Archive for februari, 2010
CHILE: CASA SILVA GOES GREEN!
One of my favorite Chilean wine houses among the ones I visited in the past 2 years, Casa Silva, seems to be reading my mind. Casa Silva is a great wine house, making already some pretty good wines in the Colchagua valley, having a fantastic romantic hotel and gourmet restaurant offer, horse riding, polo and [...]
FROMAGES : LA 46e AOP (= AOC) LE CHAROLAIS
L’INAO (Institut National des Appellations d’Origine) vous fait part du baptême du 46e membre de la prestigieuse famille des fromages AOP (ex-AOC) de France. Le décret portant l’homologation de son appellation a été publié au Journal Officiel le 23 janvier 2010.
Une excellente nouvelle, car les fromages Charolais sont fabriqués à partir de lait cru de [...]
MILLESIME BIO 2010 – EXTRA – CLAIRETTE DE BELLEGARDE
In the Netherlands, but also in all touristic places at the Languedoc sea-side, the chance is huge that if you ask for a wine match with fish, sea-shells or crustaceans, you will get the advice to buy a glass or bottle of … picpoul de Pinet. Well, the most picpoul de Pinet that I tasted, [...]
MILLESIME BIO 2010 – VISITS
At the end of the press-trip organized by Marie Gaudel’s CLAIR DE LUNE, we had the opportunity to visit some wineries in the surrounding. Unfortunately I had to go home one day earlier than planned and couldn’t join the rest of the group for a visit of Domaine Costeplane (Cannes-et-Clairan), a visit and lunch at [...]
MILLESIME BIO 2010 – EXTRA – WALKING LIKE AN EGYPTIAN
The biggest surprise of this edition of MILLESIME BIO did not come from one or other well-known wine producing country, but actually … from the desert!
Making wine in the desert seems completely crazy, and in a way it is. Making organic wine in the desert is even more crazy. A huge challenge undertaken by [...]
