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Yearly Archives: 2024

vineyard sunset

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Sunset Merlot

A Work of Mark has added a photo to the pool: While photographing the sunset tonight, the light was hitting this row of vines perfectly, I had too…. Source : https://www.flickr.com/photos/16785381@N00/53898521592/in/pool-52609756@N00

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Saint Emilion

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Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine de Piéblanc

Matthieu Ponson of Domaine de Piéblanc. Domaine JL Chave has been handed down from father to son since 1481. Domaine Alary, in Cairanne, isn’t quite so old – its family of owners has been tending vines since 1692. Domaine de Piéblanc was founded rather more recently: this domaine has just celebrated its 10th anniversary. ‘It’s not a domaine I took …

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Greek rosé on the rise – plus 10 wines to try

The breathtaking mountain formations of Meteora with the sheltered vineyard of Theopetra in the foreground. For inimitable style, consistent quality and impressive value, rosé wine from Greece has the potential to become a category leader. Strange then to discover that, officially at least, Greek rosé doesn’t exist. Sete, the Greek Wine Federation, whose members produce 75% of the total volume …

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Award-winning bubbles to celebrate National Prosecco Day

National Prosecco Day is celebrated annually on 13th August, and what better way to join the celebrations than by popping open an award-winning bottle of the bubbles? Recently announced, Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2024 results saw 178 Prosecco wines awarded a medal by some of the world’s leading wine experts, including four Golds.  Well-crafted wines can be found from …

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Burgundy wine estate worker sentenced for stealing bottles worth £550,000

François B., a 57-year-old maintenance technician who worked for several leading wine estates in Beaune, admitted to stealing the wine over a seven-year period. He was finally caught after CCTV showed him stealing four bottles of fine wine from Albert Bichot in February. Police officers raided the cellars at his house and his mother’s house, where they found approximately 8,000 …

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Singapore wine executive charged with committing £7.5m en primeur fraud

Eldric Ko fled Singapore in May 2011 shortly before the authorities launched an investigation into his investment firm, Premium Liquid Assets. He spent 13 years on the run, but he was arrested in May and charged with cheating offences after returning to Singapore. Ko, the former chief executive of Premium Liquid Assets, has now been hit with a further 13 charges. …

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Bodega Garzón Tannat Uruguay Reserva 2022 $22 (91 points)

This plump red is packed with layers of leather, black currant and plum flavors, yet there’s a thread of fresh acidity that cuts through, revealing additional cedar spice and cigar box details. Finishes with nice tannin structure. Drink now through 2034. 50,000 cases made, 10,000 cases imported. Source : 4e912f3e773b00cf841875bbf1a1d53a

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Tenuta Viglione’s American Debut

Tenuta Viglione of Santeramo Italy is a family owned and operated winery; accordingly, they emphatically striving for the best quality wines. Basically, their reputation has been built upon excellence as their gold standard. Their commitment and craftsmanship demonstrate their expertise in all of their winemaking. And, their stories truly enhanced my appreciation for all that […] The post Tenuta Viglione’s …

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A Fresh Chapter in the Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie War Over Miraval

In the latest development in what has proved to be one of the nastiest divorce battles to involve custody of a wine property, the Milan-based Campari Group has been drawn into the battle for Château Miraval. A new lawsuit by Nouvel, the company that Angelina Jolie sold to the Stoli Group, demands records from Campari America, which represents the prestigious …

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Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for August 12, 2024

The post Wine Reviews: Mini Round-Up for August 12, 2024 appeared first on 1 Wine Dude. I taste a bunch-o-wine (technical term for more than most people). So each week, I share some of my wine reviews (mostly from samples) and tasting notes in a “mini-review” format. They are meant to be quirky, fun, and (mostly) easily-digestible reviews of (mostly) …

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Ned Goodwin MW: In pursuit of regional identity in Australian Chardonnay

Chardonnay vines in Margaret River, Australia Australian Chardonnay has come of age. Since the bumptious iterations swaddled in oak of the 1990s, via the anorexic prototypes of the mid-2000s, the idiom has moved away from liminal extremes, to one that nestles comfortably between tension and ebullient fruit, with increasingly clear regional demarcations. While effete comparisons with Burgundy’s best were often …

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Vintage report: Margaret River Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 & Chardonnay 2022

Vasse Felix in Cowaramup – established in 1967, the founding winery of the Margaret River wine region. For Decanter’s inaugural Margaret River vintage report, producers were asked to submit wines from the 2021 vintage for Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnays from 2022, which were all then tasted blind. While the 2022 whites shone, the 2021 reds reflected the cooler and somewhat …

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French harvest 2024: Mildew and poor fruit set to lower volumes

Vineyard in Maine et Loire. France’s wine harvest is forecast to fall as much as 16% in 2024 from a year earlier, with unusually rainy conditions during flowering hurting fruit set and a wet early summer prompting outbreaks of downy mildew in vineyards from Bordeaux to Alsace, said the French agriculture ministry’s Agreste statistics unit. National production may fall to …

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