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Jacques Lurton at the helm of Vignobles André Lurton, superb Bordeaux wines

Britt Karlsson — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:48:50 +0000

How does it feel to move back to Bordeaux after several decades as a winemaker in the New World? Jaques Lurton knows. When his father, André Lurton, a legend, passed away, Jaques left his vineyard in Australia. He moved back to Bordeaux and took over responsibility for Vignobles André Lurton. And, of course, his fingers […]

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Magnificent Californian Zinfandel from Turley

Anders Åhlén — Thu, 05 Dec 2024 11:26:52 +0000

Turley Wine Cellars was founded in 1993 by former emergency room doctor Larry Turley. Larry grew up on a farm in Tennessee, and he brought with him a respect for the land and agriculture. In the late 1970s, he met John Williams, and together, they started Frog’s Leap Winery. The winery was a success, but […]

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Rheinhessen, from bulk to Weltklasse | german tour, part 6/6

Göran van den Brink — Sat, 07 Sep 2024 14:38:11 +0000

Rheinhessen is Germany’s largest wine region both in terms of area and volume. Most of the German bulk wines that are sold in bag-in-box and funny bottles are made here. But Germany’s answer to the DRC (Domaine de la Romanée Conti), Keller riesling G-Max and a number of other top wines from world producers such […]

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Palatinate (or Pfalz), Germany’s Orchard, 2023 | German tour, part 5/6

Göran van den Brink — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 07:41:04 +0000

The Palatinate, or Pfalz in German, with its warm climate grows all kinds of fruits and perhaps Germany’s best asparagus. The wines from here are a little more broad-shouldered and fruit-dominated than from the cooler Rheingau and Nahe, but it is a large district with many different microclimates and soils so it is difficult to […]

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Baden, challenges Burgundy with its red wines | German tour, part 4/6

Göran van den Brink — Tue, 03 Sep 2024 09:18:27 +0000

The Baden wine district stretches 400 kilometres in a north/south direction along the border with France all the way down to Lake Constance. The most famous of the areas in Baden is the Kaiserstuhl, which is among the warmest and sunniest in Germany. This is home to some of the most famous spätburgunder wines in […]

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Nahe, cool-climate Riesling, 2023 | German tour, part 3/6

Göran van den Brink — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 13:34:57 +0000

The Nahe is a tributary of the Rhine that empties opposite the mountainous terrain of the Rheingau. The district has a slightly cooler climate thanks to the winds that run along the valleys. So if you like slow-grown riesling, you’ve come to the right place. The highest ranked vineyard since 120 years is Hermannshöhle in […]

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Rheingau, acidity, fruit and mineral riesling, 2023 | German tour, part 2/6

Göran van den Brink — Tue, 27 Aug 2024 08:28:29 +0000

The most northerly of the districts we visited this time is the Rheingau where the river Rhine normally flows quietly in an east-west direction, but this year after the extensive rain, the river barges have to work harder if they are to get down to Basel. Producers in this episode: Jakob Jung, Erbach am Rhein […]

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2023 in Germany separates the chaff from the wheat | German tour, part 1/6

Göran van den Brink — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 10:54:57 +0000

German wines are increasing in popularity both for whites and reds. Above all, it is riesling and spätburgunder (pinot noir) that drive the development and it’s all about dry wines. More and more people are abandoning the old, residually sweet “prädikat” wines and instead choose internationally viable dry wines. Germany has copied the classification from […]

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Champagne Beaumont des Crayères, a small cooperative with a focus on pinot meunier | Britt on Forbes

Britt Karlsson — Tue, 06 Aug 2024 10:12:56 +0000

Champagne has houses, independent growers, and cooperatives, some very big and some much smaller. One of the smaller co-operatives is one that I find quite interesting, Champagne Beaumont des Crayères. The main grape here is pinot meunier (but they call it only meunier). In most other places in Champagne, meunier has the back seat. Here […]

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Fantastic carmenère from Chilean Viña Maquis: Meeting with owner Ricardo Rivadeneira Hurtado

Britt Karlsson — Thu, 25 Jul 2024 10:16:52 +0000

Carmenère is originally a Bordeaux grape. It still is, but the area in Bordeaux today is tiny. The grape ripens poorly in Bordeaux, it is believed. Perhaps it is about to make a cautious comeback now that the climate is getting warmer. However, carmenère thrives on the other side of the globe in the Chilean […]

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