Tag: Wine and spirits
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.…
Tequila: how to explain the return to grace of Mexican alcohol
A 70 cl bottle of Tequila Clase Azul, Ultra, Extra Añejo sold for 3,770 euros at La Grande Épicerie de Paris; a bottle of Tequila Amor Mío Extra Añejo at…
Whisky: our selection to offer… or to treat yourself
The surprise of the results of the Maison du Whisky/Ipsos survey, last October, seems very fragile in the face of the quality of the malted offer for this year 2022.…
Cyril Brun, the Goncourt of the bubble
“God exists and we know what he drinks!” Exclaims Cyril Brun about the future 2022 vintage. in the three grape varieties, my best harvest for twenty-five years.” Already a quarter…