Breaking with Jewish tradition The Jewish world has probably known Passover celebrations since the construction of the first Temple in Jerusalem, i.e. for almost 3,000 years. The communal celebration, which centred on the eating of…
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The creator of gastronomy Archestratus also came from Sicily, the culinary hotspot of ancient Greece. However, he does not speak well of the cuisine of his compatriots: They had no idea how to properly prepare…
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A brief intro to the history. It all began when eight winegrowing families joined forces in Vertus around 1950 and founded the small cooperative La Goutte d’Or. Thanks to the remarkable quality of its sites,…
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No big news could think who was registered on the occasion of the ProWein 2023 for the tasting of the current champagnes of Jacquesson. The current edition from the 700 series was presented, the counterpart…
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In mid-February, we were supposed to meet in Munich, where Laurent Fresnet was going to present the new RSRV line from Champagne Mumm and I was going to do an interview with him about it.…
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Champagne had an exceptionally strong year in 2022. Also in Germany, which reported record turnover with over 12 million bottles sold – even if we fell back to 5th place internationally. At ProWein 2023, 50…
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ProWein 2023 in Düsseldorf was a strong statement from the leading international wine fair. Unfortunately, Wine Paris had also delivered a pretty strong performance a month earlier, and this one increasingly sees itself as a…
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The country reports of the industry magazine WEIN+MARKT are an annual assessment of the respective sector. With information on the domestic market and the last wine harvest, but above all with the latest export figures…
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In the first months of 1836, the Rhenish newspapers, the Prussian Staatszeitung, the Augsburger Allgemeine, the Amsterdam Handelsblatt and the most respected Parisian, London and St. Petersburg papers published an advertisement for a wine auction…
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Wine is in crisis. As a product in itself, in production and also in consumption. Alcohol has come under considerable neo-prohibitive pressure, built up by militant addiction prevention and an interventionist public health system. As…
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