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Exclusive: St.-Cosme’s Louis Barruol Purchases Vinsobres Estate in Southern Rhône

18-06-2019 15:25 via winespectator.com

Louis Barruol, owner and vigneron of Château de St.-Cosme in France's Gigondas appellation, has purchased the Château de Rouanne estate in neighboring Vinsobres. The historic estate totals 177 acres, including 153 acres of vines, along with a cellar and buildings dating to the early 19th century. The property borders domaines Chaume-Arnaud, Jaume and Coriançon. The purchase price was not disclosed."It reminds me a lot of St.-Cosme when I took over in 1992," Barruol told Wine S

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Researchers identify the cause of rotten egg smell in canned wine

22-04-2024 10:18 via decanter.com

After conducting extensive tests, the team determined that the molecular form of sulphur dioxide (SO2) is the culprit.
Winemakers regularly use it as an antioxidant and antimicrobial, and it does not cause any issues when wine is stored in glass bottles.
However, SO2 interacts with the aluminium cans in different ways, and it can lead to the dreaded rotten egg smell.
Producers tend to use an ultra-thin coating inside the can to keep the wine and the aluminium apart, but it is often not enough to

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Sonoma Coast: 2021 vintage report and 2022 preview

22-04-2024 08:27 via decanter.com

A foggy morning at Littorai.
‘The 2021 vintage was a beauty for the Sonoma Coast winegrowers. These are wines with great freshness and intensity. The benchmark producers, who are making some of the best Pinot Noir and Chardonnay in the world have found briliant conditions and are crafting collectible bottles from 2021. ’The 2021 vintage is one filled with gratitude for winemakers on the ‘true’ Sonoma Coast. An incredible rebound from the disastrous and deadly

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DWWA Market Guide: A helping hand in the competitive UK wine market

22-04-2024 08:00 via decanter.com

Despite significant challenges on many fronts, the UK is still one of the largest wine-consuming nations. Total market value was estimated at £14.5bn in 2023, according to research group Mintel. A wide diversity of styles contribute to this, from orange wines to homegrown cuvées and mature claret.
Reports of declining total volume sales, however, only further emphasise the importance of producers choosing the right path for them.
This year, a new initiative from Decanter World Wine

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Domaine de Courcel: Producer profile and 10 wines tasted

21-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Domaine de Courcel's Grand Clos des Epenots vineyard in Pommard.Fashion is funny. It ebbs and flows, sometimes in both directions at the same time. Domaine de Courcel seems like an enigma, popular and well-respected in France, while often ignored or damned with faint praise in the anglophone press.
Recent visits with estate manager Yves Confuron have convinced me of the need to put this to rights. Confuron is a breath of fresh air, with his wry sense of humour and readiness to follow his vi

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Lugana white wines: Panel tasting results

20-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Susan Hulme MW, Vincenzo Arnese and Sara Bachiorri tasted 46 wines with 16 Highly recommended and 26 recommended.
Lugana white wines: Panel tasting scores
46 wines tasted
Exceptional 0
Outstanding 0
Highly recommended 16
Recommended 26
Commended 4
Fair 0
Poor 0Entry criteria: producers and UK agents were invited to submit their Lugana DOC dry white wines, either from the 2022 vintage or, if a Riserva, from the most recent vintageLugana is a white wine from the southern shores of Lake Garda. Crad

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Straight Talk Episode 21: Salvestrin Winemaker Natalie Winkler, Plus … the World's Strongest Wine Thieves?!

19-04-2024 18:00 via winespectator.com

Salvestrin Family winemaker Natalie Winkler struck a chord when the 2018 Salvestrin Dr. Crane Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon earned a spot among Wine Spectator's Top 10 Wines of 2021. But it all started with a bottle of Oregon Pinot Noir, she tells host James Molesworth in the newest episode of Wine Spectator's Straight Talk podcast.Winkler represents a new breed of California wine pros specializing not just in winemaking or vineyard management, but in both, and she tells us why winemakers sho

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Domaine Belargus: Les Treilles, exceptional single-vineyard Chenin

19-04-2024 10:11 via decanter.com

The steep, south-facing slope of the Les Treilles vineyard.Domaine Belargus was created by Ivan Massonnat in 2018. Born in Savoie, Massonnat spent his childhood in his grandfather’s vineyards developing a passion for wine.
‘Initially I concentrated on Burgundy, which was then still affordable,’ he says, ‘chasing the dream of one day becoming a wine producer making cool-climate wines from a single varietal. My aim was to be an active winemaker – this was not to be a

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Sustainable cocktails: The future?

19-04-2024 07:00 via decanter.com

Silo in London E9 describes itself as ‘a restaurant without a bin’. Ditching the plastic straws. Taking out the recycling. Beyond the basics, though, what are today’s top bars doing to minimise their eco-footprints? We spoke to four representatives from forward-thinking bars to see what sustainable cocktail-making looks like in their trailblazing venues.
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to making green(er) drinks, but there are some common practices and

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Perfect Pairing: Chicken with grapes, olives & sage

19-04-2024 07:00 via decanter.com

For those of us who were fans of Russell Norman’s restaurants, his book Brutto has a particular poignancy. Sadly, he died shortly after its publication, but it remains the perfect tribute to both the man and his simple but always stylish cooking.
Norman was a passionate Italophile with an eye for design, which enabled him to recreate not only the food of a city or region (he’d written a similar book on Venice) but the authentic feel of its restaurants. Brutto, which is also the name

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‘Electronic tongue’ finds white wine faults before human panel

19-04-2024 07:00 via decanter.com

The electronic tongue or "e-tongue" housed at the Washington State University Sensory Science Center.An ‘electronic tongue’ has outperformed human senses in a test on how soon signs of faults or spoilage can be detected in white wine, said researchers in a new study.
An experiment at Washington State University (WSU) found the e-tongue picked up signs of certain microorganisms within a week of contamination – four weeks before a human sensory panel reported changes to som

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Marco Felluga, White Wine Visionary in Italy’s Friuli, Dies at 96

18-04-2024 22:00 via winespectator.com

Marco Felluga, who made exquisite white wines that helped put the Collio area of Italy’s Friuli-Venezia-Giulia region on the global wine map, died April 3. He was 96.“Friuli and the Collio region have suffered a great loss,” said fellow winemaker Silvio Jermann of Jermann winery. Jermann says that Felluga, along with fellow vintners Count Douglas Attems and Mario Schiopetto, led the drive to elevate wine quality in the Collio region, to advocate for the appellation’s prom

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Best wine shops in Atlanta

18-04-2024 11:51 via decanter.com

Wine shops in Atlanta are gathering spots for residents. Orchestrated tastings, winemaker visits and food and wine pairing events have made these shops in vogue in the city. Many carry natural and biodynamic producers, while others hoard a stockpile of collectable wines.
To understand the city’s intricacies, one must explore its distinct neighbourhoods and the wine shops among them. Inman Park claims an eclectic population with local restaurants and bookstores. Buckhead is home to the city

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Must-try Sauvignon Blanc wines: 25 top scorers starting from £10

18-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Sauvignon Blanc wines, whether oaked or unoaked, are a great choice for pairing with cheese or salads.If you love white wines with racy acidity, pungent tropical and citrus fruit aromas and flavours as well as grassy green notes, then chances are you’ve had a Sauvignon Blanc or two in your life.
And over the past year, Decanter’s experts have tasted hundreds of the world’s best examples – from the grape’s homeland of the Loire in France, to popular styles from New Z

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Andrew Jefford: ‘Without the younger generation we’ll lose farming as it exists here’

18-04-2024 07:00 via decanter.com

‘I worry about the younger generation,’ Gallica owner and winemaker Rosemary Cakebread said to me a few hours later. ‘It’s difficult for young people here in Napa even to buy a home, let alone a vineyard.
‘If you have any instinct to be a solo proprietor, you’ll need family money or people who believe in you. But without the younger generation we’ll lose farming as it exists here.’ She’s right. When the hedge-fund and tech billionaires buy up

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Lettuce Entertain You and Evan Funke Open Tre Dita in Chicago

17-04-2024 22:29 via winespectator.com

Who’s behind it: Tre Dita and the adjoining Bar Tre Dita are new endeavors from Evan Funke, the chef behind Los Angeles restaurants Felix Trattoria, Funke and Mother Wolf. Funke focuses primarily on Italian culinary traditions, particularly handmade pastas, and is the author of 2019 cookbook American Sfoglino. For the Tuscany-focused Tre Dita, he is collaborating for the first time with leading hospitality group Lettuce Entertain You, which oversees a portfolio that includes Wine Spectator

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Italian restaurant offers free wine for ditching phones

17-04-2024 11:11 via decanter.com

Diners can choose to have their phones locked in a box during their meal.Recently opened Al Condominio restaurant in northern Italian city Verona said it was offering ‘a bottle of good wine’ to diners who temporarily part with their mobile phones in order to ‘dedicate themselves to the pleasure of the table and company’.
A ‘digital detox’ special offer promises a free bottle of wine in return for allowing staff at the Verona restaurant to lock phones in

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Polkadraai Hills: Regional profile and 10 top wines rated

17-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

The vineyards of De Toren in the Polkadraai Hills.Soon after he bought his 2 hectare farm in the Polkadraai Hills, renowned South African winemaker Bruwer Raats got talking to another well-known producer on the Helderberg, widely considered one of Stellenbosch’s most prestigious sub-regions. His interlocutor was incredulous. ‘You’re kidding me, right? If the Simonsberg is the head of Stellenbosch and the Helderberg its heart, then the Polkadraai Hills are its arse.’
That

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Napa Valley Versus Napa Valley

16-04-2024 21:30 via winespectator.com

It may be hard to imagine, considering Napa's moniker as the preeminent luxury wine region in the United States, but it wasn't that long ago that the valley was a small agricultural area populated with bootstrapping farmers.Today, the valley is renowned for its premium wines and grand estates. Four million tourists visit annually. While many visit the gleaming tasting rooms and cellars of corporate-owned wine brands, plenty of small family wineries still make up the fabric of the valley. In 2015

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No room for Bordeaux en primeur price rises, says report

16-04-2024 13:03 via decanter.com

Bordeaux’s 2023 vintage is still to be tasted by many journalists and critics, yet there has already been price speculation ahead of an en primeur releases campaign expected to begin in May.
‘Further price increases are off the table,’ said Liv-ex, a global marketplace for the trade, citing market conditions in a new report focusing on Bordeaux en primeur.
Debate about en primeur release prices is hardly new, and top Bordeaux can look relatively good value versus sm

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Italy's future greats: 10 wineries from Piedmont to Campania nominated by their peers

16-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Matteo Santoiemma of I Parieti stands among the vines on his family farm.Italian wine is in full swing. While the leaders of the quality revolution of the 1980s and 1990s are progressively passing the baton to the next generation, new faces are also rising to prominence.
Whether they are modernising family businesses or starting from scratch; whether they have studied oenology or have a different background – for all of them, the challenge today is the market, unstable and moody, marked by

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Eleanor Coppola, Filmmaker Who Helped Rebuild Inglenook Winery’s Legacy, Dies at 87

16-04-2024 00:15 via winespectator.com

Eleanor “Ellie” Coppola passed away April 12 at the age of 87 in her home in Rutherford, California. Eleanor was a visual artist, author and film director who was married for 61 years to filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Together with her husband, she also helped restore Napa’s legendary Inglenook winery.“Surrounded by creativity and fame, Eleanor quietly created her own galaxy of stars through her children, her documentaries, art, design and fashion, books, and her own fea

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Eleanor Coppola, Filmmaker Who Helped Rebuild Inglenook Winery’s Legacy, Dies at 82

16-04-2024 00:15 via winespectator.com

Eleanor “Ellie” Coppola passed away April 12 at the age of 87 in her home in Rutherford, California. Eleanor was a visual artist, author and film director who was married for 61 years to filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Together with her husband, she also helped restore Napa’s legendary Inglenook winery.“Surrounded by creativity and fame, Eleanor quietly created her own galaxy of stars through her children, her documentaries, art, design and fashion, books, and her own fea

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The transformation of Canada's Gamay scene plus 15 top bottles

15-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Gamay harvest at Bachelder. Credit Bachelder WineryWinemakers and drinkers alike have embraced Gamay for its versatility, as well as its vibrant acidity and juicy fruit flavours, boosting the grape’s popularity to an all-time high.
Renowned in Beaujolais, where half of the grape’s 30,000 global hectares are grown, its best expression comes from cool climate regions, where the grape ripens early. It’s no surprise, therefore, that it’s finding its North American home in Can

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First taste: Tenuta Fratini – three new releases rated

14-04-2024 09:01 via decanter.com

Tenuta Fratini in Bolgheri on the Tuscan coast is swiftly making a name for itself.There is a first time even for the greatest professionals, and the debut in Tuscany’s prestigious Bolgheri appellation of one of the wine world’s true authorities is creating much anticipation.
Eric Boissenot, consultant to the greatest châteaux in Bordeaux (Lafite Rothschild, Latour, Margaux, Mouton Rothschild, and Léoville Las Cases to mention but a few) is overseeing Tenuta Fratini &nda

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Domaine Bruno Clair: Producer profile and 11 wines tasted

13-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Bruno Clair.That the full story of the domaine is not widely known must be down to the modest nature of Bruno Clair and his native village of Marsannay, but wine lovers with a sense of Burgundian history will see the domaine for what it is: one of the region’s truly top-rank estates.
Just as it is likely only a matter of time before the INAO (Institut National des Appellations d’Origine) approves the first premier crus for Marsannay, it is equally likely that thirsty Burgundy lovers

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Tannat Day: Celebrating 150 years of Uruguay's flagship grape

12-04-2024 14:34 via decanter.com

Celebrate Tannat Day on 14th April, recognisingUruguay’s diverse styles of TannatThis year, Uruguay celebrates 150 years of mastering Tannat. Though it might seem effortless now, taming the rustic Basque variety – one of the most tannic grapes in the world – was quite the challenge for this small South American country.
Over generations, Uruguayan winemakers have more than risen to that challenge: the great diversity of expressions produced today demonstrates how they have not

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Sonoma wine country property with Syrah vines listed at $9.4m

12-04-2024 12:30 via decanter.com

This recently listed Sonoma wine country property offers panoramic views of the surrounding landscape thanks to its wrap-around porch.
It also comes with a 0.8-hectare (two acres) Syrah vineyard, according to the listing by Holly Bennett of Sotheby’s International Realty’s Sonoma brokerage, adding that the estate offers the ‘epitome of wine country living’.
Photo credit: Nic Meerholz/SeaTimber Media for Sotheby’s International Realty.
Its Syrah vines could make an i

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Mizunara oak explained

12-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Ichiro Akuto, the founder of Chichibu DistilleryPicture Sandy Hyslop, a jovial chap in comfortable middle age, bent over to thrust his nose into an empty wooden cask. He has travelled 32km just to sniff out any sour or musty notes – and thankfully found none to worry him.
Instead it smells soft and sweet like a joiner’s workshop, with just a whiff of smoke from the char inside. Hyslop is director of blending and inventory for Chivas Brothers, so you’ll find him sniffing away li

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Anjou Chenin Blanc: A long-awaited renaissance and 20 wines rated

12-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Domaine Ogereau vineyards near the river Layon.If the name Anjou doesn’t ring any bells, it’s probably because until recently, there has not been very much that’s Decanter-worthy to talk about.
This productive Loire region is known more for its inexpensive semi-sweet rosés than anything else. ‘People expect high-volume, standardised wine from Anjou,’ says winemaker Antoine Pouponneau of Grange Saint-Sauveur, who opts to produce his (excellent) Anjou wines und

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