File "Bordeaux Futures 2007: The Wine Merchants Maison Sichel is one of the few Bordeaux wine merchant firms to remain under the control of the original founding family, having weathered crises, wars and tough vintages. Still located in the Chartrons on the quay,
File "Bordeaux Futures 2007: The Wine Merchants The Libournais wine merchant firm of Jean Pierre Moueix is one of the most powerful on the Bordeaux marketplace. Owned by Christian Moueix and his family, the firm controls, exclusively, the sales of a portfolio of ...
The Wine Trade: Sommeliers Andreas Larsson knows wine. This engaging Swede overcame fierce competition to win the title World's Best Sommelier in 2007. When he's not flying around the world, you'll find Andreas at the restaurant PM&Vänner in Växjö.
File "Bordeaux Futures 2007: The Wine Producers" The Union des Grands Crus (UGC) organizes 50 events a year, the biggest being the UGC Primeur barrel tastings. The tastings are held each spring and officially launch each new vintage. Patrick Maroteaux, UGC president,...
File " Bordeaux Futures 2007: The Winemakers" Phililppe Blanc, the Director of Chateau Beychevelle, declared that the 2007 was a vintage for drinking. We tasted both the 2007 and the 2004, and talked about the biggest changes in winemaking Chateau Beychevelle ...
File: Bordeaux Futures 2007: The Winemakers Charles Chevallier is the Director of the Domaines Barons de Rothschild, which includes 1st Growth Lafite Rothschild in Pauillac as well as L'Evangile in Pomerol, Rieussec in Sauternes and 4th Growth Duhart Milon (Pauillac) ...
File "Bordeaux Futures 2007: The Wine Merchants" In order to understand Bordeaux wine, you must understand the business of Bordeaux wine. It is a € 3.4 billion business. 10,000 estates. 100 licensed brokers. 400 wine merchants commercialize 75% of the production, ...
File: Bordeaux Futures 2007: The Winemakers The week of the UGC en primeurs tastings is hectic. 5,000 people, scrambling from one tasting to the next, criss crossing the region, many of them lost. A tasting with Alexandre Thienpont in the calm of Vieux Chateau ...
File: Bordeaux Futures: The Importers Nigel Warner, the fine wine specialist for Dublin-based Febvre & Co., was eager to discuss the maturing Irish market. One of the results of the economic prosperity seen since the 1990s is an increasingly sophisticated ...
