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On the Road with the Grape Guy (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Here I got the chance to try the Bordeaux wines under $25 and most, if not all, available at the LCBO … these were my top 8 that were worth the dollars they’re asking for them … I also noticed that when it comes to Bordeaux under 25 you really do get what you pay for, want more complexity in your wine, you have to pay for it, and it makes a world of difference, though there are...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Wine.com, the nation's #1 online wine retailer, today announced the launch of Club Claret, a new assortment of affordable Bordeaux wines. The Club Claret collection features approachable Bordeaux wines specially chosen by Anthony Foster, Master of Wine and Bordeaux expert. Wine.com is the exclusive retailer of this collection in the U.S. market.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Petrus, Romanee-Conti, Chateau d'Yquem -- wines coveted by connoisseurs, and targeted by counterfeiters. According to French wine professionals, a handful of rare and fine wines face the same threat from fraud as luxury handbags and designer sunglasses. Trafficking in fake wine has "always existed a little, but it's definitely amplified with the rising prices of fine wines", said Sylvain...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Listen up, pilgrim: Thanksgiving's coming, and it's high time to think about appropriate wine pairings. Let's check in with Mario Ortiz, general manager and sommelier at the Firehouse in Old Sacramento. Here are his tips for using wine to elevate your Thanksgiving meal to an exceptional feast. What wines come to mind when thinking about a traditional Thanksgiving dinner? I like to suggest Champagne...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
A new Web site set up by the promotional body for the Bordeaux wine region of France will allow wine drinkers to get a little practice in selecting the right vintage.
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Schiller Wine (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
I like Bordeaux wines and have quite a number of them in my wine cellar. I find the write up below on different vintages, starting with 1982, by Jancis Robinson very useful for reference when going down into the cellar and deciding which bottle to bring up. Go back a decade for the best bordeaux By Jancis Robinson Published: August 29 2009 02:33 | Last updated: August 29 2009 02:33 An excellent new...
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
NEW YORK, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- MyRecipes.com, Time Inc.'s food portal, launched a new wine channel focused on providing great, easy, and sometimes unusual, food and wine pairings. The expanded wine coverage aims to take the mystery out of pairing wine with food and includes a new video series called "Weeknight Wines," a new "Pairings of the Week" column, and a sophisticated wine...
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yumsugar (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
When I first received this bottle of Bordeaux in the mail, its Bad Boy name and whimsical label, which features a black sheep and an arrow labeled "garage," meant little to me. But after doing some research, I discovered the whole thing makes quite a bit of sense. The inky red wine, which is 95 percent Merlot and 5 percent Cabernet Franc, hails from the famous French region of Bordeaux,...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Even as Chateau Lafite leads a surge for Bordeaux vintners in Asia, US retail prices for the same wines have skidded below wholesale cost as a major importer dumps stocks worth tens of millions of dollars. US importer Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines (DC&E), a subsidiary of the British drinks giant Diageo, has abandoned Bordeaux wine after 35 years, aggressively liquidating its warehouse stock...
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Jean-Luc Thunevin's Blog (Free subscription) | 08/11/2009
Tuesday evenings, I had a meeting at my office with 2 students from Bordeaux business school (BEM) to talk about management issues in companies. Amazing timing considering that I just hired Eric Talavet as CEO, to particularly oversee my company’s sales department. The goal is to ease my workload and have more professional control over this activity which is now the only commercial source for...
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CellarBlog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
One of the biggest misconceptions people in the united States have about wines from Bordeaux is that they are too expensive for every day drinking; or simply too expensive in general. Certainly, there are expensive wines from Bordeaux, just as there are expensive wines from Napa, Sonoma and the rest of the world.But, the fact is, most Bordeaux wines are are very approachable in terms of taste
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Bordeaux-Undiscovered (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
If you are investing in wine then Provenance i s essential. Provenance, from the French provenir , "to come from", refers to the history of your wine: where, when and by whom it was made, where it has been stored, who has owned it and where it has been shipped to. It is in effect your wine's pedigree and acts as a certification of care. Without Provenance you may find that your wine is worthless...
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Bordeaux-Undiscovered (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
It has always puzzled me that Bordeaux is world famous for its wines but still has so much yet to discover. Tourists will flock to well known sites lured by the historic châteaux and superb wines secreted in their cellars but there are charming backwaters to Bordeaux that are also hiding away. Unlike California with its bustling wine routes and open house wineries much of Bordeaux – and...
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Welcome to the world of Ontario wine (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Although I never received one of the formal invitations to this tasting – just a bunch of emails back and forth between friends – I was told by another friend when I arrived at the tasting that the theme of this particular wine tasting was “All Bordeaux Wines under $30”. When you hear something like that you can almost picture a wine snob sticking their nose up in the air and...
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The Wine Whore - A Blog that Works for Wine! (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
While I was in Bordeaux, I was surprised to hear so much about the Chinese. No, we weren't discussing wontons and eggrolls although, oddly enough, the Chinese food in Bordeaux is about three grades below boric acid in terms of food quality and taste. Instead, we were discussing the market for Bordeaux wine. Believe it or not, the Chinese have actually been buying up more Bordeaux wine than any other...
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