Posts Tagged france
Economic Crisis? I Got Yer Crisis Right Here
June 22nd, 2009 by New Wine Consumer in The Rest
After four days of interviewing mostly foreign wine producers, I happened upon a stand that was selling Absinthe produced in Provence. I don’t wear my badge because it has a tendancy to fall off and I’d have lost it the first day if I hadn’t just stuck it in my pocket. When I asked about the Absinthe, the guy looked annoyed, he was discussing the crisis with colleagues and they all agreed, if I didn’t have a badge, I could go bother someone else.
Walking away, I happened upon this scene:
Let me see, which is the better commercial approach? D’UH!
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!

