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Bordeaux

Monday, 17 May 2010 09:29

Bordeaux chateau Dutch born Ronald Rens (1958) lives and works at Chateau Coulon Laurensac near Bordeaux in France. With his wife he runs The Bordeaux Wine Experience, a company that specializes in luxury wine and culinary tours in the Bordeaux region and is generally considered as the leading Bordeaux wine tour company.

Ronald is a passionate Bordeaux collector and as a seasoned wine educator he has been organizing and conducting wine tastings for almost 25 years.

Austrian Wines

Monday, 17 May 2010 09:01

The London Tasting 2002 - The Historic Breakthrough for Austria’s Wines

In a series of international tastings held in Vienna, Singapore and Tokyo in 2002, Austria’s Grüner Veltliners and Chardonnays went head to head with some of the world’s top wines. The high point of the series was a tasting in London on October 30^th 2002 – which already has entered wine history as the London Tasting 2002. Like the legendary Paris tasting 1976, the London event hosted internationally renowned wines challenged by up-and-coming “unknown” wines. After the series of worldwide tastings, Jancis Ronbinson MW (Financial Times), Tim Atkin MW (then at the Observer) and wine dealer Jan-Erik Paulson wanted to know exactly how Austrian Grüner Veltliners and Chardonnays would fare in an international competition.

A Rennaissance of German Riesling

Tuesday, 04 May 2010 00:00

Could it be that the success of so many New World Rieslings has awakened a taste for the original? Could it be that tasting some Eden Valley, Marlborough or Washington examples has made us curious to approach those slender German flutes with their often Gothic lettering, bewildering nomenclature and frankly disastrous appellation regulations? Re-visiting and re-assessing Rieslings from Germany, where they find their strongest and purest expressions is a rewarding journey, full of twists and turns and unexpected vistas.

A discussion on Chianti and Tuscan wine

Friday, 03 April 2009 14:31

Interview with Marchese Piero Antinori

In a Decanter magazine survey of Chianti wine, the discussion cen tered around the question of typicity. Has the essence of Chianti Classico changed, in your opinion?
In the last 30 years the regulations for the production of Chianti Classico (“disciplinare”) have changed several times. As an example, the percentage of “free” grape varieties which can be used in the production of Chianti Classico now reaches 20%.

Sherry

Friday, 03 April 2009 13:56

Sherry is a fortified wine, made in and around the town of Jerez, Spain. according to Spanish Law, sherry must come from the small triangular area of the province of Cádiz, between Jerez, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, and El puerto de Santa María.
Sherry differs from other wines because of how it is treated after fermentation. After fermentation is complete, it is fortified with brandy. Because the fortification takes place after fermentation, all natural sherries are dry; any sweetness is applied later. In contrast, port wine is fortified halfway through fermentation, stopping fermentation, so not all the sugars are allowed to turn into alcohol and so leaving a sweet wine. Once bottled, sherry does not benefit from further ageing and may be consumed immediately, though the sherries that have been aged oxidatively may be stored for years without losing their flavour.

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