ProWein 2020 was cancelled, but Weinwirtschaft went ahead and published the top 100 French wines scheduled to be on exhibition there, selected by an international panel. “What would Prowein be without France?” they wondered, never for a moment imagining that Prowein would not be at all. The Top 100 included our chenin blanc, Dédicace 2018. “This […]
Two British wine experts, David Kermode aka Vinosaurus, and that “man mountain of enthusiasm”, television food and wine personality, Joe Wadsack pooled their considerable knowledge and talent to define the region and select the ten most interesting wines at an Occitanie trade tasting in London, for the leading British digital trade magazine, The Buyer. Occitanie, the new region which […]
Our Limoux chenin blanc, Dédicace features in the no. 4 slot of Jancis Robinson MW’s list of 26 “stunning white wines for the festive season” in the Financial Times today, based on price-quality. There is “admirable tension in this bone-dry, versatile wine” the universally respected wine writer wrote. “It should age far better than I’d […]
“French wines never cease to surprise even the most discerning consumers,” says the national daily newspaper, Le Figaro “But no one can claim to know everything about this nation’s unique wine-making heritage, which has 375 appellations, 210 authorized grape varieties, and 17 main wine regions, with 85,000 estates covering around 780,000 hectares!” reports its correspondent, […]
This brand-new wine guide was launched this month under the auspices of Jancis Robinson MW at the Amstel hotel in Amsterdam. 400 wines were selected from a blind-tasting of 2,200 wines by the country’s three Masters of Wine, Cees van Casteren, Frank Smulders and Job de Swart. The Rives-Blanques Pays d’Oc chardonnay-chenin, “with its seductive […]