VINISUD 2012: MEDITERRANEAN CULTURE IN A FEW GLASSES
PARC DES EXPOSITIONS DE MONTPELLIER – FRANCE
2012 FEBRUARY 20-21-22
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
OF
MEDITERRANEAN WINES & SPIRITS
BREAKING NEWS… ONLY FOR CLEVER WINE BUYERS!
WARMLY RECOMMENDING
Mr. Bruno MERLE will present his wines
at the PALAIS MÉDITERRANÉEN
VINISUD 2012 – HALL 12 A – Stand 67
DON’T MISS IT!
NEW RENAULT TWINGO CAR: VIVA LA PASTA!
In the great tradition of style exercise, Renault has offered the opportunity to four artists to express their vision of the Cabinet of Curiosities through an installation in the New Twingo cabin. Four artists — four nationalities and four artistic disciplines — with “twinguesque” genes express their view of the world: joyous, optimistic, clever and bold, just like the compact city car. Renault is giving the main artistic disciplines an opportunity to express themselves in a bright and original environment: by making over the interior of New Twingo.
Pour accompagner le lancement de Nouvelle Twingo et souligner cet ensemble de qualités qui définit sa modernité, Renault crée une expérience artistique, unique et joyeuse à l’image même des talents de Nouvelle Twingo. Une démarche artistique innovante, consistant à donner à 4 artistes de nationalité et d’expression différentes une véritable carte blanche pour évoquer leur univers, à l’intérieur même de Nouvelle Twingo.
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GREAT NEW WEBSITE FOR QUINTA DO NOVAL
Memories of a fantastic visit at QUINTA DO NOVAL, years ago…
I still feel the warmth, the cooling wind and shadow on the fabulous terrace with a marvellous view… I can smell the freshly harvested grapes crushed by feet in the granite ‘lagares’, day and night… I can hear the songs and the music of the crushers, first fast, than slower and slower until the sun shines and a new team replaces them…
I can smell and taste the gorgeous port wines, the old vintages and colheitas… till late in the night. I start to salivate only thinking of the delicious freshly roasted and salted almonds we had daily at the aperitif with Christian Seely, not forgetting the delightfully refreshing long drinks made of white port on the rocks, lime juice and Schweppes tonic (if I remember well)… I can hear the passionate stories of Christian Seely…
VIÑA J. BOUCHON: NEW COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
JAIME LAMOLIATTE, 41 years old, was appointed Commercial Director at J.Bouchon on January 1st. 2012.
Jaime is responsible for the development and management of the sales and positioning of J.Bouchon worldwide. He is fluent in Spanish, of course, French, English and Portuguese languages.
Before joining J.Bouchon, Jaime spent 18 years working in sales and marketing in the wine industry, including Chateau Pavie (St.Emilion, France), Kendall Jackson Wine Estates (Chile, Argentina, and USA), and most recently Santa Carolina (Chile).
SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS
TO BOTH
FOR THIS WIN-WIN DEAL!
UN GRAN ABRAZO DE LOS PAÍSES BAJOS
WINE, GOD AND DEVIL?
An old Talmud (Jewish holy book – 200 BC) legend pretends that when the devil saw Noah planting his vineyard, they made a deal. The devil poured blood from a lamb, a lion, a monkey and a pig on the soil of the vineyard and said:
“When men will eat the grapes of this vineyard, they will feel tender like a lamb; if they drink the wine made from these grapes, they will believe to be as strong as a lion; if they drink too much of it, they will gesticulate and grimace like a monkey; if they go on drinking too much and too often, they will act roughly like a pig.”
Fermenting wine in Georgia, the cradle of wine
JEAN-CHARLES BOTTE… THE NATURAL WINE ADVOCATE?
JEAN-CHARLES BOTTE (JCB) was born in the Northern French Ardennes at the end of the 60’s. After attending with success his cooking and hotel school, he started to work in French restaurants. First as a waiter, then as sommelier-assistant and from 1993 on, as sommelier in French Michelin star restaurants. Later on, he spent 2 years as wine shop retailer to learn even more about wine. In 1999 JCB became maître d’hôtel and worked for different high class hotels in Paris (Ritz, Hilton, Méditerranée…).
In the meantime he started his company PRELITTE and got more and more involved in the world of organic (bio) and biodynamic wines. His nickname became ‘sommelier bio’… JCB wrote many articles in newspapers and specialized wine magazines.
Jean-Charles Botte a.k.a. the Organic Sommelier
His struggle is a fanatic one; he is going much further than organic (bio) or biodynamic wines, he insists on the essential use of indigenous yeasts for real, terroir driven wines.
