Tag: Wine and spirits
Wine: when independent winegrowers join forces to survive
Gabriel & Co, a Fair For Life certified company, is a unique case in the French vineyard. The small trading company created by Jean-François Réaud, winegrower in Blayais, in Gironde,…
Wines: the selection of winegrowers who play it collectively
Welded by common values around terroirs, grape varieties, their love of a job well done and the defense of their profession, the winegrowers come together in many collectives to help…
Wines, champagnes and spirits: revolutions in the vineyard
One in three bottles consumed in France today is rosé. A trend that has crossed the Atlantic. The Côtes-de-Provence and their neighboring appellations are obviously the leaders of the pink…
Wines: Château de La Chaize or the revival of Beaujolais
Petit Versailles en Beaujolais, built between 1674 and 1676 by the royal architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart, the Château de La Chaize and its hundred hectares of Brouilly spent three centuries in…
Spirits: the best cuvées for this summer
A term for a cocktail that has made its reputation around the world: the mojito. However, Cuban rum is available in many terroirs resulting in very aromatic eaux-de-vie from island…
Champagne: the best cuvées for this summer
With 325.5 million bottles sold and a turnover of nearly 6 billion euros, the year 2022 was that of all records for the champagne sector, the primary objective of which…
Wines: the revenge of local rosés
In the trending flesh-colored wine market, the new International Association of Terroir Rosés (AIRT) proudly brandishes vinous, ruby, scarlet or salmon, possibly woody skittles from 42 estates in France and…
Rosé wine: Sainte Marguerite, pearl of La Londe
There is the sky, the sun, the sea… and the earth too. A mountain of shale that stretches with panache to the coast to nestle against a sandy beach lined…
Rosé wine: the new giants of Provence
It used to be doubted that rosé was a real wine. And yet, in twenty years, the third color has conquered the palates of the French (a third of consumption)…
“Up to 500,000 euros per bottle”: whisky, a rising value
2022, another record year for spirits… On 16 November, a bottle of Single Malt The Dalmore “Luminary Nº1 The Rare” fetched £118,750 (€136,000) at the hammer of Sotheby’s in London.…