Quels sont les points communs entre le vin, la photographie et la cuisine? Pour nous, la réponse est une évidence : le Plaisir, le Partage et la Passion. Alors quand ces trois univers se rencontrent pour apporter, chacun avec sa compétence, sa pierre à l’édifice, ça donne ce superbe accord Met / Vin , cuisiné […]
A massive percentage of wines made in Bordeaux are blends. That is to say they are a mixture of wines made from different grape varieties.
Le printemps arrive à grands pas. A nouvelle saison, nouvelle chronique. Désormais, nous vous donnons rendez-vous le samedi pour une chronique culinaire qui mêlera vin, food et musique. Sans chichis, juste pour le plaisir de partager notre passion de la bonne chair, du bon vin et du bon son. Pour se faire, nous avons lancé […]
I’ve noticed that one or two of the posts I’ve sent out on “Tasting Tuesdays” have mentioned that I recommend decanting the wines for an hour or two before drinking them. So what do I mean by decanting, and why bother do it?
Of all the bits of information on a label of wine, the vintage is arguably the most confusing. It’s really not always clear what that date is telling you.
There are these two “places” that get talked about all the time when people are discussing wine from Bordeaux. There’s the Left Bank, and there’s the Right Bank. I suppose it’s important to know what they are, if for no other reason than to get a rough idea of where things are down Bordeaux-way!
Nearly every bottle of wine coming out of Bordeaux comes from a Château. There are the famous ones like Château Margaux, or Château Haut-Brion. There are the not so famous ones, but still fantastic wines, like Château Moulin De La Roquille that we have the honour of stocking. All produced by the hundreds or even […]
We’ve all done it. We’ve walked into supermarkets or wine shops and picked up bottles of wine and been completely flummoxed by the label staring back at us. We all cling to the first bit of information that we can recognise or, in many cases, understand. Wines from Bordeaux luckily have the term “Grand Vin […]
For this week’s blog post I thought I’d address one of the toughest things to get your head around when you begin to explore the world of Bordeaux (indeed French) wines. No pressure then!
Jean-Claude Berrouet, dont le destin est intimement lié à celui de Petrus, est aussi l’artisan d’un cru tout à fait remarquable en appellation Montagne-Saint-Emilion : Vieux Château Saint-André. Grâce à Jean-François, son fils cadet, nous avons découvert un domaine et des vins qui nous ont conquis… Vous devinerez que nous sommes impatients de partager ce coup […]
