An all-inclusive, easy to use primer to all things wine. Wine lists tend to feel like they endlessly drag on, mocking our lack of knowledge. It’s as if the variety of wine choices conspire against you to ensure you end up confused and overwhelmed. Alas,...
Wine Review of 2015 Brancott Estate Chosen Rows Pinot Noir, Marlborough, New Zealand Score: 92/100 Score 92/100 Famous Kiwi winery Brancott Estate has been working on the ‘Chosen Rows’ project since 2009, with the aim of making a top-end wine, using all their savoir-faire...
Bernard Magrez announced yesterday the acquisition of yet another Bordeaux wine estate, this time in the Pessac-Léognan area South of Bordeaux: Château Le Sartre. Bernard Magrez, in Brief Unlike many land owners in the wine industry, Bernard Magrez, 80, did not inherit his properties from...
How Good is Veuve Clicquot Ponsardin Rosé Champagne? In-Depth Tasting & Review… Score: 91/100 Score 91/100 Veuve Clicquot, more than many brands of Champagne, carries an image of glamour and luxury. Of course, Champagne itself comes with such a positive reputation, of a relatively...
Score: 92/100 Score 92/100 This white Bordeaux wine from the Graves area (South of Bordeaux, and the Pessac-Léognan zone to be precise in this instance) is made by famous producer Vignobles André Lurton. This is a 100% Sauvignon Blanc wine, fermented and aged in...
Score: 92/100 Score 92/100 This Roussillon red wine by famous local producer Maison Cazes, is a blend of 60% Syrah, 30% Mourvèdre, 10% Grenache grown on red clay soils. Tasting Notes This Languedoc-Roussillon red comes in a very dark and intense red color indeed, black...
Score: 90/100 Score 90/100 This Loire Crémant sparkling wine is made from a selection of top vineyards, from 80% Chardonnay and 20% Chenin Blanc hand-harvested grapes. The wine was aged for 4 years on its lees in bottle, in the winery’s natural limestone underground...
Score: 94/100 Score 94/100 Château Pomeaux’s vineyards are located on the Pomerol plateau on the right bank of the Bordeaux region, near the border of the communes of Pomerol and Saint-Emilion. This is a particularly famous and highly-praised area, for Château Pomeaux is located...
Score: 94/100 Score 94/100 Paraje la Golosa is a single varietal wine, 100% Tempranillo wine, made by Alejandro Fernández (Grupo Pesquera) in its Bodegas El Vínculo de Campo de Criptana (Ciudad Real) in the La Mancha región of Central Spain. Being a Gran Reserva,...
Score: 88/100 Score 88/100 Brancott Estate is without a doubt, the biggest wine producer in New Zealand, and this is their main product with their ‘entry-level’ Sauvignon Blanc. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, these guys must know what they’re talking about...
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