The two local daily newspapers both published the story of the approaching tenth harvest at Rives-Blanques. This was celebrated earlier this month by an assault of the peak Rives Blanques in the French Pyrenees. « Running a vineyard is like climbing a mountain » they reported Jan Panman as saying. « You can surround yourself with experts, but […]
« Anyone on a discovery tour will land on their feet in Limoux » says the leading German-language wine magazine, Vinum. « The untypical Languedoc … a trove for treasure hunters. » « Self-assured, » they say, « these wines shine even more through their minerality, their aristocratic texture and their aromatic complexity ». « Corporate identity and modern marketing techniques don’t mean anything […]
A chapter of the Rhinegold Festivals publication devoted to giving good tips to festival-goers who combine picnics with culture, homed in on the Rives-Blanques chardonnay-chenin carrying the colours of the Music & Literature Festivals of Bath, UK. « Clean, crisp, refreshing and dry », their writer wrote, « This unoaked style allows the citrus and honey flavours of […]
The 2009 vintage was a good one in the Languedoc … for white wines coming from high places, according to France’s leading wine publication, La Revue du Vin de France in its exhaustive annual roundup of the best wines of the millésime throughout the country. A wet winter and spring followed by a dramatically dry […]
The Italian wine writer Guiseppi Carrus features the Languedoc in Gambero Rosso’s April edition. « The small but beautiful and interesting » Rives-Blanques vineyard was highlighted in this thoughtful overview of the world’s biggest wine region. Special emphasis was placed on Limoux, home of Blanquette de Limoux « the first sparkling wine in history ». Carrus cites a happy […]