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Chêne Bleu: First “Super Rhône”: Couture Wines Produced from Pioneering Biodynamic Methods
Chêne Bleu: First “Super Rhône”: Couture Wines Produced from Pioneering Biodynamic Methods
ST. HELENA, CA (August 28, 2013) – Chêne Bleu teams up with importer Wilson Daniels to debut its couture wines across the U.S. market. Armed with vision and tenacity, one family is succeeding in using advanced biodynamic methods to produce the first “Super Rhône” wines from southern France. Exclusive to the Wilson Daniels portfolio are the multi-award-winning flagship red wines Abélard and Héloïse; the direct-press Rosé; and white wines Aliot and Viognier. On a remote 450-acre private estate, high above Châteauneuf-du-Pape and Gigondas in the southern Rhône, is the meticulously restored ninth-century priory — La Verrière, the property that produces...
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The Blue Oak of Provence
The Blue Oak of Provence
"Nicole Rolet , Pricipal of Chene Blue...was a welcome and riveting guest at THE TASTING PANEL HQ this past September. Rolet tasted us on four of her exquisite wines...We gushed over each wine and were impressed with the supreme balance of fruit and noticeable mineral components that act as a through-line, nealry conjuring the land itself, which lies at the crossroads of four appellations. "Although French critic Michel Bettane has called the Chene Blue project 'the birth of a new grand cru,' the decision was made to remain a Vin de Pays, because as Rolet explains, 'Terroir and appellations are...
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Bar Boulud Named Winner of “Best Restaurant Wine List” at Taste of London 2013
Bar Boulud Named Winner of “Best Restaurant Wine List” at Taste of London 2013
LONDON (June 20, 2013) – Bar Boulud, the French-inspired bistro and wine bar at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park under the direction of renowned Chef Daniel Boulud, was last night named winner of "Best Restaurant Wine List" at Taste of London 2013 by a stellar panel of judges. Having celebrated its third anniversary in May 2013, this latest accolade further celebrates its position as one of London’s most popular dining spots. Juan Ramirez, General Manager of Bar Boulud commented; “We are delighted to have been awarded with the ‘Best Restaurant Wine List’ by Taste of London. Our wine programme is very...
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Grown-up Pinks
Grown-up Pinks
"...But this year I have lost my heart to another Provençal rosé, albeit not from classic pink wine country but from the greater southern Rhône Valley. Chêne Bleu 2010 Vin de Pays du Vaucluse is grown within sight of the spectacular Dentelles de Montmirail, which engrave the skyline above the village of Gigondas, on the property developed with great care by Nicole Rolet, whose husband Xavier is chief executive of the London stock exchange." To read more, click here.
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On the Dark Side of the Moon: Visiting the Southern Rhône’s Chêne Bleu
On the Dark Side of the Moon: Visiting the Southern Rhône’s Chêne Bleu
“...this remains one of the most exciting new projects to come along in the southern Rhône since I have been covering the region.”
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