Château La Pointe and Château Carignan sold
2007-11-17
Château La Pointe, a Pomerol property with 25 ha, has been sold for an estimated 32-35 million euro to the insurance company Generali. They already
Château La Pointe, a Pomerol property with 25 ha, has been sold for an estimated 32-35 million euro to the insurance company Generali. They already
The new appellation Coteaux du Languedoc, with the suffix Pézenas (which is a town in the region) is a red wine and should be made
Anselme Selosse is one of the most respected independent wine makers in Champagne. Together with Azienda Feudi di San Gregorio near Naples he has just
Well, its not the pregnant women who are dangerous of course, but drinking wine while you are pregnant. At least according to the warning texts
A sigh of relief can also be heard in Germany after this year’s harvest. they had an early flowering and good weather during the harvest
The Champagne region has approved 40 new communes as (potential) producers of champagne. Today, the Champagne region (the appellation) covers some 32500 ha and virtually
As we noted in the last Brief, Sweden now has it’s first MW, the highly respected British wine diploma. At the same time, six other
Perhaps a slight exaggeration – Denmark has had approved four regional denominations for its wines. According to European regulations a “new” wine district must first
Nils Stormby, the Swedish wine collector, recently sold most of his world famous Chateau d’Yquem collection at Zachy’s auction house in New York. The sale
In Muscadet this year’s harvest promises to yield very good quality but limited volumes. An early and warm spring kick-started the vegetation period. But a
Just off Les Champs-Elysées, on the avenue F Roosevelt, you find this pleasant restaurant with excellent food with a certain Provençal touch. It used to
Alain and Isabelle Caujolle-Gazet settled to make wine in Montpeyroux in Languedoc in 1998. Today they have 11 hectares, 7 of which are on very
One of the things we really enjoy is looking for and discovering new wines. Drinking a very good Bordeaux or Burgundy (just to mention those
Ulf Sjödin became Sweden’s first Master of Wine. His normal day job (when not working on the MW exam) is marketing manager at V&S Wine,
The Swedish wine enthusiast Per Warfvinge fell in love with Alsace wines and created a very interesting site on Alsatian wines, unfortunately only available in
The summer has been exceptionally sunny and windy in Châteauneuf (as opposed to some regions further north). They have had a bit of rain during
Sales of cognac reached a new record last year: 160 million bottles, which is the largest volume ever since the appellation was created in 1936.
Not content with launching a virtual wine course BBR continues with a Fine Wine Blog written by various BBR staff. Some headlines from the first
Berry Bro:s & Rudd is perhaps the world’s oldest wine merchant, founded in 1698. It is headquartered in London at the same address as where
It is of course a USB key – a computer memory with a 1GB capacity. The key has the shape of a bottle from Château
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