Good choice of name? Côte, coteaux or not?
2012-07-12
Speaking of Coteaux Bourguignons (see other news item yesterday) as a name for an appellation, the trend in recent years in France has rather been
Speaking of Coteaux Bourguignons (see other news item yesterday) as a name for an appellation, the trend in recent years in France has rather been
They have good pizzas. That’s the most important thing to say about Le Verso. The restaurant is nothing special, quite plain. But pizzas are good.
A new appellation has been born in Burgundy. Or rather, an old appellation has changed its name and its profile. The old name was AOC
How does the fact of having a monopoly on retail sales influence the range of products on sale in Sweden? A few years back a
On May 6, new rules were published for the labeling of wines in France. The rules come into force on 1st of July. The ministries
“Planting Rights” is an archaic system by which winegrowers are not allowed to plant new vines (extend their vineyards) unless they have “planting rights”. Without
QOC is a small modern style restaurant in the centre of Agrigento, in the Valley of the Greek Temples, just a few steps away from
The producers of the Languedoc has now received its long-awaited permission from the Ministry of Agriculture to start growing, on an experimental basis, new grape
The £100,000 wine bottle now for sale In marketing you can find a lot of very strange and curious ideas, not least in the wine
In this brief we write about several wine competitions. One is very special, almost a curiosity: A competition to nominate the wine with the most
In this brief we write about several wine competitions. One is very special, almost a curiosity: A competition to nominate the wine with the most
Bragging time? We have not shared the beautiful pictures of it before, but we have mentioned it (I think even several times). Our last book,
There are plenty of restaurants around the old harbour in Marseilles that serve bouillabaisse. This is not one of them. (Or maybe they do have
We heard about the Diam closure for the first time about five years ago. We attended a tasting with some Champagne producers who all had
“The vineyard is our bank savings so we must protect it,” says Giusto Occhipinti at COS winery in Sicily. He founded COS with two friends
Interview with Sarah Ahmed on why wines from Portugal are so exciting Here are some of the key things on Portuguese wines that Sarah tells
It is easy to believe that the USA is the pinnacle of market economies. In the alcohol sector that could not be farther from the
The Osteria dell’Arco restaurant is actually on the main square in Alba, the Piazza Savona, but it is hidden at the end of a court
A newish Tuscan region gains DOCG and starts to make its mark When talking about the wines of Tuscany it is easy to forget that
Try rognage: Sancerre launches the world’s first simulation machine for canopy management! It is called rognage, when you trim or prune the canopy (the leaves)
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