TASTING THE WORLD IN MORE THAN 700 WINES (6)
Three days long, the small city of Waddinxveen was the Dutch wine capital. More than 1100 visitors during the WORLD WINE DAYS… More than 100 wine producers from all over the world with more than 700 wines for tasting. Even 3 whole days wouldn’t be enough to taste all the wines presented.
A FEW COMMENTS (6)… [...]
CHILE: CASABLANCA VALLE SAUVIGNON BLANC
The whole group of judges at the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles-Chile visited the Casablanca Valley by bus. We were really late and some of the judges were so starving that they nearly started an international rebellion for food at ounce! The Casablanca Valley Association did not capitulate and went on with the program, just a [...]
FANTASTIC SCORE CHILI IN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SAUVIGNON
The very first CONCOURS MONDIAL DU SAUVIGNON was held in Bordeaux (France), one of the historical hearts of the sauvignon blanc grape. Anno 2010, the sauvignon blanc has been traveling all over the world and settled down in many, many countries. The competition was organized by the BORDEAUX and BORDEAUX SUPERIEUR AOP boards and the [...]
APRIL 2010 PRESS TRIP CHILE: ERRAZURIZ
My first Chilean wine ever came from Viña Villard and was sold as ‘a new world wine made by a French winemaker’. To be honest, it was drinkable but not really an invitation for a next try. That was in the early 80’s. It took a few years before I gave the Chilean wines a [...]
APRIL 2010 – PRESS TRIP TO CHILE: SANTA RITA / CARMEN
My second visit to SANTA RITA was again a great pleasure. We slept at the very cozy hotel Casa Real, all in Hispanic colonial style. The hospitality, the service, the rooms, the food and the drinks were at least as good as during my first visit in October 2009, but the ambiance was totally different. [...]
