La Trilogie 2015 came out top of the white wines tasted by Richard Hemming MW of Jancis Robinson’s tasting team. There is “lots going on here” he said, “genuinely interesting and complex” A single barrel of Chardonnay made according to the Burgundian protocol and bottled under the name Facsimile, was also included in Richard Hemming’s […]
“I can testify to the fact that the Southern French wines stood up very well to their global counterparts” said Tamlyn Currin, Jancis Robinson’s taster for an epic excursion into hundreds still and sparkling rose wines from Languedoc and Roussillon, all tasted blind. “There is a lot of potential for good sparkling wines from cooler, […]
(Click here for easier reading of the article) Master of Wine Rosemary George, acknowledged specialist on Languedoc wines, and author of a recently published and thoroughly updated book about the Wines of the Languedoc, took a “snapshot of the wonderful diversity and originality” of this region for Decanter Magazine. Heading Decanter’s list of her Top 30 Languedoc Whites is […]
Occitania, made from the local mauzac grape, which is picked by hand and fermented and aged in French oak barrels, was selected by Hamish Anderson in today’s Daily Telegraph Magazine in Britain. “A brilliant, rewarding wine” he called it, in an article advising what kinds of fish to pair with which wines. […]
Without the ‘deep pockets’ needed for a really good champagne, Sue Style looks out for well-made sparkling wines from other regions of France and includes the Rives-Blanques Vintage Rose in her final selection of favourite regional Crémants, that sweeps through Alsace, the Jura, Burgundy, the Loire, Savoie, and ends in the most southern appellation of […]