(Click here for easier reading of the article) Master of Wine Rosemary George, acknowledged specialist on Languedoc wines, and author of a recently published and thoroughly updated book about the Wines of the Languedoc, took a “snapshot of the wonderful diversity and originality” of this region for Decanter Magazine. Heading Decanter’s list of her Top 30 Languedoc Whites is […]
Occitania, made from the local mauzac grape, which is picked by hand and fermented and aged in French oak barrels, was selected by Hamish Anderson in today’s Daily Telegraph Magazine in Britain. “A brilliant, rewarding wine” he called it, in an article advising what kinds of fish to pair with which wines. […]
Without the ‘deep pockets’ needed for a really good champagne, Sue Style looks out for well-made sparkling wines from other regions of France and includes the Rives-Blanques Vintage Rose in a final selection of favourite regional Crémants, that sweeps through Alsace, the Jura, Burgundy, the Loire, Savoie, and ends in the most southern appellation […]
The French lifestyle and wine and food magazine, Terre de Vins, chose 150 roses for summer drinking, and gave the Rives-Blanques Vintage Rose the top points of its pink fizz selection. “This wine pulls you in by the nose”, they say. “Sheer deliciousness of wild white flowers with ripe currants, loads of fine bubbles, very more-ish on the palate, elegant and […]
The Dutch wine website Perswijn takes a good look at a Dutch winemaker in Limoux, Jan Panman, and the wines of Chateau Rives-Blanques in a lengthy and in-depth interview. https://perswijn.nl/2018/07/02/chateau-rives-blanques/