How 'Bout Them Apples?
My guide to Calvados, with my top-20 bottle picks, and my annual holiday plea to splurge a bit on the best apple brandy.
A busload of German tourists had just left the tasting room of Calvados Christian Drouin, leaving me all alone with a glass of the 1963 bottling, a particularly memorable vintage. This was about eight years ago, and it was one of those booze moments I’ll always remember.
Guillaume Drouin, Christian’s son…