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2013/04/27
Exerpt from an article written by Angela Lloyd:
" .......When I pointed out that I, as a wine collector, had absolutely no interest in selling my collection but merely wished to legally keep a...
2013/03/01
IT has been less than 20 years since the 1995 wine "Test match", in which the best of our post-isolation-era wines were pitted against Australia’s finest in a blind tasting competition. The Cape wine...
2013/02/21
Whenever I am in a new town, in any country, or re-visiting one after a long break, I have to check out the shelves of every bottle shop.Even the chain supermarkets, which is bizarre as I know that...
2013/02/21
“The winter before the harvest has an important role to play in the eventual quality of wine grapes. We need cold temperatures for decent dormancy and rain to replenish the water levels. Last year,...
2013/02/21
Facebook has started selling wine via a new online store on the site that encourages its US customers to send gifts to their Facebook friends.Keen to take advantage of the opportunity to trade on the...
2013/01/19
“Bravo to Hamilton Russell, who have produced an outstanding Pinot Noir in 2010, one of the finest New World expressions of the grape variety that I have encountered. When Hamilton Russell gets it...
2013/01/12
Blind tastings can be a perfect way to embarrass yourself, but they can also expand your wine horizons Everyone at my end of the table thought we knew what the wine was. We were all wrong. ...
2013/01/12
Some wine nonsense never seems to disappear A fellow came up to me the other day and said, "How long do you think such-and-such wine will live?" My initial impulse was to reply, "How the...
2013/01/12
The past few weeks have put me in situations where I've been called upon to talk about wine. I'm not a shy sort, so such occasions are fine with me. For example, I was recently in Seoul hosting a...
2013/01/12
When it was unheard of for Frenchwomen to run big businesses, these visionaries introduced nearly every innovation in Champagne-making this side of bubbles When Madame Louise Pommery broke...
2013/01/12
Decanter’s Bordeaux correspondent, Jane Anson, followed the five estates for a year, enjoying privileged access to compile the first ever book on their history and modus operandi. Here, she gives a...
2013/01/12
I did not want to write a standard history of the estates, in which each was treated separately. I wanted to write an overview linking all five, to understand the moments when they became more...
2013/01/12
All five histories are finely intertwined. At key moments in their development, a handful of owners controlled them. For almost the entire 18th century, just two families – the Ségurs and Pontacs (...
2013/01/12
Today, all five châteaux are reaping the benefits of stable ownership by some of the most powerful figures in the wine world. But the relationship between them has inevitably changed from the days...
2013/01/12
Chateau d'Yquem has pulled out of making a Sauternes in 2012 after the vintage failed a post-harvest taste test. The LVMH-owned Sauternes first growth confirmed to Decanter.com that 'there will...
