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A Dozen Rosé s for Valentine’s Day
A Dozen Rosé s for Valentine’s Day
In this week's Valentines Day episode, Gina and Julie wax poetic about their great wine loves and present a bouquet of a dozen rosés. Send Nudes Rosé , from the folks who bring you Sexual Chocolate, a Rosé of Pinot from Sonoma Thomas Jefferson sparkling, could not resist this since it is also Presidents Day coming up. This is a Cremant de Limoux made from Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc and Pinot Noir. Chimney Rock, cab franc, dark almost looks like cranberry juice Elizabeth Spencer, it's Grenache, dry and tropical, hard to find Chateau Auguste from Bordeaux, right bank style, Merlot, Cab...
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Nicole Rolet of Chene Bleu: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started
Nicole Rolet of Chene Bleu: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started
Alexandra Spirer Follow Feb 9 · 21 min read …We became driven by one guiding principle — that of “balance and harmony” where the winery, its people, and nature remain in healthy, sustainable equilibrium. For my series on strong female founders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nicole Rolet. In addition to her role as Principal of Chêne Bleu, Nicole has established herself as a trailblazing female in the wine industry. Nicole is the Founder of The Grenache Symposium Associate, Fine Minds for Fine Wines and Areni Global. Drawing on her background in international affairs and think tanks, Nicole Rolet is passionate...
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Wines to Give … Your Most Special Someone
Wines to Give … Your Most Special Someone
Unusual bottlings with great stories, selected by top sommeliers Say it with wine: The bottle you choose can send a message about romance or appeal to an interest in anything from history to the environment to helping others. (Aja Koska/Getty Images) By Ben O'Donnell, Julie Harans From the Dec 15, 2020, issue How should we mark the holidays in this most confusing year? We posed that question to our sommelier friends in the restaurant industry for our "Bottles to Uncork, Bottles to Unwrap" feature in Wine Spectator's Dec. 15, 2020, issue. Whether you are exchanging presents in-person with your nearest and...
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Red and White Grape Wine Blends are More Common Than You Think
Red and White Grape Wine Blends are More Common Than You Think
BY ROGER MORRIS Animation by Eric DeFreitas Making wine by blending white and red grapes is not as rare as you might think. Several of the world’s most esteemed wines have been made this way for centuries. And some daring modern winemakers produce unusual, color-blended wines with vivid results. Among the most common traditional color blends is Champagne, which generally combines Chardonnay, a white grape, with red Pinot Noir and/or Pinot Meunier. “Red and white components are needed to build Champagne because one grape will dominate the other for a few years, and then it will step back into a supporting role to enhance the other...
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THE FIRST RUNG ON THE WINEMAKING LADDER
THE FIRST RUNG ON THE WINEMAKING LADDER
Roger Morris meets some cellar rats, the interns who travel the world to work vintage, the first step on their winemaking journey. Nigel Kinsman was a young musician working in an Adelaide wine shop in the late 1990s when well-regarded winemaker Peter Leske came in for a trade tasting of his Nepenthe wines. “I tasted three of his wines and said, ‘Here’s the deal, I want to come work for you’,” Kinsman recalls. “‘I don’t have any experience, but I will work for free.’ We got along fairly well, so he took me on as a vintage intern.” Eight years...
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‘Drink small to save little wineries’
‘Drink small to save little wineries’
Nicole Sierra-Rolet of Chêne Bleu (below) argues that small is beautiful, but endangered, and puts in a plea for us to ‘drink small to save little wineries’. As the principal of our family winery in the Rhône Valley, I’ve spent lots of time, like many lately, in front of the Zoom camera, diligently participating in all those helpful pop-up programmes and learning to host virtual tastings. [See Richard’s guide to some of the best – JR] But behind the camera I can’t take my eye off the tsunami of red ink heading straight for the income statements of wineries like ours. As a...
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What’s Your Go-To Wine for a Barbecue?
What’s Your Go-To Wine for a Barbecue?
"There is nothing like a cold glass of rosé wine or rosé Champagne on a hot summer night. I love Chêne Bleu rosé these days and never say no to a glass of Billecart-Salmon rosé. We serve it by the glass at the restaurant, and we sell a lot of it. Why not serve exceptional wines by the glass?" - Rebecca Kirhoffer, owner and wine director at Award of Excellence winner Rebeccas in Greenwich, Conn. Read the full article here.
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Stirring The Lees With James Molesworth
Stirring The Lees With James Molesworth
"With its vineyards sitting atop a mountain above the Southern Rhône town of Le Crestet and set around a 9th-century priory, Chêne Bleu is fairly unique. I sat down with owner Nicole Sierra-Rolet and winemaker Thomas Oui to taste through some unreleased vintages and talk about where this project is going. For background, reference my blog notes from 2014. "The site itself, based on altitude and longitude, is basically the limit of where Grenache will ripen. Consequently, a big, meaty style of wine is only going to occur in outlier vintages here—2010, for example. Now with a decade of experience...
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Three food-friendly French rosé wines that are perfect for picnics
Three food-friendly French rosé wines that are perfect for picnics
"In case you haven't noticed, rosé wines are hot. According to a 2016 Nielsen report, U.S. retail sales of premium imported rosé wines grew by 54 percent on volume and 60 percent on value in 2015, meaning we're buying more and paying more per bottle. And that was just for imported rosés. "It used to be that rosés were available only for spring and summer, but I see rosés for sale all year long now. You may think of rosé only as simple quaffing wine, but following are three French rosés that will enhance your next meal, casual or not....
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The Two Faces of Ventoux
The Two Faces of Ventoux
“In many ways, Ventoux is a state of mind as well as a re-emerging wine region.“Although it has a long history as a producer of Rhône Valley wines—it was especially prominent during the Avignon Papacy—Ventoux has mostly been somewhat quiet and relatively ignored in recent centuries.“Draped around the western and southern slopes and the foothills of the Rhône’s most prominent landmark, the towering Mount Ventoux, this wine region could be considered the Rhône Valley’s version of the Languedoc, but as Languedoc existed a generation ago. Even though their topographies are different, both regions share an air of wildness of terrain,...
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