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Brazil: Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte then Asia! 23 Feb 2013 | 07:11 pm
This has been a big working week for myself and Carlos, promoting our wines and those of our friends in Brazil which is one of our priorities along with the US and China. As soon as I return, I shall...
Wine Spectator 23 Feb 2013 | 07:02 pm
James Molesworth has very recently published his tasting notes on the 2010 vintage, among which: Château Valandraud : 96 Virginie de Vlandraud : 92 Clos Badon Thunevin: 92 Château Bel Air Ouÿ :90 3 de...
A nice surprise!.. 13 Feb 2013 | 09:26 pm
This is a label that we recently uncovered in our archives which must be from before 1940 when the rules and regulations weren’t as controlling as they are now. There must have been some white grape...
The 2010 Vintage... 13 Feb 2013 | 09:15 pm
Normal 0 21 false false false FR X-NONE X-NONE James Suckling has started publishing a few marks and comments on his Bordeaux 2010 Tastings among which our very own Valandraud 2010 receiving ...
Blind tasting... 1 Feb 2013 | 08:20 pm
After tasting the wines from the 2010 vintage from our estates and those of friends, Murielle cooked a meal for all 13 of us washed down with a few wines tasted blind. A good excuse for good old frien...
Robert Parker, the Bad Boy 26 Dec 2012 | 03:46 pm
Philippe Bercovici, who with Benoist Simmat created the comic ''Robert Parker, the 7 Heady Sins'' signed a copy with a carictature which I really like of Robert Parker as a Bad Boy during a book signi...
In Vino Veritas 26 Dec 2012 | 03:32 pm
I recently read the slightly ironic comments written by Fabian Barnes in the Beglian In Vino Veritas magasine concerning the Saint-Emilion classification of 2012. The title read ''Classement de Couill...
Carrousel du Louvre 7 Dec 2012 | 08:51 pm
I'm barely back from my round trip through Munich-London-Hong Kong-Bejing-Paris-Saint Emilion before heading back up to the capital for Bettane and Desseauve's Grand Tasting at the Louvre on the 30th ...
Munich and London... 22 Nov 2012 | 02:11 pm
In the same week I've had a trip to Munich and a trip to London! I wonder now why I had never been to Munich before. Our client, who owns restaurants and hotels also has a wine trading activity to su...
It's the journey... 9 Nov 2012 | 07:00 pm
Everyone is hard at work in the vat-rooms what with the écoulage and the pressing of our wines happening in three different rooms at the same time. We had a meeting at the local townhall to discuss ou...
