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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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”.…
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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…
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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…
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Only two more stations – in addition to Berlin also Hamburg on the following day – and only 16 individual exhibitors in…
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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…
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