Tag Archive: France

Jan 22 2013

2011 Château des Hospitaliers – Sangiovese Syrah

French Sangiovese Château des Hospitaliers is a family-owned winery from Languedoc, France. I met the vintners of Château des Hospitaliers at the Forum Vini wine fair last November in Munich. If you want to know more about Forum Vini then read my two posts about it. (Part 1 and Part 2) The winery cultivates 40 …

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Nov 18 2012

2008 La Maison des Terroires Vivants – Crozes-Hermitage – Crozes-Hermitage AOC

2008 La Maison des Terroires - Crozes-Hermitage AOC

A wine from one of my favorite grapes In the northern Rhône wine region of Frances lie the vineyards of La Maison des Terroires Vivants – a winery that is dedicated to organic wine production. The winery produces the incredible amount of 32 different wines and is located in the town of Villeneuve les Béziers. …

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Nov 12 2012

Impressions from the Forum Vini wine fair pt.1

Forum Vini Logo

 International wine fair Munich If you’re following me on Twitter then you might have red my tweets from the Forum Vini wine fair. The fair took place in Munich from November 9th to November 11th. Vintners and wine-importers from Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Australia, Argentina, South Africa, Greece, Portugal and Bulgaria presented their wines. For …

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Oct 26 2012

2009 Domaine Richeaume – Cuvée Columelle – VdP Bouches du Rhône

2008 Domaine Richeaume - Cuvée Columelle bottle label

Domaine Richeaume Domaine Richeaume is an organic winery in the French region Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. The winery produces six red, three white and one pink wine. Olive oil is also manufactured on the estate. Cuvée Columelle is the first wine that I’ve tried from the winery. The wine is produced mostly with 50% Cabernet-Sauvignon and 40% …

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Aug 01 2012

Summer night wine tasting evening

Cantina Mesa - Buio 2008

Yesterday night I attended a very nice wine tasting evening. We tried a bunch of different Italian and French wines.  I can tell you right away that I enjoyed that night very much! Unlike the Azienda Agricola Bianchi wine tasting, this one was a private event that we hosted with a bunch of fellow wine …

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