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| "Sortie
Primeurs" - very appropriately labelled at the Cercle Rive Droite tasting
at Hotel Chateau Grand Barrail |
The
tasting venue for the Rive Droite |
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Jean-François Quenin owner of Chateau Pressac, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru |
Steven
Spurrier, a British wine writer and consultant |
Thierry
Capdemourlin of Chateaux Balestard la Tonnelle, Cap de Mourlin, Petit
Faurie Soutard and Roudier |
Patrick
Maroteaux, owner of Chateau Brainaire, host of the Pauillac, Saint
Julien and Saint Estèphe tasting of the Union des Grands Crus |
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| The
tasting room at Ch Branaire |
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Chateau
Gruaud-Larose, Saint Julien |
Catherine Castéja, owner of Chateau Lynch-Moussas, Pauillac |
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| Alfred
Tesseron, owner of Chateau Pontet-Canet, Pauillac and Chateau
Lafon-Rochet, Saint Estèphe |
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Château
Cos Labory |
Claire
Villars-Lurton part-owner and winemaker of Chateau Ferrière (Margaux),
Ch La Gurgue (cru bourgeois Margaux) & Ch Haut-Bages-Libérale (Pauillac) |
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| Plenty
of spittoons are provided at Chateau Giscours, one of the hosts of the
UGC tastings |
UGC -
Union des Grands Crus - tasting |
The UGC
tastings are busy days for the tasters, including WineTastings Britt
Karlsson |
Antoine
Gonzalez winemaker at Chateau Belgrave in Haut-Medoc |
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| Mme
Miailhe of the family who owns Chateau Coufran in Médoc |
The
brand new and very impressive wine making facility at Chateau La Lagune
in Southern Médoc... |
...host
to one part of the Union des Grands Crus tasting |
Chateau
la Tour de By |
Anthony
Perrin, owner of Chateau Carbonnieux in Pessac Léognan and his son |
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Jean-Jacques de Bethmann, owner of Chateau Olivier in Pessac Léognan
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Penelope
Furt of the family who owns Chateau Les Carmes Haut-Brion |
Bernard
Thomassin of the family owning Chateau de France in Pessac Léognan |
Mme
Lévêque of the family who owns Ch Chantegrive and
M. Elia, the winemaker |
Young
Mr. Perrin of Ch Carbonnieux |
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| Lunch
buffet at Carbonnieux |
Chateau
Sigalas Rabaud |
The new
generation Mr. Dubourdieu at Chateau Doisy-Daene in Sauternes, son of
one of the current owners |
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A
mouth-watering line-up of older sauternes |
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Vicomte Patrick de Lesquen,
the owner of Chateau Berliquet, Saint Emilion |
Patrick
Valette, consultant/winemaker at Chateau Berliquet (previously at
Chateau Pavie) |
Claire
Thomas-Chenard, manager of Chateau Larmande, St Emilion (owned by the
insurance company La Mondiale) |
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