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I am now into my main tasting of the 2020 vintage - after helping get the 2021s made and ready for the cellar. I started initially tasting some 2020s this summer, but now it's time to dig deeper and get a real feeling for the vintage. My focus, however, has been refined, and will …
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The core of baie-par-baie vinification is the pinot caviar: grapes destemmed by hand, berry by berry, with a pair of scissors - leaving the grapes intact with the pedicels in place. It's simple; however, it takes practice, and is seriously time-consuming. I got Pierre-Olivier Garcia, the founder …
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Harvest 2021 is over, and the subsequent celebration opened the gates to a most beautiful rose garden in the form of a magnum of Domaine Garcia Baie-par-Baie Corton 2019. Outstandingly detailed and tantalizing, sensually expressive with loads of floral details (different types of rose), the wines …
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Darf ich mich vorstellen:Hans Erich DauschWeinberater Meine Philosophie:ein Wein muss für mich elegant,subtil und den Ausdruck seiner Umgebung wiederspiegeln. Finesse und Eleganz haben vor Alcohol und übertriebener Dichte zu stehen. Eine Flasche muss Lust auf die Nächste …
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Domaine du Comte Liger-Belair. A decade of the Winehog began at this fine estate at a memorable tasting with some of the great wine writers of the time: Roy Richards, wine merchant extraordinaire; and the great Clive Coates, who now is enjoying well-deserved leisure after producing some …
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