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.
A nice interview with Florent Baumard in which he discusses a range of topics.
Philippe Guigal discusses the 2009 vintage and the vititculture and vinification of the Guigal Cotes du Rhone 2009. Filmed in the fall of 2011, at the time of the first Cotes du Rhone 2009 bottling.
A great little video of Bo Barrett discussing Chateau Montelena and reaching new drinkers who may never have heard of the Paris Tasting.
Sergi Ferrer talks about how old-vine Carignane can produce wines of beautiful concentration and elegance.
At Vinitaly last week, Tommasi celebrated the 110 Year Anniversary of their family firm. There was the release of a book, the unveiling of the Prosecco project we discussed, and much more! See below for a great little video of all the Tommasi family members saying their names.
Christian Seely elaborates on how his team goes about putting together the Mas Belles Eaux wines, here doing the blending for the 2011 vintages. He is deeply involved in the winemaking of all the AXA properties – Quinta do Noval, Chateau Pichon Baron, Chateau Suduiraut – as is Technical Director Daniel Llose. Their experience and skill in growing and making wine at several of the top properties throughout the world is invaluable in creating wines at Mas Belles Eaux that reflect the superb terroir of this estate, and show how serious and great wines from this area can be.
We like this comprehensive video on Chile done by the LCBO (Ontario, Canada Liquor Control Board), lots of video of Errazuriz, including a feature with Eduardo Chadwick on the Berlin Tasting about 8 minutes in – take a look!
Even in the middle of what appears to be rollicking party, Ben Glaetzer is ever the professional and calmly runs through three new Mitolo wines, the Jester Cabernet, Jester Vermentino and Serpico.
Tommasi has created a website to celebrate the 110 Year Anniversary of the estate, and on which at certain points this year they will release important news and features. Go here to see the site. Right now they have a wonderful video showing that you can also see below, entitled “Tommasi: The Strength of the Family”.