Francisco Baettig of Errazuriz was named Winemaker of the Year by the Chilean Circle of Food & Wine Writers. The Writer’s Circle is made up of the country’s leading food and wine writers and critics, and their yearly event is one of the most important food and wine events in the country. If you click on the icon below you can download a sheet with more information.
Congratulations Francisco!
Forbes.com Wines for the Weekend featured an article on Gordon Getty, son of oil baron J. Paul Getty Sr. and No. 334 on Forbes’ list of the world’s billionaires. Getty owns two wineries in Napa, PlumpJack and Cade, and could afford any wine he wants, but his top picks suit anyone’s budget.
The article is titled, “Wines a Billionaire Drinks”. Getty surprises by saying that he loves to find great wines that cost around $25-$30. and his current favorite? Heartland Director’s Cut! Click below to read the full article, and even better, check out this video featuring Heartland in an interview with Getty. Getty discusses how Director’s Cut won a wine competition that was taking place in Adelaide while he was visiting. To see the amazing video click here, to read the piece click on one of the images below.
Heartland Director’s Cut 2010 makes the Hot Wine list in the Wine Spectator Insider, witha 93 Point review!
“Rich, ripe and generous, bursting with vivid blackberry, currant and floral flavors that dance energetically against refined tannins, finishing with length on the crisp finish. Drink now through 2020.”
Barolo superstar Luciano Sandrone will be in New York City in two weeks! He will present the full line-up of the Sandrone wines, including a mini-vertical of Le Vigne Barolo, at a dinner at New York Vintners in Tribeca on June 7. Click here to get tickets!
Last week Jim Meehan won the first ever James Beard award for Outstanding Bar Program! You can see more here on the Beard website. Below, one of Jim’s Noval BLACK cocktails.
Mas Belles Eaux has a fabulous new website! Make sure you check out “The Film” on the site, which gives a great sense of Mas belles Eaux’ location, site, and mission – to produce truly great wines from the Languedoc. Click below to visit the site.
Perhaps these photos give you some insight into our thoughts?
Many restaurants in Paris have taken to pairing Condrieu with Foie Gras. The “umami” texture of the Condrieu plays with the richness of the foie gras, and while Condrieu does not have high acid to cut through the fat, something about the way it finishes so bone-rattlingly dry freshens everything up.
We wanted to give a sense of where (and why) Guigal grows and buys fruit for its Crozes-Hermitage, so we created this little narrated tour on Google Earth.
Click on the picture below to spend a few minutes exploring the Northern Rhone Valley! You will need Google Earth to run the file, which takes about 10 seconds to download and install, here.
Cognac Tesseron appeared in a major article this Monday. Bloomberg wine and spirits writer Elin McCoy goes into the incredible cellars of Cognac Tesseron and is dazzled by what she sees and tastes, most notably Tesseron Extreme – the article is titled, “Crypt Keeper’s $4,000 Cognac Offers Entry to Paradies”. She compares Extreme to Louis XIII, the most recognized Cognac in this super luxury category. McCoy writes, “Remy’s blend is fabulous, but I still give the edge to the sublime Tesseron Extreme.”
To read the full article click here.
A nice interview with Florent Baumard in which he discusses a range of topics.