BERNHARD OTT (AUSTRIA): HIGHLY NATURAL WINE
Press release – April 2010
Winemaker Bernhard Ott (Wagram, Lower Austria) has fulfilled a long-held dream: during the 2009 harvest, he made a wine with methods used thousands of years ago. Entirely naturally and practically without any intervention.
Ott returned to the roots of European wine culture and bought [...]
APRIL 2010 – PRESS TRIP CHILE – LAPOSTOLLE
For the second time I had the honour and pleasure to bring a visit to one of the most beautiful wineries of Chile: LAPOSTOLLE at Clos Apalta. In September/October 2009, I even slept one night in the wonderful residence behind the winery. A great experience that I will not forget so soon. Up the hill, [...]
LAUTARO WINES: MAPUCHE BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS
April 2010 – Lautaro, Sociedad Vitivinícola Sagrada Familia S.A., Valle de Lontué, Chile.
A visit to Lautaro Wines brings you back – at least – to the 70’s, and may be earlier. Lovely people, with a wonderful feeling for hospitality, warm and open, with a mission and a story to tell.
At the beginning of the 70’s [...]
PRESS TRIP CHILE – APRIL 2010 – CONO SUR
I had the chance to visit Chile for the second time in September-October 2009. 3 weeks of traveling, discovering, meeting wonderful people, tasting hundreds of wines, from ‘pretty drinkable but not really collectable’ to really fantastic wines. Everyone who drinks Chilean wine will have his favorite type of wines. So do I. I am not [...]
HACIENDA ARAUCANO SYRAH
HACIENDA ARAUCANO (Chile) is part of the French group FRANÇOIS LURTON, with possessions in France, Spain, Portugal, Chile and Argentina. Luca Hodgkinson, technical director and oenologist of the Chilean (Hacienda Araucano) and Argentinean (Bodegas Lurton) wineries, introduced a new style of fresher and more mineral wines in both countries. Continuing this idea, he is now [...]
