On October 8th, 2018, the vignerons of the appellation Grés de Montpellier de Montpellier organized a tasting event in order to select the 10 ‘best wines’ of the 2016 vintage to represent, highlight and showcase the qualities of the wine production in the area. I...
The name Raventós is best known as the creator of sparkling wine in Catalonia, Spain, Raventós i Blanc. Raventós i Blanc is a winery with one of the longest documented winegrowing traditions in the world, linked to the other famous cava maker Codorníu. The family...
Score/Rating: 94/100 points Score 94/100 The “Carignan” vintage by organic winery Mas des Capitelles aims at representing their love for this grape variety and its history, rooted deep into the terroir of Languedoc. The cuvée is made exclusively from the estate’s oldest low-yielding Carignan...
Chapoutier is one of the most reputable, famous and biggest wineries and a négociant in the Rhone Valley of France, located in the town of Tain l’Hermitage. Founded in 1808, Michel Chapoutier took control of winemaking in the company in 1988, and pushed quality so...
Mainstream wine pairings typically have a strong focus on animal-based products like meats and cheeses. Traditionally, wine pairing rules dictate red wine with red meat, white wine with lighter meats or fish, and more nuanced recommendations for cheese depending on flavor profiles. While this logic...
Wine Reviews of 2015 and 2016 Ciry Cattaneo Les Hirondelles Minervois, organic reds from Languedoc, France Les Hirondelles is the high-end cuvée made by young winemaker David Ciry, a newly established organic vigneron in the Languedoc wine region of Southern France. Trained in Champagne and Bordeaux,...
On October 22d, the manager of famous Château Latour in Pauillac announced on Twitter with one word “Certified”, that the entire estate of the Premier Cru Classé in Médoc is now officially certified as organic by Ecocert. Certified !! pic.twitter.com/hI3KENC7yp — Frederic Engerer (@7Vignes) October...
Mas Llossanes is a new wine estate in Roussillon, Southern France, founded in 2016 by Solenn and Dominique Génot. Using organic and biodynamic viticulture, the couple produces wines from vineyards of Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan, Chenanson, and Chasan in the foothills of the Pyrenees mountains....
Wine Review of Terra Remota winery ‘Caminante’ Blanco Catalunya DO, white wine from Spain Score: 90/100 Points Score 90/100 Caminante by Catalan winery Terra Remota is an unusual white blend of 61% Garnacha Blanca (grenache blanc), 24% Chardonnay, and 15% Chenin Blanc made under...
Generally speaking, growing healthy grapes for producing quality wine can require a lot of spraying in the vineyards, and the use of important quantities of pesticides, fungicides, herbicides, etc. I remember learning while attending University in the early 2000s, that French viticulture alone was using...