Wishing you all a Happy, Healthy and Successful 2010 and I’m looking forward to seeing you soon in the New Year.
READ MORE »Monthly archives for December, 2009
Read all about it part 2 (See my post of 5th December)
Buy the January issue of Food and travel and you will receive the Bordeaux travel supplement for free – learn more about where and what to visit with contributions from Jane Anson, Oz Clarke and Charles Metcalfe.
READ MORE »Christmas shopping Château style
You already know how the Châteaux in Bordeaux are keen to open their doors to visitors but how about Château Christmas shopping? Many Chateaux have boutiques selling a lot more than just their wines : the perfect opportunity to buy gifts for fellow oenophiles and do some tasting on route. Pessac Legman is near Bordeaux [...]
READ MORE »Life from Stone
I’m always a sucker for a good wine label or an intriguing name which is what led me to try the most delicious Sauvignon blanc last night – ‘Life from Stone’ from The Springfield Estate in South Africa – so the name gives the game away as far as the minerality is concerned but it [...]
READ MORE »Read all about it!
Pick up the December issue of Jamie magazine . Joanna Simon reveals all the insider tips about Bordeaux City.
READ MORE »2009 on the Right Bank
Just in case you hadn’t heard that the 2009 vintage is going to be great – I’ll repeat it again, but this time in the words of the right bank or rather the Libournais. The Saint Emilion, Pomerol and Fronsac appellations are now working together (yes different appellations do work together in Bordeaux!) to present [...]
READ MORE »Les Medocaines in WIT
Les Medocaines; Martine Cazeneuve (Château Paloumey), Marie-Laure Lurton (Château La Tour de Bessan), Armelle Falcy Cruse (Château du Taillan) and Florence Lafragette (Château Loudenne) have always been one step ahead with their idea of 4 different châteaux, all run by women, working together to promote not only their wines but wine tourism. They have created [...]
READ MORE »Bourgeois is back
Since 2001 The Alliance des Crus Bourgeois of the Medoc have been applying themselves to getting the Cru Bourgeois back in working order and it looks as if they have almost made it. President of the Alliance, Thierry Gardinier, announced yesterday the launch of the new quality charter, formalised by government decree on 16th November, [...]
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Wendy has spent the last 25 years in the French Food and Wine Industry.
Wendy now teaches professionals and the general public in Bordeaux, the UK and as far away as Asia and the US, as well as accompanying private wine tours for amateurs and enthusiasts alike. Her aim is to open the doors of the world’s most famous vineyards, explaining and making the wonderful world of French wine more accessible.
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