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The Côte d'Or's deep south? - 9 dagen geleden
The Côte d'Or's deep south? The second week of January is traditionally Burgundy Week in London but has been considerably curtailed by Omicron effects this year. At the many tastings of 2020s originally planned for next week, the vast majority of wines shown would have been from the Côte d’Or, the east-facing ‘golden slope’ of limestone and marl that produces Burgundy’s most revereddoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Sip Me Baby One More Time - 9 dagen geleden
Sip Me Baby One More Time Pop icon Britney Spears has her first wine in a decade, and more news.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Are There Any Good Non-Alcoholic Wines? - 9 dagen geleden
Are There Any Good Non-Alcoholic Wines? The options are expanding for health-conscious consumers looking to cut back on alcohol and calories. But a tasting suggests these alternative beverages aren't quite ready for prime timedoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Digging the Wines of Schloss Gobelsburg - 9 dagen geleden
Digging the Wines of Schloss Gobelsburg A vertical tasting of Austria's Schloss Gobelsburg estate takes Margaret Rand deep into the history of the estate.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
WHY WE STILL NEED APPELLATIONS - 9 dagen geleden
WHY WE STILL NEED APPELLATIONS James Lawrence in Wine Searcher makes several important points in his argument that appellations have outlived their usefulness. I think there is an important perspective missing from his post, but first it’s worth reviewing why we have appellations.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
A Cork Dork’s Guide to Alternative Wine Closures - 9 dagen geleden
A Cork Dork’s Guide to Alternative Wine Closures While alternative styles of bottle closures are nothing new to the wine world — as screw caps and composite corks are becoming industry staples — there are myriad new types of wine closures that have been making the rounds lately.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Covid-19 led to smell problems for many. Seniors are especially vulnerable. - 9 dagen geleden
Covid-19 led to smell problems for many. Seniors are especially vulnerable. The reports from coronavirus patients are disconcerting. Only a few hours before, they were enjoying a cup of pungent coffee or the fragrance of flowers in a garden. Then, as if a switch had been flipped, those smells disappeared.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Sicily Is Italy’s Leading Wine Region - Here’s Why - 2 dagen geleden
Sicily Is Italy’s Leading Wine Region - Here’s Why Known for its Greek temples, Mediterranean beaches, a renowned culinary and enological legacy, and one of the world’s most active volcanoes, Sicily is an island that has it all. Thanks to its location at the center of numerous trade routes, its volcanic soil and warm climate, the island has lured travelers and conquerors over millennia, and eadoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
‘Waiter! A bottle of 1975 Warhol please’ – why every great artist has to do a wine label - 2 dagen geleden
‘Waiter! A bottle of 1975 Warhol please’ – why every great artist has to do a wine label Picasso chose a Mouton Rothschild, Yoko Ono a vintage chianti. But why do artists love doing wine labels – and can they enhance the quaff? Our writer enters a world where labels are so prized, drinkers get them as tattoosdoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Margaux wine estate to sell ‘earth art’ as NFT - 2 dagen geleden
Margaux wine estate to sell ‘earth art’ as NFT Château Cantenac Brown has commissioned artist David Popa to create artwork using the soil within the estate and plans to sell it as an NFT.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Sparkling Giant Buys English Winery - 2 dagen geleden
Sparkling Giant Buys English Winery One of the world's biggest wine producers swoops for a well-known English winery.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
How major champagne makers are going green - 2 dagen geleden
How major champagne makers are going green Sustainable development is the hot topic of the moment in Champagne, France where the area being farmed organically does not exceed 4%. And it may be a hot topic at your New Year’s celebration when the time comes to get the bubbly flowing. So to help you master the topic at your gathering, we’ve hunted down the latest sustainable development initiativdoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Re: Angélus to withdraw from Saint-Émilion classification - 2 dagen geleden
Classement 2022 de Saint-Emilion: les mises au point de Croix de Labrie et Tour Saint-Christophe Récemment, nous vous parlions du retrait de château Angélus du futur classement de Saint-Emilion. Celui-ci était survenu après une action récente de deux châteaux devant le tribunal administratif de Bordeaux. Ces deux châteaux tiennent à faire une précision par rapport à leur action.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Alcohol and COVID-19: Good news for red wine drinkers, but blow for beer boozers? - 2 dagen geleden
Alcohol and COVID-19: Good news for red wine drinkers, but blow for beer boozers? People who consume red wine between one to more than five glasses a week had a 10 to 17% lower risk in contracting COVID-19, but beer drinkers had a heightened risk, according to a recent study.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Ventes record de Cognac avec 223 millions de bouteilles : + 30,9% en valeur et +16,2% en volume sur un an, un gros rebond plus fort qu’avant la pandémie - 2 dagen geleden
Ventes record de Cognac avec 223 millions de bouteilles : + 30,9% en valeur et +16,2% en volume sur un an, un gros rebond plus fort qu’avant la pandémie Les ventes de Cognac ont bondi sur un an de 30,9% en valeur et de 16,2% en volume en 2021, dépassant même leur niveau d’avant pandémie, a indiqué lundi l’interprofession.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Communists Rush to Defend French Wine - 3 dagen geleden
Communists Rush to Defend French Wine There's a Cold War nip in the air as France prepares for presidential elections this year. It's back to the future for our news round-up this week, as our interest is piqued by some blasts from the past – including a communist party leader making the news, which is as quaint a throwback as we've seen for some time. Elsewhere, it'sdoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Why is alcohol thought to be relaxing? Victorian and Edwardian explorers might hold the clue - 3 dagen geleden
Why is alcohol thought to be relaxing? Victorian and Edwardian explorers might hold the clue After a long, stressful day, I often find myself sitting down with a bottle of beer or a glass of wine. Such rituals are a sign that the working day is over and that the time for fun and relaxation is here. The problem is that drinking in this way doesn’t work over time. Regular (and excessive) drinkindoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Remarkable Ageability Of Wines Made From The Tempranillo Grape Variety - 3 dagen geleden
Remarkable Ageability Of Wines Made From The Tempranillo Grape Variety As a group of friends gathered together to celebrate a special 50th birthday back in the first month of 2020, before Covid took a stranglehold on the world, the anticipation of a 50-year-old wine about to be poured started to build among the group. The wine would be poured blind and the only clues were that it was from 1970door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
The Stunning Transformation of German Silvaner - 3 dagen geleden
The Stunning Transformation of German Silvaner Once a workhorse variety, Silvaner from the Franken region is now a stardoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Sauternes – the longest-lived wine? - 3 dagen geleden
Sauternes – the longest-lived wine? David Dugdale was a successful Yorkshire businessman who was mad about music but also got the wine bug in a big way. He died in 2010 but he left quite a legacy, a posthumous reward perhaps for Kate, his much younger widow, who in his last years made sure that he could enjoy outings to Glyndebourne, Wigmore Hall and the Royal Opera House just as much as he hadoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
The Italian Wine Expert - 3 dagen geleden
The Italian Wine Expert I was in my local Italian store yesterday, picking up a few things for the weekend. On the way, there was a light dusting of snow. The brisk breeze swirled the snowflakes across the windshield, but the biggest danger was the drivers around me who drove with abandon. Something about the cold weather in Texas that makes people even more unpredictable than they already aredoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Pineau, beaujolais et pic-saint-loup en savoureuses petites lampées... - 3 dagen geleden
Pineau, beaujolais et pic-saint-loup en savoureuses petites lampées… - BOURGES. Ma Charentaise ... à moi a beaucoup apprécié ce pineau blanc à l'heure de l'apéritif. Bien frais mais pas glacé. Et surtout sans glaçon... Il est signé ABK6. Pour Abecassis... Le patronyme de Françis et de sa fille Élodie qui, avec quelque trois cent soixante dix hectares de vignes, sont aujourd'huidoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Saale-Unstrut-Winzer lassen Wein bei Klassikmusik reifen - 10 dagen geleden
Saale-Unstrut-Winzer lassen Wein bei Klassikmusik reifen FMAINZ Ein Eichenfass mit Hunderten Litern Wein soll innen mittels spezieller Technik mit klassischer Musik beschallt werden, ein anderes nicht. Wird sich der Wein im Geschmack unterscheiden?door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Paul Caputo on the Mastrodomenicos & wines of Italy’s Basilicata region - 10 dagen geleden
Paul Caputo on the Mastrodomenicos & wines of Italy’s Basilicata region One of the key trends to emerge from 2021 was not just the interest in more esoteric wines, but customers, across all channels, be it online, in specialist retail or the premium on-trade, willing to trade up to buy them. Here Italian wine consultant and writer, Paul Caputo, shines the light on the wines made in the foodoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Need wine advice? Put down the app and ask your local shop. - 10 dagen geleden
Need wine advice? Put down the app and ask your local shop. Who do you trust for wine advice? A friend or relative with whom you’ve shared a few bottles? The Internet? An app that claims to know the perfect wine for you based on whether you take milk in your coffee?door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Re: Portugal’s Douro Superior Region Takes Its Time - 13 dagen geleden
Douro’s Great Wines Come Wrapped in Red Tape Portugal’s Douro Valley is entangled in a complicated system that keeps grape prices lowdoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Portugal’s Douro Superior Region Takes Its Time - 15 dagen geleden
Portugal’s Douro Superior Region Takes Its Time Far away, in the remote eastern mountains and valleys of the Douro wine region, where Portugal meets Spain, exciting things are happening. New vineyards, new owners and new red wines are coming from an area that was relatively inaccessible only 30 years ago.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
‘Vineyard Peach and Gravenstein’: Have the wine critics gone too far? - 13 dagen geleden
‘Vineyard Peach and Gravenstein’: Have the wine critics gone too far? I'm a musicologist, but I've never written a description such as: “This symphony has beginning suggestions of Mistral, the grind of Arctic glaciers and yak burps, moving gradually to cast-iron clothes wringer, antique gas pump, page turn, and Uzbeki traffic, and arriving at a climax of Brighamia insignis branch cradoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Terraview is agtech for winemaking, and it’s tackling climate change for the industry - 13 dagen geleden
Terraview is agtech for winemaking, and it’s tackling climate change for the industry There are several moving parts when it comes to winemaking, from tending to grape vineyards on a property to harvest timing and production in winery facilities. Then the finished wine may be aged, before bottling and shipping to retail stores, restaurants, and the homes of its customers.door JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord
Italian Winemakers Are Finding Creative Ways to Battle Climate Change Amid Worrying Reports - 13 dagen geleden
Italian Winemakers Are Finding Creative Ways to Battle Climate Change Amid Worrying Reports In April of 2021, winemakers across Europe found themselves battling a freak late frost. At Tenuta di Trinoro, a vineyard in Tuscany, it took a 24-strong team several hours one blistering cold night to set out and light up 3,500 candles to keep the fragile young buds of the vines from freezing. Then, asdoor JohnCopier - Wijn-prikbord