PITTACUM BARRICA 2005Catado en Marzo de 2009@@@@
BODEGAS TERRAS GAUDA
Desde la revolución vitivinícola que surgió en Galicia a raíz de la constitución en 1980 de la D.O. Rías Baixas, José María Fonseca, actual presidente, comienza a ver las cosas claras en el mundo del vino y desde su puesto en la Administración gestiona y apoya [...]
Over the weekend we celebrated the first birthday of the youngest member of our family. We had a few friends over and one of them brought the Layer Cake shiraz from Australia as a birthday wine (find Layer Cake). Appropriately enough, it was from his birth-year vintage of 2008! (I’ll have to remember that trick [...]
CALÇOTADA EN LA TENA9ª ediciónCLOS DOMINIC
La primavera ya está aquí.
El pasado sábado Adictos a la Lujuria, Vadevacus, Cabronets Sauvignon, Amigas Gastronómicas, De Brujas y Vino………….. en torno a unas brasas con la incomparable estampa de la Tena, nos reunimos gracias a la generosidad de Clos Dominic, que es lo mismo que decir, gracias a la [...]
SALON DE LOS VINOS NATURALES
L’ànima del vi y la PVN organizan por primera vez en Barcelona una Feria de Vinos Naturales. L’ànima del vi, que abrió sus puertas hace poco más de tres años, es la única tienda en España dedicada exclusivamente a la venta de vinos naturales.
La PVN es la asociación de Productores [...]
The budget battle in Albany looms on the calendar–and with it a decision for a possible overhaul of New York wine retail law that would expand wine sales to supermarkets. (See backgrounders here and here.)
In an op-ed in yesterday’s NYT, wine shop owner Marco Pasanella makes the case that he and other independent shops should [...]
COLET ASSEMBLAGE EXTRA BRUT
Catado en febrero 2009@@@@@
A veces lo más impresionante de una bodega no es lo que nos llevaríamos a casa y con Colet nos sucede una cosa semejante, aunque pensándolo bien…….¿¿¿????!!!…………. nos lo llevaríamos todo.
Nuestro preferido en la mesa es sin dudas Grand Cuvée Extra Brut, pero lo que aporta Assemblage Extra Brut [...]
Some globe-trotting winemakers travel between countries by private jet. Friedrich Wilhelm Becker travels by car. But he could even go by bike.
Although his vineyards span two countries, Germany and France, they are really only one kilometer apart. Friedrich, known as Fritz, told me yesterday that the vineyards have been in his family for six generations. [...]
Up in Toronto, where the winter had been long, Beppi Crosariol is finally uncorking a Soave. Spring officially begins on Saturday and many of us are ready to embrace it–enologically speaking.
Beppi also happens to the be wine columnist for the Toronto Globe and Mail. His column today is about changing what’s in your wine [...]
COLET ASSMBLAGE EXTRA BRUT
Catado en febrero 2009@@@@@
A veces lo más impresionante de una bodega no es lo que nos llevaríamos a casa y con Colet nos sucede una cosa semejante, aunque pensándolo bien…….¿¿¿????!!!…………. nos lo llevaríamos todo.
Nuestro preferido en la mesa es sin dudas Grand Cuvée Extra Brut, pero lo que aporta Assemblage Extra Brut [...]
SIPPED: sanity!
French winegrowers feared that a bill making its way through the legislature could prohibit free tastings at the vineyard/winery, often an important sales channel (and one that can offer fantastic prices too). The increasingly powerful health lobby was pushing the bill but, in the end, the health minister, Roselyne Bachelot, was able to [...]
