Doutrelant was more than just a wine journalist. From near Lille in northern France, he had started out at a local paper in Angers and then moved to Paris to “Le Monde,” where he dealt…
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The news had hit like a bomb in 2016. The takeover of the Italian winemaking icon Biondi-Santi by the French luxury group EPI on 1 January 2017. This was in the same league as the…
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This project was originally intended to be a book, but the crisis in publishing, high paper prices and expensive image rights have turned it into a digital project. Who knows, maybe that’s a better choice…
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Unforgettable for me is the Berlin master class of 2018 for the launch of the R. D. 2004. This was not only the opportunity to try out the predecessors 2002 and 1996 in addition to…
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Due to the pandemic and its consequences, the fine wine faction was not quite as strongly represented this year as in 2019 and previous years. Nevertheless, many top winemakers had brought their entire collection with…
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Listening to Jean-Baptiste Lécaillon, one’s own convictions can sometimes go astray. With regard to the stylistics of the House of Roederer, for example, “the purity of the fruit is the absolute goal” for him. In…
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For three decades – from August 28, 1991, to October 24, 2020 – Hans Haas cooked at Munich’s “Tantris” and turned the two-Michelin-starred establishment into a unique institution in Germany. A mecca for gourmets, where…
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“This book is not a reference book or compendium. Or at least not in the first place. It aims to show what champagne is today. In fact, even if everyone (or every woman) has a…
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