These sparkling wines really earned their medals, says France’s foremost wine magazine, after tasting the gold-medal winning wines of the competition of the Crémants de France. The Rives-Blanques Vintage Rose 2009 was given 14.5 pts, the top score after their ‘coup de coeur’. “Strong aromas of strawberry, straightforward, full and soft but of firm […]
“The Languedoc has seen a change, unparalleled in Europe, from an age of overproduction in the 20th century to an era of maturity. No other wine region in France has experienced such dynamism”, says France’s leading wine magazine, La Revue du Vin de France. There are many reasons why hundreds of ‘neo-winegrowers’ have been attracted […]
“Never in its long and rich history has the French vineyard shown such variety and diversity” say the celebrity duo of French wine writers, Bettane and Desseauve in the latest edition of their monumental wine guide. More than 50,000 wines were tasted, of which 8,600 were included in this guide, including three Limoux’s from Rives-Blanques. […]
Ten thousand wines tasted, and just over one thousand producers mentioned. Rives-Blanques is included amongst the “lauréats” for its Limoux sparkling wines, and its new blend Le Limoux, in this newly published 2013 guide written by Patrick Dussert-Gerber.
The results of the selection of the 1300 ‘best vineyards’ in France has been published by La Revue du Vin de France, after a tasting of nearly 8000 wines. Its respected ‘Green Guide’ le Guide des Meilleurs Vins de France 2013 included the three Rives-Blanques sparkling wines, four Limoux still white wines, our chardonnay-chenin country […]