The Michelin Guide 2010 Netherlands recommends 83 restaurants with a ‘very interesting wine list’. In all, the guide recommends 655 restaurants. Fifteen percent of the selection is new. There are 91 starred restaurants, including 12 new. One new restaurant receives two star: Boreas in Heeze. Eleven new restaurants get 1 star: De Safraan (Amersfoort), Vinkeles (Amsterdam), Le Restaurant (Amsterdam), Soigné > Read more …
The Michelin Guide 2010 Belgium-Luxembourg recommends 148 restaurants with a ‘very interesting wine list’. In all, the guide recommends 1009 restaurants, including 103 new addresses. Twenty percent of the overall selection is renewed. There are 114 starred restaurants, including 19 new. Four new restaurants receive two star: Slagmolen in Opglabeek, Chateau du Mylord in Ellezelles, which wins back the star > Read more …
2006 Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco – Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco (11/11/2009) Fresh strawberries and cherries intermingled with rose petals and a hint of kirsch on the enjoyable nose. Still rather primary on the palate, even on the second day when the wine had barely moved, but everything is in place and very balanced: refreshing cherry-like acidity, red fruits, and somewhat > Read more …
Prof. em. Robert Hodgson of the American Humboldt State University is a statistician but also a wine lover and wine maker. In two articles in the Journal of Wine Economics he shows major flaws in points systems for assessing wine. Hodgson is a juror for the California State Fair Wine Competition. Four years long he performed a controlled scientific study > Read more …
2004 Podere Rocche dei Manzoni Barolo Vigna Cappella di Santo Stefano – Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo (10/22/2009) Yes, this is way to young, but I’m just checking if I will buy more. And I sure will. Dust, crushed cherries, cinnamon, rose petals and sweet exotic spices on the nose. The nose blossoms with breathing (this needs a long decanting period > Read more …
2004 Podere Rocche dei Manzoni Barbera d’Alba Sorito Mosconi – Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d’Alba (10/27/2009) Sweet spices, black berries, black cheries on the nose. Sweet and sour cherries, spices, espresso coffee, refreshing acidity on the palate. Still quite young and restrained; needs a few more years to really shine, or an extended decant when tasted now. Although modern styled, > Read more …
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2006 Garcin Lirac Cuvée Nathalie – France, Rhône, Southern Rhône, Lirac (10/17/2009) Dark fruits, black coffee and a whiff of cherry liqueur on the restrained nose. On the palate sweet and sour cherries, cherry stones, sweet spices, refreshing acidity and a hint of espresso coffee. In the aftertaste a slight taste of burning alcohol. Already delicious, but with a few > Read more …
700 volunteers posed naked in a Burgundy vineyard to warn the world of the effects climate change will have on French wine. This human art installation in the South of Burgundy was created by artist Spencer Tunick. It is part of Greenpeace’s campaign to warn the world for the dangers of global warming, in preparation for the climate conference in > Read more …
Albert Bichot , négociant in Burgundy, will for the first time allow individual wine enthusiasts to bid at the famous Hospices de Beaune auction. The auction will take place on Sunday, November 15. Information about all available cuvées can be viewed online at the website www.hospices-beaune.com. Information is also available on Facebook and Twitter. Before the start of the auction, > Read more …
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