Cuban rum has a long tradition, and like few other spirits, it has been shaped by contemporary history. The Havana Club brand was founded in 1935, but its origins date back to 1878. Nationalized in…
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History The roots of the Franck Bonville champagne house date back to around 1900. At that time, shortly after the phylloxera crisis, Alfred Bonville acquired several vineyards in Oger and the surrounding area, the origin…
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1971, the year Eckart Witzigmann started as head chef at Munich restaurant Tantris, is generally considered the birth of German gourmet cuisine. Wolfram Siebeck once remarked that this moment divided post-war German cuisine into two…
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In contrast to champagne, this year’s decline in the fine wine segment was clearly noticeable. Particularly painful: the presentations of the Napa Valley Vintners and the Primum Familiae Vini were probably permanently lost to Paris.…
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Andreas Schmitt is one of the most knowledgeable observers of the wine and gourmet scene in Germany. For 15 years, he managed his father Adalbert Schmitt’s gourmet restaurant “Schweizer Stuben”. The wine cellar he was…
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In addition, despite the difficult conditions, ProWein 2025 presented a number of new and interesting cuvées. Last but not least, one could go in search of new discoveries without rushing. My selection of nine champagnes…
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Millennia-old traditions and cutting-edge start-ups: Portuguese viticulture is a fascinating balancing act of extremes. Similar to Eastern Europe, the sector was blocked for many decades in the 20th century by political paralysis. Today there is…
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History The Coulon family has been rooted in the so-called Petites Montagnes south-west of Reims since the 17th century. The family first planted vineyards in the region in 1806, the year that is now the…
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Admittedly, the selection has a red wine emphasis. This is due to my second focus in Paris, champagne, which was given a separate article. There are three countries or regions in particular on which I…
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149 champagne producers were listed in the Wine Paris exhibition catalogue – a number that makes it impossible to get a complete overview. So rather than organising as many tastings as possible, the aim was…
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