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Interview with Odilon de Varine Chef de Caves of Gosset
Interview with Odilon de Varine Chef de Caves of Gosset
"BEST CHAMPAGNE HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERVIEWING ODILON DE VARINE CHEF DE CAVES OF GOSSET. THIS MUCH-ADMIRED HOUSE WAS FOUNDED IN 1584 AND IS THE OLDEST WINE PRODUCER IN CHAMPAGNE. "In its early days GOSSET produced still wines, mostly red, but then in the 18th century, when the wines of Champagne began to bubble, the House embraced the trend. "Today, the GOSSET champagnes are famous for being full-bodied yet very elegant by avoiding malo-lactic fermentation so that the wines keep all their natural fruitiness and freshness. "Odilon De Varine, a joyful champenois of great pragmatism and with a very clear idea of what champagne...
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Time Suspended in a Bottle
Time Suspended in a Bottle
New York, NY – February 8, 2018 --- “Nature is capable of creating beautiful things, you just have to wait” is a simple but emblematic phrase pronounced many years ago by Franco Biondi Santi. This statement perfectly describes the choice Biondi-Santi announces today to respect time as a central part of our production philosophy. It is in this spirit that we have decided to keep both the Brunello Riserva 2012 and the Brunello Annata 2013 in the cellar for an additional twelve months, allowing the bottles more time to refine and express their innate elegance. Each bottle of Brunello Biondi-Santi is a journey to the heart...
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Burgundy’s new breed of wine producers
Burgundy’s new breed of wine producers
"Burgundy lovers, such as the hundreds who attended more than 20 tastings during London's Burgundy Week earlier this month, may complain about the recent steep price rises for the wines they enjoy so much. Yet the price of the land that is responsible for them has risen even more sharply. "In the past nine years, while grape prices have risen threefold, the price of prime sites on the Côte d'Or has increased tenfold. "Burgundy's top vineyards are now so valuable that banks are apparently falling over themselves to lend against them. Twelve years ago, Olivier Bernstein owned a modest wine...
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Visit Domaine de la Romanée-Conti – tasting of the 2016s from cask
Visit Domaine de la Romanée-Conti – tasting of the 2016s from cask
"On a rainy and cold day in Burgundy it’s nice to focus on something positive and invigorating … and what could be better that a visit at Domaine de la Romanée-Conti tasting the latest vintage – 2016 in this case. "The tasting this year was conducted by Alexandre Bernier, who also was in charge of the tasting when I first visited Domaine de la Romanée-Conti around five years earlier – back then to taste the 2011s from cask. "Well five years has passed, and while i’m still equally impressed and somewhat lost for words when I enter the cellars of...
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Wilson Daniels Celebrates 40 Years
Wilson Daniels Celebrates 40 Years
Family-owned fine wine company celebrates a rich history representing outstanding producers New York, NY – January 17, 2018 --- Wilson Daniels, a family-owned fine wine importing and marketing company, will celebrate four decades of representing some of the world’s most prestigious wine brands. In 2018, the company will commemorate its 40th anniversary with a five-city anniversary tour in June starting in St. Helena, followed by Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, and ending in New York City. The anniversary events will include tastings of some of the portfolio's latest releases, along with retrospective tastings of older vintages. Among the esteemed producers whose...
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Why Brunello di Montalcino Is The Wine To Collect In 2018
Why Brunello di Montalcino Is The Wine To Collect In 2018
"Brunello di Montalcino might be having a moment says Rocco Lombardo, president of the highly-regarded wine importer Wilson Daniels. The company imports some of the world's most prestigious wines, (Domaine de la Romanée-Conti and Biondi-Santi to name a few), and Lombardo, who is just 30 months into the job, will steer the company into its 40th year this 2018. During a pre-holiday phone chat, Lombardo shared his thoughts on wine and what collectors should be looking for this year. Above all, advises Lombardo, “Wine drinkers should continue down that path of exploration, there will always be something out there to surprise you....
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Reconsidering Amarone Della Valpolicella
Reconsidering Amarone Della Valpolicella
“It’s a New Year, and so many in the wine media are prognosticating on what wine trends will define 2018. What wine region will now be cool? Whose star will fade? What will you be drinking four years from now, long after I discovered it in 2018? "It can be a rather ridiculous exercise in navel gazing, especially in the hands of writers and critics who taste thousands of wines in a year. The divide between how they experience wine and what you’re looking for is immutably wide. "However, I will say that wine is not immune to fads, so...
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A Cheap Person’s Guide to Fancy French Wine
A Cheap Person’s Guide to Fancy French Wine
"We all want to drink like we’ve got Zuckerberg money. But the truth is, expensive wine doesn’t even taste as good as we think it does. According to science, we should be paying less attention to the price of each bottle, and more attention to what’s on the label. "Fortunately, your friendly neighborhood Master Sommelier not only knows how to read a wine label—he or she can tell the difference between good stuff and total plonk. And as the guy or gal buying wine for your favorite restaurant or retail store, an M.S. also knows a thing or two about value. So I’ve asked four...
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Wilson Daniels Spreads Its Wings
Wilson Daniels Spreads Its Wings
"In October 2015, Wilson Daniels launched a new wholesale operation in New York, and it followed up with a similar launch in New Jersey in 2016. By early next year, president Rocco Lombardo predicts the company will have doubled its sales force in the region. “Initially we launched with 12 sales people and a couple of managers, but in 2017 we’re sitting at 20 sales people and four managers,” Lombardo says. “Next year, we’ll have two major brand launches.” While Lombardo was unable to reveal details at press time, he notes that Wilson Daniels “will expand our sales force to...
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Castello di Volpaia’s Prelius Brand Driving Growth In The On-Premise
Castello di Volpaia’s Prelius Brand Driving Growth In The On-Premise
"Although Tuscan winemaker Castello di Volpaia is widely recognized for its portfolio of upscale Chianti Classico labels, in recent years the winery has spread its wings with Prelius, a larger-volume label produced in the coastal Maremma Toscana DOC. The Prelius lineup includes a 100% Vermentino and a 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, both certified organic and priced at $16 a 750-ml. Prelius is aimed at on-premise accounts—its Cabernet Sauvignon is 84% on-premise—with a target by-the-glass price point of $10. "Prelius’ production levels nearly double those of Volpaia’s Chianti Classico–based labels. Between 80,000 and 100,000 bottles of Prelius are produced annually, with Cabernet...
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