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2018 Margaux in Bottle Tasting Report, Notes, Ratings, Buying Guide
2018 Margaux is not as homogenous as the other top appellations in the Medoc. In part, of course it is due to the massive size and diversity of terroirs. But it is also important to note that while Margaux is not always consistent, 2 of the wines of the vintage came from Margaux! It is interesting to note that the top wines a
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2018 St. Julien in Bottle Tasting Report, Notes, Ratings, Buying Guide
As I wrote in my 2018 Saint Julien barrel tasting report, the appellation should win an award for the most consistent Left Bank appellation of the 2018 Bordeaux vintage. Frankly, every wine I tasted was good. And not just the Grand Vin, the second wines were strong as well. In fact, just peruse my tasting notes and you can
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Applications for Italian vineyard planting rights oversubscribed by ten times
Italian wine producers applied for ten times the volume of planting rights available last year, asking for 64,036 hectares when only 6,722 hectares was on offer.
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What is a Négociant-Éleveur? Burgundy’s Biggest Producers Reclaim a Once-Maligned Title
Traditionally, négociants were merchants who didn’t own or farm vineyards. They bought wines from small farmers and then blended, matured and sold them under their own names.
Until the 1970s, this was the principal business model of Burgundy, and it often represented the only route to market for peasant
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Blaufränkisch Uncorked: Bull’s Blood – A legacy
This month’s foray into the history of various wine styles takes journalist Samuel Squire to Hungary, where he learns about the legend of Egri Bikavér wine, which is commonly made with a grape called Blaufränkisch, although it has been known by many different names. He looks at the history of both the style of Egri Bikavér, the grape Blaufränkisc
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MADE IN TERRASSENMOSEL: SARAH LÖWENSTEIN OF WEINGUT HEYMANN-LÖWENSTEIN
The hills surrounding the Moselle River constitute Germany’s oldest winegrowing region, and its steepest. What some still call Lower Moselle, near the French border, is now more often referred to as Terrassenmosel, or the terraced Moselle, in recognition of the characteristic terraces cut into the steeply inclined banks, wh
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Timorasso, The Extraordinary Piedmont Wine That Almost Disappeared, But Didn’t
Italy is one of the countries often heard boasting its number of grape varieties. More than one country claims that “we have the largest number of grape varieties”. But it is true that wherever you go in Italy, you tend to run into one or another grape variety that you have never heard of and that is (almost) only g
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Pesticides : le Gard et l’Hérault parmi les plus gros acheteurs
Quels sont les départements qui achètent le plus de pesticides en France ? Le Gard et l'Hérault sont dans le haut du classement en 2019. Ce palmarès vient d'être dévoilé par l'association Générations Futures.
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War is echt in deze wereld? Moeilijk te zeggen. Stuur mij een fles toe en ik zal het je zeggen.
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Japanese Whisky Regulations are Changing. What Does That Mean for Your Next Pour?
Is the liquid in that bottle really Japanese whisky? Soon, it will be easier to tell.
Japan’s spirits producers have banded together to define what exactly constitutes Japanese whisky. The initiative follows outcry that rules have been way too flexible, permitting whisky distilled outside of Japan and liquor t
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Wijnland Duitsland”: bestel een exemplaar van ons boek !
Bestel alvast je exemplaar !
Wijnland Duitsland
Ontdekken, proeven en beleven
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Luxury wine wall with ‘robotic arm’ launches
A luxury fine wine showcase with a robotic arm that can pick out your desired bottle, and with a ‘virtual sommelier’ to suggest food pairings, has been launched.
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It took a woman from the French Antilles to shake up champagne making in France
Since Marie-Inès Romelle entered France's traditionally 'white' world of champagne producers, her champagne with a tropical twist has been attracting new clients, much to the dismay of many conservatives.
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A Good Nose: Can Dogs Detect Wine-Tainting Molecules?
International vintners depend on dogs to find wine-tainting molecules
Alejandro Fantoni Sr. was waiting in an airport security line when one of the detection dogs caught his attention. Fantoni struck up a conversation with the handler.
“ started talking with the trainer of the dog, asking, ‘Can you train dogs to detect any kind of aro
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The pigments responsible for a wine’s colour also change its flavour
Anthocyanins not only give wine its colour, they also change its flavour. That is according to Maria Alessandra Paissoni, from the University of Turin, speaking at the latest Enoforum session on winemaking.
As part of her PhD, the Italian researcher began by extracting all the anthocyanins from a Barbera and a Nebbiolo vin
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Barolo in the 21st century: transcending the modern vs. traditional binary
A radical change to an established order defines the typical revolution. Born out of shared hunger, revolutions emerge when a disillusioned collective believes their institutions have failed or are failing them. Reactionary by nature, they present as theoretically opposed to said established order. True to their stated
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Initiative to support world’s oldest vines launches
An initiative to support the global group of winemakers and viticulturists engaged with the world’s oldest vines has been launched by Leo Austin, Sarah Abbott MW and Alun Griffiths MW.
The Old Vine Conference is a non-profit organisation seeking to highlight the work of old vine pioneers, advocate the scientific and oenological case for ol
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Burgundy’s Hospices De Nuits-Saint-Georges Wine Auction Is Amplifying Its Renown
The 60th anniversary of the Hospices de Nuits-Saint-Georges Wine Auction takes place this Sunday, March 14, in the Burgundy region of France.
The event will take place at 2:30 p.m. within the grand cellar of Château du Clos de Vougeot, and will be streamed live. (Traditional candle lit sales will no longer take
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Antinori acquires majority stake in Friuli Venezia Giulia's Cantina Jermann
Leading Italian wine family Antinori has acquired a majority stake in iconic Italian winery, Cantina Jermann.
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Côtes de Bourg confirms its compulsory HVE certification
On 25 February, the board of the Côtes de Bourg producers’ organisation confirmed the decision taken a year ago, on 6 February 2020, to make High Environmental Value (HVE) certification compulsory for all appellation companies from the 2025 vintage onwards. Following recent decisions by the national institute for origin and quality (INAO
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NEARLY 30,000-LITRES OF SEIZED BOOZE REPORTEDLY GOES MISSING FROM POLICE STATIONS IN INDIA
Almost 30,000-litres of alcohol seized by authorities in India has gone missing from numerous police stations, according to local news reports.
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DO Cava unveils latest push to ‘elevate quality perception’
The Consejo Regulador de la Denominación de Origen Protegida Cava (DO Cava) has launched its latest campaign aimed at elevating the ‘quality perception’ of the Spanish bubbles.
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A Wine Renaissance in Calabria
A focus on indigenous grapes, terroir-driven winemaking, and a burgeoning natural wine movement are pushing this overlooked Italian region into the spotlight
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Paitin: standing the test of time in Barbaresco
In 1796, Benedetto Elia purchased a small plot of vines in the Bricco di Neive. A few years later, after purchasing a number of contiguous parcels, he bought a nearby underground cellar. The Elia’s were private bankers owning a small bank on the border between Neive and Castagnole facilitating transactions between the two provinces.
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The effects of music on wine can be tasted at Châteauneuf-du-Pape
Can making wine to music lead to greater winemaking efficacy? A number of Languedoc winegrowers have tried it (Domaines de l'Octroi, Haut-Lirou, Vordy...) but to make up his own mind, Provence negociant Lionel Boillot (We Wine!) decided to produce his own score. He bought grapes from a vineyard at Domaine Mayard (AOC Châtea
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FRENCH CHEMISTS DISCOVER THE SCIENCE BEHIND THE PERFECT RED WINE PAIRING
NOTHING SAYS SOPHISTICATION like pairing a glass of full-bodied, Cabernet Sauvignon with a roast loin of the finest Aberdeen Angus beef. But new research out of one of France’s most famous wine regions, Bordeaux, suggests pairing high-tannin red wines like Cabernet, Nebbiolo, or Syrah with a greasy hamburger tastes even b
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Getting under the skin of Hungary’s new-style dry Furmint
In the past 20 years dry Furmint from Hungary has been improving in leaps and bounds, not just in Tokaj but right across this underrated wine-producing country, argues Justin Keay. In a fascinating roundup of Furmint February, this former Hungarian foreign correspondent highlights the four styles of dry Furmint, good food-pairings to go
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How Good and Bad Weather Affect Your Wine
Champagne lovers hail 2002 as one of the best Champagne vintages in a century but say 2012 was a horrible vintage for Bordeaux yet an excellent year in Champagne. What does this mean exactly?
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THE LANGUAGE OF TASTING
There’s a famous saying in Zen studies (so famous that even I know it; I do not study Zen) that to hit the target you don’t aim for the target, you aim through it.
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No Glamour in Wine Judging
En nu de uitkomst.
The 2021 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition
2021 SFCWC Sweepstake Medal Winners
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