Two German wines, one Californian, but seven French wines. My personal review of the 2024 wine year is actually not very diverse. This is perhaps also due to the fact that I have written elsewhere…
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Blanc de Noirs, i.e. ‘white’ champagne made exclusively from red grapes, is a trend in Champagne. Many Maisons have presented premieres in recent years. I wrote about Bruno Paillard’s Blanc de Noir here – this…
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‘What is time?’ Thomas Mann asked in his novel “The Magic Mountain” and answered: “A mystery, a figment – and all-powerful.”. The mystery of time is something you have to think about a lot when…
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The ambition was clear: Collection Impériale Création No. 1 was to be nothing less than the quintessence of Moët & Chandon’s style. Benoit Gouez describes the path to this goal as haute Œnologie, an analogy…
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The juice runs blood-red, almost black, between my fingers. Saperavi, ‘bringer of colour’ is the name of the grape variety from which I am crushing a berry in my hand. Here, in the small vine…
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History “The smallest of the Champagne vineyards are those of Sillery, and yet no wine of the Marne enjoys a greater renown”. This was written in 1875 by the British wine writer Henri Vizetelly in…
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Some love them, some hate them. Some consider it sacrilege that the name of the category is English and not Italian. The term “Super Tuscan” sparks many of the controversies that occupy the wine world…
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This year, the Bar Convent had its own small wine focus. A good 70 wines were presented in seven wine workshops in the Kalk&Kegel Lounge. The workshops were all well attended – but they took…
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Only two more stations – in addition to Berlin also Hamburg on the following day – and only 16 individual exhibitors in addition to the joint stand of Kierdorf Wein. The current crisis in the…
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An invitation from the German importer Véritable made it possible for me to visit the Maison for the first time in July 2024. Shortly before the hustle and bustle of the actual birthday celebrations, this…
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