Some 500 bottles of Ukrainian wine arrived at the city of wine, which hosted a delegation from the interprofession of this country at war, this Tuesday. "It's incredible with the current times that all these wines have been able to cross all borders and arrive here", emphasizes Florence Maffrand, responsible for wine partnerships and international sponsorship for the Cité du Vin Foundation. A strong mark of support as the conflict with Russia wreaks havoc in the country since February 24,...
“Shall we take a bottle? The question often arises around a good table. Very little at the “Cercle des Aromas”, where the menu is largely reserved for the sale of wines by the glass. "We have more than 200 references in Colmar and around 150 in the franchise that has just opened in Mulhouse", announces its founder Antoine Castillon.This 28-year-old Alsatian started from an observation when he started in 2017: “Often, there is very little choice in restaurants or bars....
Status: 09/17/2022 12:33 p.m More and more celebrities from France and overseas are going among the winegrowers in Provence or Champagne. This is profitable business for them and the regions. But what good are their wines? By Stefanien Markert, ARD Studio Paris Actor Gérard Dépardieu - known for his high personal needs - went among the winegrowers on the Loire decades ago. Just like colleague Pierre Richard in the Mediterranean Corbières mountains. Singer Patrick Bruel only got a taste for...
One disaster could have hidden another. To the losses of more than 28,000 ha of forests caused by the gigantic fires in Gironde in the summer of 2022, we could have added contamination of the harvest of Bordeaux vineyards, if the fires had taken place a little later. A conference was organized this Wednesday by the union of oenologists of France around this problem of the taste of smoke in wines, Institute of Vine and Wine Sciencesnear Bordeaux.A 2022 vintage...
Escape for months Wine cellar instead of bank robbery – beauty queen is said to have stolen wines worth millions The pair of thieves are said to have stolen wine worth almost one and a half million euros from the Atrio restaurant (symbol image) © industryview / Getty Images 07/23/2022, 11:25 am 2 min reading time In Spain, the suspected pair of thieves emptied a wine cellar and stole liquid treasures worth millions. After that they fled across Europe. It...
Escape for months Wine cellar instead of bank robbery – beauty queen is said to have stolen wines worth millions The pair of thieves are said to have stolen wine worth almost one and a half million euros from the Atrio restaurant (symbol image) © industryview / Getty Images 07/23/2022, 11:25 am 2 min reading time In Spain, the suspected pair of thieves emptied a wine cellar and stole liquid treasures worth millions. After that they fled across Europe. It...
Who said that there were only excellent white wines in Alsace? Since May 13 and their registration in the Official newspaper, two reds from the region can now be labeled as grands crus. Precisely in the already classified areas of Kirchberg, in Barr (Bas-Rhin), and Hengst, in Wintzenheim (Haut-Rhin). A small revolution for this vineyard. 20 minutes explains why.What does this actually change?Beware of errors: Alsace still has 51 grands crus since the addition of Kaefferkopf in 2007. Only, in...
If you want to buy wine in the supermarket, your head will quickly spin: How are you supposed to choose the right wine from so many? Don't worry, we'll help you with that. In no particular order, we will introduce you to wines to shed some light on the darkness. All wines were selected by the editors and tasted. They are only recommended if they meet our quality standards. They must taste balanced and be well-crafted. All wines can be...
In the current context, one could almost say that Jean-Baptiste Duquesne is the Jean-Luc Mélenchon of the Bordeaux vineyard. "We want to create a third way," says the owner of Château Cazebonne in Saint-Pierre-de-Mons to sum up his Bordeaux Pirate project. Except that here it is not between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen that you have to make room but between the top of the range and the bottom of the range of Bordeaux wines, between the grands crus...
The top wineries in Germany expect cost increases of 30 percent and corresponding price increases. The reasons given by the President of the Association of German Prädikat Wineries (VDP), Steffen Christmann, on Sunday included higher prices for cardboard boxes and “the drastic increase in wages”. Although these are to be welcomed in the interests of the employees, someone has to pay for them and in the end it is the consumers. "We assume that consumers will drink less wine, but...
