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Domaine de l’Arlot Tasting with Geraldine Godot
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to a very special tasting and lunch held at Cabotte restaurant. Geraldine Godot, Technical Director and Winemaker at Domaine de l’Arlot, along with Managing Director, Christian Seely, presented her wines for the first time to the UK press, taking us through five years of wines she has made from Clos de l’Arlot, Clos des Forets Saint Georges, Vosne Romanée les Suchots and Romanée Saint Vivant.
CVNE Imperial Gran Reserva 2015 launch
C.V.N.E. Short for Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España, but pronounced ‘cune’, this is one of the world’s most famous Spanish wineries. They have a 140 year history and have produced some groundbreaking wines in that time, including Spain’s oldest white wine, Monopole, and the first Spanish wine to be named Wine of the Year by Wine Spectator. That wine was Imperial - and it’s the reason for this blog.
Behind the gold stickers: Interview with Andrew Jefford, Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair
Renowned wine writer, Andrew Jefford, has been judging at the Decanter World Wine Awards since 2004. He’s seen wine trends come and go, but manages to keep an open mind when presented with a set of new wines to judge. I caught up with him for half an hour backstage during the 2021 DWWA judging week to talk about a whole bevy of topics, including who benefits from wine competitions, how he started out in the world of wine, celebrity wines, wine influencers and what it really means to have a DWWA label stuck on a bottle.
Château de Pommard: Future-thinking for Burgundy
Last week, I had an engaging lunch with Michael Baum, CEO and propriétaire of Chateau de Pommard in Burgundy. Château de Pommard was founded in 1726 and the property comprises of two châteaux (Château Marey-Monge and Château Micault) and their famous UNESCO-protected walled vineyard, Clos Marey-Monge. These 20 hectares of vines have produced some of the greatest Pinot Noir for over two millennia. The Carabello-Baum family from San Francisco bought the estate in 2014 and have become the first Americans to own a wine-producing Château in Burgundy.
Imbibe Live 2018
Imbibe Live is a drinks industry event for all corners of the trade; for people who work with drinks in any way, shape or form, whether it’s serving them, writing about them, tasting them or buying them. And everyone knows that people who like drink are usually good people, which is probably the reason it’s such a darn fun event to go to!
London Wine Fair 2018
There are three days in the calendar that I block out every year, as soon as the dates have been announced. Pity the fool who has a birthday or a wedding during that time (luckily, none of my friends have a birthday around then, and I can always vet any new ones I might make; weddings are trickier, but so far, so good). Frankly, there is not much that will get in the way of immersing myself in enough wine to fill Olympia London – which is precisely the opportunity that the London Wine Fair brings.