Miguel Torres, interviewed in La Revue des Vins de France:
2005-05-22
Quote from an interview in La Revue des Vins de France: “We [the wine trade] are going through a crisis. There’s been excess everywhere. In
Quote from an interview in La Revue des Vins de France: “We [the wine trade] are going through a crisis. There’s been excess everywhere. In
Oak chips in Bordeaux wine is not permitted today. The new boss of CIVB (the Bordeaux producers’ association) has proposed that it should be allowed
According to a recent survey 55% of Swedes are positive to keeping the monopoly, 35% are negative and 10% don’t know. The survey was commissioned
As we have mentioned previously in the Brief the process has started to change the classification in Graves/Pessac-Léognan. La Revue des Vins de France has
I was recently part of the jury for the twelfth edition of the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, one of the many wine competitions around the
A nice little Italian restaurant with a very good brochette de scampi and home made pasta. Original and clever strategy with the first courses: add
Drink champagne and eat salmon – that’s what you should do at Trëma! Go for a brunch on Sundays for example (18-25 €). On week-days
In the middle of the little village Chateaubourg, just behind the church, in the southern part of the appellation Saint Joseph you find the two
Decanter reports that a study shows that wines that get a rating from Parker on average gains 3€ (equivalent to 15% for the wines studied)
INAO made positive noises towards allowing irrigation in French vineyards. The proposal means that it would be OK to water vineyards under special circumstances, as
INAO has introduced some new or changed rules for Alsace wines: Planting density must be at least 4500 vines per hectare, training must be in
China Drinks, China’s main wine and spirits magazine, organised a competition in January: the 2005 Beijing International Wine & Spirits Competition. BKWine was on-site and
Calvados is making progress on the export market. This excellent digestif can help you digest a big meal as no other and is also an
We had a very interesting discussion this morning with one of the “blogging gurus” in France – Loic Le Meur. (Thank you Susan for organising
L’Avant Goût 26, rue Bobillot, 75013 Paris (M. Place d’Italie), tel 01 53 80 24 00. Booking essential evenings. Good wine list with many organic
Domaine des Roches Neuves, Saumur Champigny 56, boulevard Saint-Vencent, 49400 Varrains, tel 02 41 52 94 02 Red Loire wine is often made from Cabernet
Domaine des 2 Ânes, Corbières Pech Narbonnais 11440 Peyriac de Mer, tel 04 68 41 67 79 Corbières is the biggest appellation in Languedoc. It
For the ninth year in a row Absolut Vodka recorded growing sales. Total sales in 2004 was 76 million litres, up 5% from 2003. Absolut
Wines full of character, in particular the cuvée prestige called Gaby. Florent Viale is a master at making wines from the Syrah grape. Until 1992
Twenty years ago there was nothing – not a vine – here at Château Puech-Haut in Saint-Drézery. Now it is one of the most successful
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