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Bill Shepard profile
Bill Shepard has lived extensively in France and speaks French fluently. A college French major, Bill then had a Fulbright grant and taught at the Lycee Jean Giraudoux, Chateauroux (Indre). During his leisure hours, Bill served as translator at chateaux tours throughout the Loire Valley. He also notes that he missed by just a year having the actor Gerard Depardieu as his student at Chateauroux. Bill took his law degree from Harvard, then postgraduate infantry training at Fort Benning, Georgia, “which was harder.” His diplomatic career included tours as Consul or Political Officer at our Embassies in Singapore, Saigon, Budapest and Athens. He then served as Consul General in Bordeaux, where he got to know each of the 20 departments of the Southwest region thoroughly. Bill has personally visited and assessed the wines at over sixty of the finest wine chateaux of Bordeaux, Burgundy and Champagne, including every first and second growth of the Medoc region of Bordeaux, every primary growth of Pomerol and St. Emilion, as well as Chateau d’Yquem, the Domaine de la Romanee-Conti, the Domaine Comte de Vogue, Taittinger and Pol Roger, and other leading estates, from Alsace to Chateauneuf du Pape. Bill is the author of both Shepard's Guide to Mastering French Wines, and the popular Robbie Cutler series of diplomatic mysteries. See his website, www.diplomaticmysteries.com, for his latest book, and personal appearances.
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2008 Bordeaux Wine Festival Exceeds Expectations (Wine + Spirits)
An Enjoyable Wine Dinner with Christian Moueix (Wine + Spirits)
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A New Medoc Classification: Crus Artisans (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2006-02-01 11:12:52
A Visit to the Côte d’Or of Burgundy (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2003-02-25 00:00:00
Biodynamic Wines Please at French Embassy (Wine + Spirits)
Story created: 2009-02-28 07:32:27.789292
Bordeaux's Millennium Vintage: Some Recommendation (Wine + Spirits)
Story created: 2006-03-31 03:26:21
Chateau Ausone and Chateau Cheval Blanc: A Tale of (Wine + Spirits)
Story created: 2006-03-31 03:26:21
Cru Bourgeois Wines of the Medoc Region (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2004-01-30 00:00:00
Domaine du Tariquet - Gascony In A Glass (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2005-04-03 00:00:00
French Wines: St. Michaels Food & Wine Festival (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2004-05-11 00:00:00
Ice Wines and Champagne for the Holidays (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2006-01-01 19:06:59
Seventh Washington International Wine and Food Festival (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2006-06-28 15:49:02
St Michaels Fifth Annual Food and Wine Weekend (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2007-05-02 12:51:18
The French Embassy’s “Taste of France 2008” (Wine + Spirits)
Story created: 2008-10-08 18:12:57.285195
The Lurtons of Bordeaux: Expanding the World of Fine Wines: Part 1 (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2004-09-09 00:00:00
The Lurtons of Bordeaux: Expanding the World of Fine Wines, Part 2 (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2004-10-01 00:00:00
The Wines of Chambolle-Musigny and the Clos de Vougeot (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2003-04-07 00:00:00
The Wines of Gevrey-Chambertin and Morey-St. Denis (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2003-03-09 00:00:00
The Wines of Vosne-Romanee and Nuits St. Georges (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2003-05-20 00:00:00
Visiting Beaune - An Overview of the Côte de Beaune (Paris + Day Trips)
Story created: 2003-08-04 00:00:00
Wine Futures for the 2005 Bordeaux Vintage (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2006-09-07 15:51:01
Wine Futures for the 2005 Bordeaux Vintage Part 2 (Recipes + Culinary Classes)
Story created: 2006-10-03 05:21:50
Wines of the Medoc: Is the 1855 Classification Out (Wine + Spirits)
Story created: 2006-03-31 03:26:22
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