The Rives-Blanques chardonnay today wrested two silver medals from the heartland of that great grape variety, Macon. The Concours des Grands Vins de France, reputedly the biggest wine competition in the world (11048 wines this year) doled out 29 medals to the white wines of Languedoc-Roussillon … of which two were for the Rives-Blanques chardonnay, […]
The wild one in the Rives-Blanques range of wines, our barrel-vinified sauvignon blanc, was awarded a silver medal from the Competition of the Independent WineGrowers of France this month. Variously described as ‘a million miles from Marlborough’ or ‘a completely different idea of Sauvignon’, this is only the second vintage ever produced by Rives-Blanques. Sauvageon […]
Of the thirty wines selected to represent the Languedoc vineyard in the USA, two come from Rives-Blanques: the chardonnay Odyssée, and the chenin blanc, Dédicace. These ‘Ambassadeurs du Languedoc’ will be presented at the Maison du Languedoc in NYC on Monday 7 April, alongside a number of wines representing the newly designated Grands Crus of […]
Rives-Blanques wines will be poured alongside those of Domaine de Calet (Costieres de Nimes) and Mas du Soleilla (La Clape) at Prowein in Dusseldorf , at the end of March. This means our stand will have a complete range of award-winning red, white and rosé wines from the Languedoc: still and sparkling, dry and sweet. […]
The Rives-Blanques chenin blanc, Dédicace, and chardonnay, Odyssée have both been selected at a blind tasting of the wines of Languedoc Roussillon to represent the region as ‘Ambassadors of the Languedoc’ in the United States. Only thirty wines from across the length and breadth of the region were chosen by a panel of top American […]