Rosemary George, a historian turned wine writer and Master of Wine, has a host of books to her name, handbooks for professionals and interesting reading for winebuffs. On June 14 she posted her tasting notes after a visit to Rives-Blanques, describing our late harvest as ‘absolutely delicious’ and our pink cremant as ‘ethereal as mountain […]
France’s leading and the world’s oldest wine magazine, the La Revue du Vin de France published the findings of its blind tasting of 2010 wines around the country. For the tenth consecutive year, a wine from Rives-Blanques was included amongst the best wines in the country: this time, the chenin blanc Dédicace, which was classified […]
‘A fine example of the mauzac grape … refreshing and original,’ says Steven Spurrier about the Rives-Blanques mauzac, Cuvée Occitania, in this month’s Decanter magazine. Until recently the only Limoux made from Mauzac, Occitania was one of his six recommended wines. Mauzac is a grape variety that has been growing in Limoux for over 600 […]
The leading Sunday newspaper in the United Kingdom, the Sunday Times, today recommended the Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux in its ‘Style’ supplement. Light, fragrant and sunny, they said, ideal for weddings. The Wine for The Wedding of William and Kate was a Pol Roger champagne, wrote Bob Tyrer in his On the Bottle column. […]
“Better a good Crémant than a mediocre Champagne” says the authorative voice of Gault Millau in their latest April-May edition. Bad champagnes dressing themselves up with important names such as Veuve Machin (The Widow Gadget) or Baron Truc (Tricky Baron) come no where close to this small selection of nineteen ‘gems’ from around the country. […]