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Pomerol 2007 - Vieux Chateau Certan

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 ... 

Anabelle Cruse-Bardinet on Chateau Corbin's 2007 primeurs

File: Bordeaux Futures 2007: The Winemakers
While wine producers around Bordeaux have been offering samples of their 2007 vintage, their minds have already moved onto the next challenge: setting prices and release dates. Secret strategy? No strategy?...

Pingus: Spanish superstar makes guest appearance

File: Spanish Wines  - Wine Futures
Danish-born and Bordeaux-trained, Peter Sissek made his first vintage of Pingus in 1995. 4 hectares of ancient Tempranillo vines in the Ribera del Duero produce just 4,000-5,000 bottles a year. It's now the most expensive ...

Chateau D'Yquem 2007: extraordinary, racy, complex

File: Sweet wines - Bordeaux Futures 2007
The Editor's Choice
Someone recently asked me what had been my favorite tasting so far during the 2007 futures campaign.  Although I found very good wines in every appellation (Lafite, Petrus and Leoville Barton spring instantly to mind), ...

Fronsac 2007: La Vieille Cure – Collin Ferenbach

File: Bordeaux Futures 2007:  The Winemakers
While the futures market focuses on the classified growths, many of the petits chateaux use this opportunity to showcase their wines. Tastings have sprung up like cepes in September. It was at one such tasting, the much...

Gildas D'Ollone presents Chateau Bernadotte 2007

File: Pauillac - Bordeaux Futures 2007 
We continued the Vininews en primeurs odyssey with a relaxed tasting at Chateau Pichon Longueville Comtesse de Lalande with Director Gildas D’Ollone. I tasted all of the wines managed by ...

Remhoogte 2005: Rolland’s Cab-Merlot-Pinotage blend from South Africa

File: The Rolland Collection - Bordeaux Futures 2007
The Editor's Choice
While the Bordeaux futures tastings naturally focus on Bordeaux wines, several winemakers have seized this opportunity to present their wines from other countries to the thousands of wine professionals making ...

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Chateau Margaux: a rare look at old vintages

A private visit - Chateau Margaux's cellar
Who isn’t curious to go deep into the private cellars of one of the most renowned wine estates in the word? When we got the invitation from Paul Pontallier, Chateau Margaux's Director, for a private visit, we didn't hesitate. The rare ... 

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