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Restaurant de la Gare in the village of Guewenheim just west of Mulhouse in southern Alsace and 50 kilometres from Basel and the borders of France, Germany and Switzerland will long stay in my memory as one of the very few restaurants that I have ever been locked in to - somewhere neither of the. More...
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Friday just past saw a bitter confrontation between some of the principal protagonists in the Brunellogate affair in a Face to Face Debate held in Siena. The ones responsible for the scandal are journalists in general and Italian wine writer Franco Ziliani in particular, according to Ezio. More...
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A tasting in London of a selection of Saint Clair’s Pioneer Block Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir with winemaker Matt Thomson (International Wine Challenge white winemaker of the year 2008, pictured above) highlighted several critical factors concerning vineyard site selection in Marlborough,. More...
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Below are notes on one of the world’s great undiscovered treasures, described in more detail here . The wines described below are more than 20 of the most prominent really sweet PXs made in the Montilla-Moriles region in Andalucia (although look out too for the exceptional and slightly. More...
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We Masters of Wine went back to school last month with an AGM preceded by a tasting in Vintners' Hall (shown here) of some of Austria’s finest wines. This was held in honour of Pepi Schuller MW’s appointment as the first-ever non-British chairman of the Institute of Masters of Wine. Long may. More...
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Thanks for helpful advice David. Wish me luck!
Amit More...
James, I think you are right to pose the question, because visiting Champagne is indeed quite unlike visiting Alsace, Burgundy or the Loire simply because of the nature both of the product and of the way the trade works there. You've got some good suggestions already from Nick. I would add that. More...
[QUOTE=Julia Harding, Mission Control;17149]You can, as you say, send private emails to contributors on this new forum but I think your exchange is interesting and would be sorry to see it go off line! [/QUOTE]
Seconded! Fascinating so far..... More...
