Archive for April, 2009
Cahors, the Original Malbec
April 27th, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
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Tasting at “La Cité Mondial du Vin” (above photo) with a touch of lunch, brings out part of the Cahors story. Eight hundred years of growing Malbec gives you some serious street cred. Recall that Gary “the V” did a Malbec video. This tasting featured 6 Malbecs from Argentina, Chili, France (Côtes de Bourg, Cahors). An international competition was anounced for June. Start your engines!
Mutineer Returns
April 21st, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
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Triumphant return of Alan Kropf of Mutineer Magazine to New Wine Consumer! ALan was on Wine Library TV, the magazine is in book shops and you should be buying it right now.
European Wine Bloggers Conference
European Wine Bloggers Conference
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The second edition of the European Wine Bloggers Conference (EWBC) will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, between the 30th of October to the 1st of November 2009. Bringing together bloggers of all backgrounds including: winemakers, wine writers, marketers, retailers and distributors from around the world, this year’s conference will address, “The Future of the Social Wine Brand”.
More:
European Wine Bloggers Conference, 2009 – Lisbon, Portugal (catavino.net)
Calling all bloggers (winebloggersconference.org)
Bordeaux Primeurs Oblige
April 7th, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in Wine
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Evelyne takes us through the life of a wine from harvest to its debut at harvest (“birth”) to being “raised” in barrels in the chai, bottled after 18-24 months, and finally reaching the shelves nearly 3 years later. In the meantime, it will be blended and tasted and nurtured. DaveAC has a few questions that bring out the best in her knowladge ansd the worst in my jokes.
Château Palmer Marketing Director Bernard de Laage tells us about the lower 2008 yield (sorry about the cellphone noise). See Futures or Primeurs Week in Bordeaux post on her Wine Brands Blog. She talks about some surprising finds at tastings last week, including wines from… wait for it: Syria and Lebanon!
Everyone has primeurs news including Château @HautBrion who have a list of articles in French and English at the top of their News Page. We mentioned the BBR team (Twitter:@BBRBoysInBDX) and our own (@WineBrands, @Randulo, @DaveAC)