Some brand-new wines from the Rives-Blanques range were recognised this month for their quality. Decanter World Wine Awards commended the new pink Crémant de Limoux, Vintage Rose, while the Competition of the Great Wines of Languedoc-Roussillon awarded a gold medal to our new sauvignon blanc, Sauvageon. At the same time, Cuvée Occitania 2008 was commended […]
Simon Hoggart, the famous British parlamentarian sketch-writer who also doubles up as The Spectator’s wine critic, described the Rives-Blanques Pays d’Oc as the perfect spring wine: deliciously light yet perfectly capable of standing up to a hearty meal. The wine features as The Spectator’s ‘ special offer ‘ for the Easter season.
Rives-Blanques will be present at the big international wine fest in Germany, ProWein where Caryl and Jan will show the whole range of white wines from this Limoux vineyard. The stand, in Hall 5 (D100) will be shared with friends Yvon and Anna Gentes of Domaine de Calet, whose beautiful vineyard straddles Costières de Nîmes […]
The Mediterranean’s big wine fest, Vinisud, takes place in February, uniting thousands of professional buyers from all parts of the world with thousands of wine producers from all parts of the region. The whole Rives-Blanques range of dry, sweet, sparkling and still white wines will be on show there as well, on Stand C43 in […]
The world famous wine authority, Jancis Robinson, compiled a list of the top 30 quality fizz for Christmas, ranging in price from £ 350 to £ 9.99. The list appeared in the Weekend Financial Times of December 13, 2009 26 of the 30 best bottles were made in Champage, and of the four non-Champagne sparklers, […]