abstract:Daniel Johnnes (born 1955 in New York) is a James Beard Award-winning American sommelier and wine entrepreneur, and is currently the Wine Director for Daniel Boulud's Dinex restaurant group. He is also known as the founder and host of La Paulée de New York and La Paulée de San Francisco which are inspired by the traditional Burgundian harvest celebration La Paulée de Meursault.
"Chenin is France's answer to German Riesling, " said DanielJohnnes, the wine director of Daniel Boulud's restaurant group, at a recent gathering of New York sommeliers in my living room as we prepared to taste some 25 Chenins.