28 Aug Visit and tasting Crama Ferdi, August 24, 2022 by Julia Scavo
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Our first encounter with Fernando Mihailescu and his confidential winery dates to 2016. Thanks to Dan Micuda , owner of Vinoteca Trivales we had the chance to visit him while he was still a “garagiste”. It is not that the status has changed much ever...
28 Aug Visit and Tasting at Crama DAVINO, August, 24 2022 by Julia Scavo
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Visit and Tasting at Crama DAVINO, August, 24 2022 by Julia Scavo Visiting Davino for the second time since the new cellar has opened its doors to tastings in 2018 gave me the feeling of entering another dimension of the Romanian wine landscape. Since my...
24 Aug Gramofon Wine – The sound of wine, visit and tasting, August 23, 2022
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The sound of wine, with Gramofon Wine. Thank you, Carmen and Alex, for this lovely tasting! Short reminder about this young boutique winery: this is the story of a true friendship of musicien Marcel Pascu and Economic sciences professor Marcel Vulpoi. This is why music...
17 Aug A two- days invitation to Crama Budureasca, August 15-16, 2022
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Flying winemaker Stephen Donnelly arrived from North- eastern England to Dealu Mare a couple of decades ago, being among the foreign forefathers of the post- communist Romanian Wine, from the same gang including Guy de Poix, Sergio Faleschini, John Halewood or Carl Reh. This Davis-...
21 Apr Interview with Nakano San
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I was truly honored to be entrusted by Sakeist to conduct a webinar on Nakano Shuzo, not only for the pleasure of directly interacting with their extraordinary Kuramoto Nakano-San, but also because this mission raised funds for Ukraine. We were happy to welcome Anna Pototska...
27 Mar Château Les Carmes Haut Brion an oasis of peace recalling a Burgundian clos
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Château Les Carmes Haut Brion seems completely cut off and sheltered from the noise of the city, yet so close, in an oasis of peace. This were I found the office of the day for the finals of Som´Bordeaux Contest, March, 21, 2022...
03 Mar Bandol Rosé Tasting – 2021- 2010
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A rather late- ripening vintage due to late bud- burst (which made the frost episodes milder than 2020 too) which delayed the whole cycle, 2021 also suffered from extreme drought. Despite summer was not too warm, it was particularly dry which blocked the maturity in some plots. Fresher...
14 Feb Champagne Alexandre Bonnet
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Champagne Alexandre Bonnet is the first HVE certified (2015) producer in Les Riceys (Aube sector of Champagne) with 47 ha, 29 plots on marls and clays from the Kimmeridgien. One can notice the plural form Les Riceys which nowadays stands for the union of the...
14 Feb William Deutz Vertical Tasting
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Champagne Deutz– Vertical tasting of William Deutz 2009- 2008- 2002 - 1999 - 1996 on the La Revue du vin de France stand in Wine Paris Vinexpo Paris with the presence of Cellar master Michel Davesne. Launched with the 1961 vintages, « William Deutz »...