Michel Chapoutier is looking for land to make wine in England, he has told Decanter. The Rhone veteran is convinced English wine has a future and he is actively looking for land – but not in the more orthodox vineyard areas of Kent or Sussex where the majority of English wine is made. As he [...]
French billionaire Francois Pinault, through his group Artemis, has bought Chateau Grillet, the monopole estate in the Rhone Valley that forms its own wine-growing AOC. Pinault, who owns Chateau Latour in Pauillac and Domaine d’Eugenie in Burgundy, alongside auction house Christie’s and Rennes football club, bought the estate from Isabelle Baratin-Canet, whose family (originally Neyret-Gachet [...]
Source: Wine Advocate #191 Reviewer: Robert Parker Rating: 90 points Maturity: Drink 2010-2014 Cost: $7 – $16 The 2007 Cotes du Rhone has finally been released, and Guigal has made his finest Cotes du Rhone to date, all from purchased juice. He and his son told me they go through thousands of samples in order [...]
Maison Nicolas Perrin, the boutique Northern Rhone negociant that was created in partnership with Nicolas Jaboulet, has been elected Negociant of the Year 2010 by the french magazine La Revue du Vin de France.
Snooth members top-rated Châteauneuf-du-Pape of the 2007 vintage: 1 ) Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2007 2 ) Château de Beaucastel Châteauneuf-du-Pape 2007 3 ) Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Vieilles Vignes Rouge 2007 4 ) Domaine de la Janasse Châteauneuf-du-Pape Chaupin 2007 5 ) Pegau Chateauneuf-du-Pape Reservee 2007 6 ) Domaine du Vieux Telegraphe ‘La Crau’ 2007 7 [...]
Jancis Robinson, one of the world’s most reliable tasters has just been in Chateauneuf du Pape to taste the 2009 vintage of CNP and other Southern Rhone wines, and her notes on 600+ wines are now available as of last week on purple pages. In the general she has given the vintage a thumbs up [...]
A professional tasting of Crozes-Hermitage and Vacqueyras will be held at Trinity Chapel in the 2nd district of Lyon Monday, October 18, 2010 from 14h to 19h. Cotes du Rhone wine, Crozes-Hermitage is born on 1200 hectares of vines. This appellation produces 90% red wine from Syrah and 10% of white wine from varietals Marsanne [...]
Finally, a new wine and a new winery. Nicolas Jaboulet, a member of the Jaboulet family whose famous family wine property Maison Paul Jaboulet Aine was recently sold, has teamed up with the Perrin Family of Chateau Beaucastel fame to form a new wine producing company Maison Nicolas Perrin. The partnership between two of the [...]
Luc Perrin of Domaine Roger Perrin in Chateauneuf du Pape died today.
Classic Rhône grape makes itself at home on American soil Wine is a worldwide phenomenon: Sauvignon blanc thrives in New Zealand; French carmenere is equally at home in Chile and Italy; and that “all-American” grape, zinfandel, has Croatian roots. So, while it may sound a little funny at first, it makes total sense to find [...]
