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Daily Archives: December 17, 2024

Crossroads

Jason Doss has added a photo to the pool: Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/jcdoss/54210762044/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Monneaux

hbensliman has added a photo to the pool: Hauts-de-France landscapes Website / Print / Buy Mers-Les-Bains Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/78950271@N03/54209085372/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Essômes-sur-Marne

hbensliman has added a photo to the pool: Hauts-de-France landscapes Website / Print / Buy Mers-Les-Bains Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/78950271@N03/54209085547/in/pool-52609756@N00

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St-Séverin VS

Toemel has added a photo to the pool: Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/spectahuc/54204502264/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Vineyard Bokeh

Jason Doss has added a photo to the pool: Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/jcdoss/54187202628/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Géraud et Claire

Robert Redeker has added a photo to the pool: Vins du Minervois Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/robertredeker/51845920976/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Zeller Schwarze Katz

neute@85 has added a photo to the pool: Schneider-Kreuznach Retina-Curtagon f:4/28mm Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/136797907@N07/44584454875/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Bollinger’s Little Helper.

broadswordcallingdannyboy has added a photo to the pool: Bollinger’s Landrover, Epernay, Champagne. Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/leonreilly/36373881885/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Market Watch: Fine wine market review

A recent Christie’s auction of Château Latour wines sourced direct from estate owner Artémis Domaines has been a highlight. Muted trading and a downward drift in prices have been key themes on the fine wine market in 2024, despite some exceptions among older vintages, suggests data in the Market Watch section of Decanter magazine’s December 2024 issue. The monthly Market …

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Champagne releases for autumn & winter 2024

The last half of the year always sees a rush of new releases in Champagne, and 2024 has been no different. What has changed, though, is the market, with sales down 15.2% in the first half of 2024 versus the same period in 2023, according to the Comité Champagne. Could this be the Christmas when the ever-increasing prices of Champagne …

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Barcelona Wine Week 2025: The must-attend event for Spain’s finest wines

The leading show will bring together more than 1,100 wineries from across the country. Credit: Barcelona Wine Week From February 3rd to 5th, the Montjuïc venue at Fira de Barcelona will welcome over 1,100 Spanish wineries and 24,000 attendees in what promises to be Barcelona Wine Week’s (BWW) largest edition to date. With 75 Designations of Origin (D.O.s) and other …

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The best wine and spirits books of 2024

This year again delivered diverse and meaty releases of beautifully-written and designed wines and spirits books. There was a palpable shift in mood, no doubt catalysed by events from within the drinks industry and beyond: brows have lowered and the hedonistic, poetic and humorous sense the subjects at hand have come vividly to the foreground. For the benefit of all …

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St.-Cosme Côtes du Rhône 2023 $21 (90 points)

There’s a pure core of fresh blackberry, crunchy plum and violet in this vibrant version, with the subtlest brushing of vanilla. Layers of graphite and fine-grained tannins provide a solid framework. Compact, with savory details emerging toward the solid, medium-bodied finish, which is grounded in salty mineral notes and a waft of alder smoke. Drink now through 2028. 27,000 cases …

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Andrew Jefford: ‘A Christmas wine should be one to spend time over’

In the northern hemisphere mid-latitudes where many Decanter readers live, late December means damp cold and blanketing darkness. The Christian narrative lends this moment a spiritual charge for believers – but the winter solstice was of signal significance in pre-Christian times, too, as light drained and ‘The world’s whole sap is sunk’ (John Donne’s phrase from his magnificent Nocturnal upon …

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