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Wine Professional 2018: overzicht deelnemende chefs (per 21 november 2017)

21-11-2017 16:10 via wine-professional.nl

Joris Bijdendijk – RIJKS, Amsterdam (16,5 GM)Patrick Brugman – In den Doofpot, Leiden (15 GM)Schilo van Coevorden – Taiko Restaurant, Amsterdam (17 GM)Ruben Dekker – Le Garage, Amsterdam (14 GM)Wil Demand – Bordewijk, Amsterdam (16 GM)Thomas Diepersloot – Voltaire, Parc Broekhuizen, Leersum (15 GM)Iwan Driessen – Scheepskameel, Amsterdam (14 GM)Jarno Eggen – De Groene Lantaarn, Zuidwolde (18 GM)Peter Gast – SchultenHues Peter Gast Gastrobar,

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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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Sotheby’s wine and spirits auction sales hit record $159m

11-04-2024 12:13 via decanter.com

Domaine de la Romanée-Conti wines featured in Sotheby's' 'Monumental Cellar' sale in September 2023.Sotheby’s said its global wine and spirits auction sales hit a record $159m (£127m) in 2023, $1m above the total achieved in the previous year.
It’s the third consecutive year that Sotheby’s has reported record wine and spirits auction sales, despite separate data showing that fine wine prices have fallen on the secondary market in the past 12 months.
Sotheby’s

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Montepulciano: Panel tasting results

11-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Jason Millar, Sara Bachiorri and Bruno Besa tasted 105 wines with 2 Outstanding and 32 Highly recommended.
Montepulciano: Panel tasting scores
105 wines tasted
Exceptional 0
Outstanding 2
Highly recommended 32
Recommended 60
Commended 8
Fair 2
Poor 2Entry criteria: producers and UK agents were invited to submit their current-release vintages of Montepulciano red wines, with a minimum retail price of £9.99 or US$12A staple of pizzerias across the land, Montepulciano is a grape variety that

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China’s Trade War on Australian Wine Is Over—For Now

10-04-2024 15:45 via winespectator.com

China’s government has officially abolished punitively high tariffs on imported Australian wine. The Beijing government announced the removal of the duties—which ranged as high as 218 percent—March 29. Australia’s wine industry, which was China’s biggest source of imported wine before the tariffs were enacted in 2020, hopes the reversal will offer new opportunities at a time when grapegrowers are confronting an oversupply and pulling up vines. However, industry anal

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Bodega Cuatro Rayas - Sustainably championing DO Rueda

10-04-2024 13:30 via decanter.com

Bodega Cooperativa de La Seca was founded in 1935, at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War, as winegrowing families from the small town of La Seca, in northwest Spain, sought stability amidst political uncertainty. It has since been renamed Bodega Cuatro Rayas, playing a key role in the economic and social cohesion of the DO Rueda throughout a turbulent century.
The winery remains one of the DO’s most important stakeholders, managing a total of 2,400ha from 300 members. Bodega Cuatro Rayas co

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Gavi – Where ancient soils make for ageworthy white wines

10-04-2024 13:04 via decanter.com

Gavi DOCG in Italia's Piedmont region – Where ancient soils make for ageworthy white wines Born of the ancient Piedmontese soils close to the Ligurian border, Gavi is far more than simply a varietal expression of the Cortese grape. On the contrary, it represents a synergy between local soils, vine aspect, elevation, and climate. It offers an authentic – and inimitable – taste of the Piedmontese landscape in northern Italy.
But what, exactly, makes a wine authentic? A range of a

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Great Southern wines: Australia's biggest secret

10-04-2024 09:01 via decanter.com

The vineyards of the Great Southern wine region.Ask most people to name a Western Australian (WA) wine region, and it’s unlikely that their first answer would be Great Southern. Yet, according to Wine Australia – source of all the statistics in this article – this GI (Geographical Indication) covers approximately 17,000km² and houses 23% of the state’s vineyards.
And there is vast diversity in terroir and grape varieties in Great Southern’s five official sub-re

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The sommelier suggests... Riesling by Melody Wong

10-04-2024 07:00 via decanter.com

Melody Wong is director of wine at The Peninsula, London. With more than a decade’s experience as a sommelier and wine buyer, Melody has worked in Michelin-starred restaurants and luxury hotels throughout the UK, including the Four Seasons Hotel and the Carlton Tower Jumeirah in London. Her innovative approach to curating wine lists saw her nominated as Best Sommelier of the Year by GQ in 2022.My love for Riesling comes from fond memories of living in the Swiss Alps, where we would often s

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Yellow Tail producer unveils largest solar farm in the Australian drinks industry

09-04-2024 16:19 via decanter.com

The facility features 8,730 solar panels, which will produce 11.53 GWh of clean, renewable electricity per year.
That is enough to offset 7,800 tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and it is equivalent to planting 325,000 trees.
The solar farm will power the company’s largest winery in Yenda, New South Wales, which produces the famous Yellow Tail brand.
Casella, which also produces Peter Lehmann Wines and Brand’s Laira of Coonawarra, called it ‘the largest solar facility i

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Haut-Brion owner Clarence Dillon launches ‘Klara’ wines

09-04-2024 12:32 via decanter.com

Klara organic wines represent an expansion beyond Bordeaux for the Dillon family and Prince Robert of Luxembourg, who is CEO and chairman of the Domaine Clarence Dillon group.
Described by the company as ‘a one-way ticket to the south of France’, the Klara range is making its debut with red, white and rosé wines from the 2023 vintage.
The wines, created to be fruit-forward and for immediate drinking, have a suggested retail price of €15 per bottle, a Clarence Dillon spoke

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Walls: Domaine Danjou-Banessy, rising star of Roussillon

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

Benoît (left) and Sébastien (right) Danjou, of Domaine Danjou-Banessy.Languedoc-Roussillon: two words, three syllables each. You’d be forgiven for assuming some kind of parity. But Roussillon makes only about 5% as much wine as Languedoc.
Take a walk around Perpignan, just 10km from the Mediterranean and 20km from the Spanish border, and you’ll sooner spot the blood-and-gold stripes of the Senyera than the French tricolour. Street signs offer both Catalan and French names

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Decanter’s Dream Destination: Villa La Massa, Tuscany, Italy

09-04-2024 07:00 via decanter.com

Tuscany is top of the travel wish-list for many wine lovers. From the romance of its rolling hills covered with sun-kissed vines, to the art and history of its ancient cities, Tuscany embodies the Italian idyll. And a visit to Villa La Massa will live up to every expectation.
Dating back to the 13th century, the villa became the summer residence of Florentine aristocrat Santi Landini in the 16th century. Later owned by a Catholic cardinal and Russian aristocracy, it first opened its doors as a h

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Rare whisky from The Macallan offered on a lottery basis

08-04-2024 10:51 via decanter.com

Tales of the Macallan Volume II was distilled in 1949 and spent more than seven decades maturing before it was bottled in 2022.
This exceptionally rare single malt celebrates Alexander Reid, who founded the distillery on Speyside in 1824. Just 344 bottles have been released on a global basis.
The whisky has a recommended retail price (rrp) of £77,500, but bottles have been selling for north of £100,000 in specialist stores.
Online retailer Master of Malt has received an allocation of

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Sea Smoke producer profile: The quiet evolution of an emblematic American Pinot

08-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

The Sea Smoke Vineyard in Santa Rita HillsThe California coastline may be synonymous with sunshine, but equally pervasive is the blanket of fog that unfurls from the sea most days. A consequence of cold wind sweeping over warm ocean currents, it’s a hauntingly beautiful phenomenon known as ‘sea smoke’.
Just a few hours’ drive from Los Angeles, the Sta Rita Hills in Santa Barbara County are a semi-desert region at the 34th latitude. An arid, southerly locale, ‘it&rsq

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A drink with... Michele Faro

08-04-2024 07:00 via decanter.com

‘In 2005 we were a handful of producers on Etna. We had a vision and took a risk in investing in a region that was completely unknown at the time. Everything was a challenge for us, from understanding how to work the vineyards on the volcano to finding workers, and selling the wines was a real effort because no one knew who we were. It was not easy, but we had so much passion that we didn’t feel tired of all the work it required.
‘Pietradolce’s first vintage was 2007 and

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Elderton: over 40 years of Cabernet and Shiraz in the Barossa Valley

07-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

When Neil and Lorraine Ashmead acquired their new Barossa Valley home in 1980, the Nuriootpa homestead came with the surrounding 29ha of old vines for free. Thirteen years later, those old vines – specifically Elderton Cabernet Sauvignon 1992, which remains impressive to this day – bagged the prestigious 1993 Jimmy Watson Memorial Trophy.
‘It put a million dollars on the top line straight off,’ says their son Cameron Ashmead. With his brother Allister Ashmead, he is co-ma

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Wine investment: Rare whiskies lag while Tuscan giants hold steady

06-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

Rare whiskies were notable laggards among ‘passion’ investments tracked by global consultancy group Knight Frank in 2023, a new report has said. The Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index, tracking 10 collectibles including wine, cars, whisky and handbags, dipped 1% last year, said Knight Frank’s Wealth Report 2024, published in March.
Its sub-index for rare whisky bottles, compiled by the Rare Whisky 101 group, dropped 9%, although it has increased by 280% over the past 10 years

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Exclusive Domus Artium Reserve wine club announced

05-04-2024 09:53 via decanter.com

The lavish interior of Palazzo Ruspoli in Rome: the location of the Domus Artium Reserve clubhouse.Plans for the new fine wine and gastronomic members’ club Domus Artium Reserve were unveiled at one-Michelin-star Cracco restaurant in Milan late last month.
Key figures in the project include celebrated chefs Carlo Cracco, Yannik Allenò from the eponymous three-Michelin-star restaurant in Paris, plus Thomas Keller, multi-Michelin-starred chef and owner of three-star restaurant The Fre

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Expert's Choice: Coastal Tuscany

05-04-2024 09:00 via decanter.com

The vineyards of Bolgheri.Over the last 30 years, the 270km of Tuscan coast that abuts the Tyrrhenian Sea has become another essential piece of the celebrated region’s viticultural patchwork. It’s an ample territory, nestled between the coastal strip and the foothills of the Apennines.
The maritime climate – with its mild winters, warm, sunny summers and constant sea breezes, which aerate the vines – and the wide range of grapes grown here are the common elements that dis

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Wine to 5: Fabien Gauthier, Cooper at Gauthier Frères

05-04-2024 07:00 via decanter.com

Fabien Gauthier owns Gauthier Frères, a stave mill and cooperage in Cher, Central Loire, with his brother Guillaume, the third generation of their family dedicated to merranderie. Known for their passion and precision, they select wood and Guillaume manufactures the staves that Fabien then works into barrels. Fabien’s sought-after barrels are used by producers all over the world.
How did you get here?
My father was a merrandier (‘stave miller’) and my brother

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Editors’ picks – April 2024

05-04-2024 07:00 via decanter.com

Grace winemaker Anaya Misawa and her father, fourth-generation owner Shigekazu Misawa, in front of some of their VSP plantingsKoshu’s many faces
Sylvia Wu
Mount Fuji was hidden behind clouds upon our arrival at Grace’s Akeno site. Up at 700m, the towering mountains surrounding us reminded me we were in the heart of Yamanashi, a region renowned for being one of the sunniest in Japan. The Grace, Misawa Vineyard Akeno Koshu 2021, from a 4ha site, is one of the most concentrated, complex

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