One of Britain’s most respected national newspapers, The Independent, choses 9 white wines to shoo the summer in, including a number from the South of France, “sometimes the source of more individual and interesting wines”. One such is the 100% mauzac from Chateau Rives-Blanques, Occitania 2016 “the first wine I’ve encountered that recognises the new […]
“This 100% mauzac is a wine of history, of roots, of culture … a wine of here, a region called Occitanie,” says Anne Schoendoerffer, wine writer of the Midi Gourmand. It is very food friendly and goes with almost anything, she continues, and is “a really lovely wine”.
Château Rives-Blanques’ Vintage Rosé features in Midi Libre’s Summer Rosé Special amongst the top Rosés of the region!
Rosemary George MW, well-known for her exhaustive “The Wines of the South of France”, has published a new, thoroughly updated book called “The Wines of the Languedoc”. She devotes a chapter to Limoux, that “wild undulating area… where small, independent producers are growing in number.” Of the 41 villages making up the Appellation, she sites […]