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Royal white burgundies (Tasting articles)
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 20:00Last week I published tasting notes from a blind tasting of New World white wines that had been presented as possibilities for the Queen's cellar and dining table. At the same time, we blind tasted the following range of white burgundies, all of them retailing at almost twice the price of the New.
Zind-Humbrecht treasures at The Ledbury (Free for all)
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 20:00A week today, one of France's most talented and thoughtful winemakers, Olivier Humbrecht MW of Alsace, will be hosting a dinner at The Ledbury , haunt of food-loving winos in London W11 where triple Michelin-starred chef Brett Graham will be serving dishes specially chosen to complement a host of.
A word on stockists (housekeeping) (Inside information)
Wed, 07/07/2010 - 20:00Yesterday we published a big second tranche of tasting notes on Germany's alluring 2009s , following on from a big first helping from wines tasted by Michael Schmidt in Germany. Our second tranche is based on various tastings in London either attended or privately undertaken by Julia and me. As in.
Black Tower at P!nk concert (Free for all)
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 20:00Today I bring you two rather different approaches to wine marketing spotted in London last weekend. The image on the right is part of the current Bordeaux campaign, which is scattered liberally throughout the weekend glossies, including the back page of the Sunday Times magazine..
Asians hoover up top '09s (Free for all)
Tue, 07/06/2010 - 20:00The fact that the Are you buying 2009 bordeaux? thread on our members' forum has attracted more than 13,000 views, and the much newer one on How the most expensive vintage ever was sold has already attracted 1,000 views, suggests that you might be interested in the welter of statistics just.
Sigalas Assyrtiko 2009 Santorini (Wines of the week)
Mon, 07/05/2010 - 20:00From €10.95 and $18.98 Find this wine (and Ch Sigalas Rabaud 2009 Sauternes) As I explained in my account of the recent Masters of Wine Symposium in Bordeaux, the Greek Wine Federation treated us to some of the their best wines, presented by Konstantinos Lazarakis MW, at lunch on the Saturday..
MW symposium Bordeaux - part 6 (Inside information)
Mon, 07/05/2010 - 20:00The final Saturday afternoon session, and the last one I attended as I had to return to London early Sunday morning* was entitled 'Forging Links between Asian markets and the international wine industry', a topical topic and one that involved a little bit of overlap with Judy Leissner's.
What's wrong with rosé? (Chinese) (Free for all)
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 20:00为何桃红不红？ (What's wrong with rosé?) 作者：林之樱 , Cher Lim 日期 ： 2010 年 ， 6 月 21 日 五月尾，我和外子到香港参加了每年一度的国际葡萄酒商展会（ Vinexpo HK.
MW Symposium Bordeaux - part 5 (Inside information)
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 20:00I hope you are not thoroughly bored by my account of the recent Masters of Wine Symposium in Bordeaux. I found lots of interest here, including during the next session on the Saturday morning entitled 'The role of Masters of Wine in the industry' in which I also took part. My notes are necessarily.
Why Asia lacks pinkos (Free for all)
Sun, 07/04/2010 - 20:00My husband was on a very specific mission this May when we visited Vinexpo in Hong Kong. He was determined to taste as many rosé wines as possible in preparation for his WSET L3 paper. The reason is we have a rather limited supply of rosé here in Singapore, a reflection of insufficient demand.
Two brave Sicilians in London (Nick on restaurants)
Fri, 07/02/2010 - 20:00Mennula, which opened on the sunny side of Charlotte Street, a five-minute walk from Goodge Street tube in London's West End, is Sicilian through and through. Its name means 'almond' in Sicilian. On the walls of the staircase leading down to the basement kitchen are old black-and-white photos of.
How the most expensive vintage ever was sold (Free for all)
Fri, 07/02/2010 - 20:00Even Bordeaux's château owners themselves admit to surprise at the sky-high prices of the 2009s, in a tortuous, bad-tempered campaign designed to attract as many euros as possible to France's fine-wine capital. It is finally drawing to a close, in time for France's long holidays, with some UK.
MW Symposium Bordeaux - part 4 (Inside information)
Thu, 07/01/2010 - 20:00The second day of last week's Master of Wine Symposium in Bordeaux kicked off with a session on the emerging markets of China, Russia, Brazil and India , the so-called BRICs markets. This could have been very dull but moderator Tim Atkin MW and the four presenters had clearly worked hard to make.
Matching Chinese food and wine, online (Free for all)
Thu, 07/01/2010 - 20:00Author of the oldest continuous Chinese-language wine column in the world, Poh Tiong Chng of Singapore, was at last week's Bordeaux MW Symposium and announced that he was just about to publish a major work on matching Chinese food and wine, 108 Great Chinese Dishes Paired . Apparently, in printed.
Royal New World whites (Tasting articles)
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 20:00As I hinted when describing this week's wine of the week , I spent much of Monday morning in the delightfully cool cellars of Buckingham Palace tasting with other members of the Royal Household Wine Committee, mainly representatives of wine merchants with the Royal Warrant. The most interesting.
MW Symposium Bordeaux – part 3 (Inside information)
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 20:00Friday's final session was as meaty as the previous one on the merits of families versus corporations in the wine business. 'Passing the torch from one generation to another' assembled three fathers, two sons and a daughter, with Fiona Morrison MW moderating, presumably having already cajoled two.
Tasting notes search - one click away (Free for all)
Wed, 06/30/2010 - 20:00We do listen. One very strong message from our members' survey feedback was that the single most popular feature on the site, the Tasting notes search that gives you access to our 46,000 tasting notes, should be just one click away from the home page. Tarrah!! Kindly note two changes to the home.
MW Symposium Bordeaux – part 2 (Inside information)
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 20:00A quiet tram whooshed me straight from the Hôtel de Ville lunch (I missed the symposium's lunch matching Sauternes with Chinese food at the Hôtel Mercure) to the welcome air-conditioned depths of Bordeaux's Cité Mondiale conference centre on Friday afternoon, too late, alas, to hear what.
Pebbles dinner 2010 (Free for all)
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 20:00Bidding is now open for this year's fine-wine extravaganza in aid of the Pebbles Project for disadvantaged children in South Africa on Saturday 11 Sep. It will be held at Michelin-starred restaurant The Square in their private room and organiser Keith Prothero promises that 'an extraordinary menu.
Old World 2 New World 3 (Tasting articles)
Mon, 06/28/2010 - 20:00The second formal session of last week's MW symposium in Bordeaux gave participants a chance to compare pairs of wines from Old and New Worlds made by some of the world's best-known producers who flit between the two. Read more about it in MW symposium Bordeaux - part 1 . Below are notes on the.
