GRAND CRU 1855 RECLASSÉ BIENTÔT "VIN NATURE"?
JACQUES BERTHOMEAU, 1er AVRIL 2013 " Je le pressentais depuis un certain temps avec l’irruption du cheval, même du bœuf, dans les vignes, des Grands Crus Classés, l’adoption de la biodynamie par un prestigieux premier cru, un vent de retour aux sources flottait sur le...
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WHY DO THE FRENCH DRINK LESS WINE?
From HUGH SCHOFIELD BBC News Magazine in Paris, 26 March 2013 Does the seemingly perpetual decline in consumption of France's national drink symbolise a corresponding decline in French civilisation? The question worries a lot of people — œnophiles, cultural...
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CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS WINE PRODUCTION WORLDWIDE
By Agence France-Presse Tuesday, March 26, 2013 8:01 EDT It's circa 2050 and shoppers are stopping off at Ikea to buy fine wine made in Sweden. A Nordic fantasy? Not according to climate experts who say the Earth's warming phase is already driving a wave of change...
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NEW YORKERS AND BORDEAUX: FROM DISDAIN TO DELIGHT
By ERIC ASIMOV - The New York Times, Feb 28, 2013 Not so long ago, quite a few young New York sommeliers might have been seen high-fiving one another as they disparaged the big bully Bordeaux. In their view, and in the minds of many other young American wine...
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PREMIERE FOR CHINA WINE AT LONDON FAIR
From Chin Chin Jobs.com, Feb. 26, 2013 For the first time a Chinese wine, Château Hansen's, will be present at London International Wine Fair. Château Hansen was established by the Han family in the 1980s. Since 2010 winemaking has been overseen by French winemaker...
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ANGELINA AND BRAD LAUNCH THEIR OWN ROSÉ
From DECANTER Newsletter 13 Feb 2013 Hollywood stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have joined forces with the Perrins of Beaucastel to produce wine at their Provence estate. Under the agreement, the Perrin family, long-term owners of Château Beaucastel in...
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ULTIMATE REVELATION: THE POPE LIKES RIOJA
From the Indian Wine Academy Newsletter, February 02: While the religious and social sentiments and their political and bureaucratic offshoot continue to hinder the wine consumption due to the government policies equating wine with hard liquor, Catholic wine...
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NO SHIT: THE NRA CALLS FOR SUPPORT FROM WINE BUYERS
From Chin Chin Jobs — 25 January 2013 and Decanter Newsletter — 29 January 2013 The NRA (National Rifle Association of America) Wine Club calls for members to support 2nd Amendment rights by purchasing wine through their Wine Club. New membership has soared with a...
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A BORDEAUX ROAD MOVIE — 7 YEARS ON…
By LINCOLN SILIAKUS on January 26, 2013 Mr VinoSolex re-discovered this one on tasting at my friend Philip Scheiner's, when a dozen wine devotees sniffed and gulped our way through as many wines. It came second, against a Gevrey 1er cru (the winnner) and other...
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CHEZ LE CAVISTE (2) : MONTAGNE SAINTE GENEVIÈVE, PARIS 5ème
DANIEL J. BERGER Un peu confesseur, un peu psychothérapeute, il écoute, comprend, prescrit. C'est le caviste. On a besoin de lui : comme filtre entre les multiples offres du web, les pseudo promotions, les primeurs qu'on regrette plus tard, et le vignoble toujours en...
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SMASHING A €12,000 ALSACE BOTTLE TO PROMOTE CHINESE VINES
From JESSICA ELGOT | THE HUFFINGTON POST UK | August 30, 2012 A Chinese wine connoisseur has brought a new meaning to getting smashed — by throwing a €12,000 bottle of French Alsace wine on the floor at a high-end wine festival in Changli. The mysterious unnamed wine...
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WEIBO, LE TWITTER CHINOIS, 400 M FOLLOWERS, BOOSTE LE VIN
D'après Digiwine 30.11.12 Selon le rapport financier du 3ème trimestre 2012 de Sina Corp, la société-mère du réseau social Weibo, spécialisée dans les media basée à Hong-Kong, l'équivalent chinois de Twitter a dépassé les 400 millions d’utilisateurs enregistrés. La...
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ESCA AND FRIENDS
From JANCIS ROBINSON / THE FINANCIAL TIMES 5 January 2013 Throughout my recent travels tasting the 2011s in Burgundy and the Rhône Valley, in cellars there I encountered worried vignerons. This was not the well-ventilated problem of 2012's demanding growing season and...
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CLASSEMENT RVF DE ROUGES DE LOIRE : NOS PRÉFÉRÉS
DANIEL J. BERGER La Revue des Vins de France vient de publier un classement de 112 meilleures bouteilles de vins de Loire rouges 2010, des Fiefs vendéens aux côtes d'Auvergne (Dégustation J-E Simond, A. Goujard). Un regret : ces vins sont souvent épuisés. Les...
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BUBBLING CRISIS AT INAUGURAL LUNCH ON CAPITOL HILL
From The INDIAN WINE ACADEMY Newsletter, January 11, 2013 The Champagne producers will be restless once again when the Korbel 'Special Inaugural Cuvée’ sparkling wine will be served with the dessert at the inaugural lunch on January 21, at Capitol Hill. The Champagne...
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CONSULTANT CONSULTÉ : MICHEL ROLLAND EN CHINE
D'après PHILIPPE DORA / AUJOURD'HUI LA CHINE, 22/11/2012 En préalable aux reportages à venir sur le vin en Chine, nous publions un récent entretien du flying winemaker star Michel Rolland, qui s'attaque désormais au marché du vin chinois, en forte expansion. Il y...
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CHATEAU d’YQUEM WILL NOT MAKE 2012
by CHRIS MERCER - DECANTER Tuesday 18 December 2012 Chateau d'Yquem has pulled out of making a Sauternes in 2012 after the vintage failed a post-harvest taste test, the LVMH-owned Sauternes first growth confirmed. It is the first time in 20 years that d'Yquem has made...
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CHEZ LE CAVISTE (1) : AUX GOBELINS, PARIS 13ème
DANIEL J. BERGER Un peu confesseur, un peu psychothérapeute, il écoute, comprend, prescrit. C'est le caviste. On a besoin de lui : comme filtre entre les offres du web, les pseudo promotions, les primeurs qu'on regrette plus tard, et le vignoble toujours en mutation....
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BON, BEAU, NOUVEAU, LE CIDRE DE GLACE DU QUÉBEC
DANIEL J. BERGER Alors que la consommation traditionnelle du cidre stagne ou baisse en Europe, elle ne cesse d'augmenter au Canada, en particulier au Québec. Les "artisans cidriculteurs" québecois cultivent leurs pommeraies comme les vignerons leur vignes, en longues...
lire plusTHE FRENCH DRINK LESS WINE THAN EVER BEFORE
By PANOS KAKAVIATOS -- From Decanter.com 3 December 2012 The French are drinking less wine on a regular basis than ever before, a new survey has found. A detailed demographic report on wine consumption — issued last week at the Vinitech wine and spirits trade show in...
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