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?
Auteur/autrice : Jean-Benoît
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What’s So Important About Vintage?
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!
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What Is A Château?
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!
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Rencontre avec la famille Berrouet
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 […]
People the world round think they know Bordeaux. They’ve got it up there in its comfy little pigeonhole where it can stay. “Bordeaux is over-priced red wine.” Done! Move on….
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20h33 UK Is Here!
Like any classic tale of “will they or won’t they?” we’ve kept a lot of people guessing, but we are proud to reveal that 20h33 is now fully operational in the UK!
Le rendez-vous est devenu incontournable. 20h33 et Wine4Melomanes ont associé leurs compétences pour vous proposer chaque mercredi sur notre page Facebook un Accord Vin / Musique. Nous avons donc décidé » de les compiler et les mettre en ligne sur le blog également. Bonne lecture, bonne dégustation et bonne musique. Crédit photo de couverture : ©Bertrand […]