Second Salon des Vignerons in Liège, Belgium
Feb 20th, 2009 | By Jozef SchildermansThe second edition of the Salon des Vignerons in Olne, Liège, Belgium, takes place from April 17-19 2009. The exhibition gathers 35 wineries who practice [...]
Archive for February 2009
Older Burgundy’s In Folliez (Vinotopia)
Feb 17th, 2009 | By Michiel CarpentierThe reason for this meeting in restaurant Folliez in Mechelen was the visit of a (hopefully) future American Master of Wine. Reason enough to taste a nice series of older wines. We began with a few beautiful white Burgundy’s with in between them a couple of top California Chardonnays: Kongsgaard and Marcassin. Nice comparison, though the flight was dominated by the 2001 Coche-Dury Perrières. Even the …
2006 Château Malescot St. Exupery
Feb 13th, 2009 | By Jozef Schildermans2006 Château Malescot St. Exupery – France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux (2/6/2009)
Blackberries, chocolate, black coffee, leather and minerals on the quite modern but enjoyable nose. At [...]
Plastic Wine Bottles Gain Popularity
Feb 12th, 2009 | By Jozef SchildermansPlastic bottles are increasingly used for packaging wines that are ment for quick consumption. Since 2006, the Australian wine giant Wolff Blass sells several of its cheaper wines in bottles made from recycled PET (polyethylene). We wrote about this earlier. PET bottles are also used by some winemakers from the Loire. Jospeh Mollet (Sancerre) showed at the recent Salon des Vins de Loire in Angers plastic bottles with his Sauvignon Blanc ‘Destinea. Frederic Jacquet, chef de cave, sees (in the newspaper Ouest-France) only benefits. Because PET bottles are lighter, the same lorry can carry nearly nine thousand bottles extra. Not only …
2007 Laurenz V. Grüner Veltliner Singing
Feb 10th, 2009 | By Jozef Schildermans2007 Laurenz V. Grüner Veltliner Singing – Austria, Niederösterreich (6/26/2008)
Ripe yellow fruit, flowers on the slightly spicy nose. Fresh on the slightly spritzy palate, with [...]
2006 Finca Sandoval Manchuela
Feb 5th, 2009 | By Jozef Schildermans2006 Finca Sandoval Manchuela – Spain, Castilla-La Mancha, Manchuela (1/29/2009)
Black berries, ripe black prunes, stable aromas and aromatic herbs on the expressive nose. Masses of [...]
Stable Results For Champagne Vranken-Pommery Monopole
Feb 5th, 2009 | By Jozef SchildermansVranken-Pommery Monopole, the number two in the world for the production and distribution of Champagne, registered a stable turnover in 2008. Sales in Great-Brittain and [...]