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Category Archives: France
In praise of diversity (or engineering it): Jura, New Zealand and yeast strains
I haven’t been blogging as much as I usually do, this past couple of months, partly because I found it hard to run through wine regions at a fast pace, absorb all the information and write something coherent about it at the same time, partly because the day job has been very busy, partly because [...]
Also posted in California, New Zealand, wine, winemaking Tagged California, Chr. Hansen, Domaine de La Borde, engineering diversity, Jura, Mike Trought, PalatePress, pinot noir, Plant & Food Research, poulsard, sauvignon blanc, Tim Patterson, trousseau, Wines and Vines 4 Comments
Further thoughts about that whole Lagrézette challenge thing…
Last week, in conjunction with my participation in Malbec Days, I took part as planned in a blind tasting of eight malbec wines organized by Château Lagrézette, Cahors’ best known wine producer, internationally. The whole event, as I wrote before on this blog and on PalatePress, was a “rematch”, following my review of Le Pigeonnier [...]
Also posted in red wine, winemaking Tagged Cahors, Cédric Blanc, Château Lagrézette, Cuvée Dame Honneur, Jean Courtois, Le Pigeonnier 1999, Malbec, Malbec Days, Palate Press, Rémy Charest, vanity winemaking 1 Comment
Tasting Note : 1996 Cornas, Paul Jaboulet Aîné
I’ve long had a particular liking for the wines of Cornas, this supposedly toughest, most masculine appellation in the Rhône. I’ve always had a few bottles in my cellar, and was appalled when a scare over some of the oldest vineyards shook the region two years ago.
One of the first Cornas I cellared, shortly after [...]
Also posted in Cornas, Rhône, red wine, tasting Tagged Château La Lagune, Cornas, Frey, Gérard Jaboulet, Jancis Robinson, Paul Jaboulet Aîné Leave a comment
EU regulators give up: rosé will remain rosé.
Now that’s some good news to start my wine week.
The European Union Agriculture Commissioner, Mariann Fischer Boel, announced today that the EU is giving up on its plan to allow rosés to be made from a blend of white and red wines. This commercially-minded regulation, which I’d written about with dismay in February, was explicitely [...]
Also posted in Canada, Canadian wine, Rosé, wine trade Tagged A Donkey and Goat, blended rosés, Bourgogne Rosé, Cellared in Canada, European Union, Isabel's Cuvée, Jean-Marc Brocard, Mariann Fischer Boel Leave a comment
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Cahors, I still like you – and please make some whites.