Harpers Beaujolais Trip Day 2. In brief.
Day 2 done and dusted. A good nights snooze and I was ready to rock this morning for the 2nd days entertainment. Snow had fallen all around the region overnight. … Continue reading
Harpers Beaujolais Trip. Day 1 in brief.
So day one has finished on our mini tour of Beaujolais. Long day but worth it. Having left London first thing this morning, 30/1/12, we arrived at Lyon around 10.20, … Continue reading
Harpers-Inter Beaujolais Buyers Trip 2012
harpers.co.uk Check list: Bags packed – nope. Passport ready – erm…I’ll find it later. Flight info sorted – Yeah, it’s on an email somewhere. Weather forecast for Lyon – Bloody … Continue reading
Australia back on top
“Australia is the only country in the world that can hold up against Burgundy,” claimed Alex Hunt MW, purchasing director at Berkmann Wine Cellars. This praise for the country’s Chardonnay … Continue reading
A+ Australia Tasting. Saatchi Gallery: London 2012
www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk So, round 4 of my new year tasting schedule, third one of the week. This one see’s me off to the Saatchi Gallery, London for the 10th birthday of … Continue reading
Chapoutier & Devaux to launch Champagne
Michel Chapoutier will unveil his first Champagne in less than three years’ time. The Rhône-based winemaker bought half a hectare of vineyard with Champagne Devaux back in 2008, and the … Continue reading
Royal Tokaji appoints Bibendum as UK agent
Royal Tokaji has appointed Bibendum as its agent for the UK market. Royal Tokaji’s range of award winning wines includes the Aszú wines on which the region’s fame was founded … Continue reading
Trade urged to support up-and-coming regions
Open-minded importers are urging major supermarkets and restaurants to get behind wines from emerging regions like Croatia, Slovenia and Moldova. Throwing down the gauntlet to the UK’s big retail chains, … Continue reading
Cool climate wines could grow Aussie volumes
Cooler-climate wines could be the answer to Australia’s problems of shrinking off-trade volumes and under-representation on restaurant lists. Cooler-climate wines could be the answer to Australia’s problems of shrinking off-trade … Continue reading
Bibendum Tasting. The Brewery: London 2012.
Seconds out, round three. Yup, my next tasting event. Bibendum’s folio tasting. The Brewery, Chiswell St, London. Today it was Bibendum’s turn to share their wares with people throughout the … Continue reading
Exciting future forecast for NZ Gruner
The UK wine trade was told to “watch this space” during a masterclass on New Zealand Grüner Veltliner in London yesterday. Nine different expressions of the Central European grape variety … Continue reading
Burgundy climats edge closer to UNESCO listing
The campaign for Burgundy’s Cote d’Or Climats to join the UNESCO world heritage list has moved closer to its goal. Climats: centurys-old heritage Last week the Ministry of Ecology and Culture agreed … Continue reading
New Zealand Wine Annual Trade Tasting: London 2012
Today I began round two of my new year tasting schedule. This time it was the turn of New Zealand at Lords, St John’s Wood, London. 105 New Zealand wineries … Continue reading
Roederer becomes Champagne’s biggest in biodynamics
Louis Roederer now operates the largest combined organic and biodynamic estate in Champagne following the purchase of 14 hectares of Leclerc Briant vineyards. Roederer already has 26ha of vineyards farmed … Continue reading
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