France’s celebrity wine-tasting duo, Bettane & Desseauve, published the 2011 edition of their authoratative guide to French wines this month. They said the wines from Rives-Blanques were ‘irreproachable’.
The 2011 edition of France’s famous wine guide, the Guide Hachette des Vins, awarded a star to two Rives-Blanques sparkling wines, and selected two of its still wines in its newest updated edition. “Back in 2005, we already said they would have a great future” the respected Guide said, “and we were not wrong”. Every […]
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 […]