth Avenue-NYC On the outdoor terrace...perfect sunny spring day-welcoming indeed.  Well, there certainly were many reasons to smile yesterday-at the first (and we hope, annual)  Crus Bourgeois du Médoc wine tastings for invited guests…including the glorious weather, a midtown event location with a wrap around terrace from which to take advantage of the aforementioned… Château Castéra, Médoc  www.chateau-castera.com Château Haut-Myles,  Médoc www.chateaudescurac.com AND the stars of the affair-the many truly wonderful, complex-and accessibly priced red wines being sampled (spat out)…and the French persons doing the pouring-often the Château owners themselves. We learned a lot about the wines from this acclaimed Bordeaux region of France-which are already well known for its top tier first and second growth red wines that c...