The 2017 Vintage – Patrick Jestin While the role of the wine grower can be immensely satisfying, it can also prove particularly challenging, with some vintages more than others testing us to the limits. 2017 is one such vintage. Mother Nature, having remained so mild in recent years, struck with full force at the end…

Great  Wine Spectator scores for Daniel Rion Vintage 2015….. Nuits-St.-Georges Aux Vigne rondes 2015 Youthful and tightly wound, with loads of sweet cherry, currant and spice flavors. The refined tannins are firm yet harmonious and the finish stretches on with macerated cherry, spice and toast notes. Best from 2022 through 2036. 150 cases made. 95…

Very nice start of 2018 in the press for Dourthe Vineyards- on the launch of the many comments 90 + / 17 + obtained in 2017- with the notes of James Suckling on the vintage 2015. After tasting about 1,300 Bordeaux 2015 in France, James Suckling and his team concluded that the 2015 vintage has…

The Thienot family takes over a share in L’Aventure Winery, a vineyard created in 1998 by Frenchman Stephan Asseo, located in Paso Robles, California. Besides owning Champagne Thiénot, the family replaces other private investors. The Asseo and Thienot families have chosen to put the best of their respective expertise to sustain and develop the remarkable…

Lawson’s Dry Hills celebrates 25 years at the forefront of the Marlborough wine industry In 1992, amongst Barbara Kendall winning gold at the Barcelona olympics, the move to MMP, Shortland Street airing for the first time and The Exponents being awarded single of the year, Ross and Barbara Lawson quietly started selling wine under their…

We are pleased to say that Action against hunger raised a record £353,267 from their Fine Wine Auction and Dinner event on Saturday 2nd December– the most they have ever raised in one night, and the equivalent of saving the lives of 8,400 malnourished children. What’s even better is that the vast majority of this will…

What to drink with Pumpkin? Dourthe are doing some great food pairings with Sommeliers. Today we pair a pumpkin dish from The Ninth Restaurant with Dourthe No 1. Why not enjoy November, cooking  a typical seasonal vegetable, symbolic of Autumn : PUMPKIN. Largely used in American cuisine, and also in UK or Europe, pumpkin can be…

We are offering the chance to win a bottle of Champagne Thiénot Brut signed by jazz icon & 2017 EFG London Jazz Festival sensation Dee Dee Bridgewater. To enter, please answer the following question: “Alongside the Festival’s own 25th anniversary this year, jazz icon Thelonious Monk also celebrated a birthday in 2017; how old would he have…