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Garagiste
The garagistes refers to a group of winemakers in the Bordeaux region, producing ''"vins de garage"'', "garage wine". A group emerged in the mid-1990s in reaction to the traditional style of red Bordeaux wine, which is highly tannic and requires long ageing in the bottle to become drinkable. The garagistes developed a style more consistent with perceived international wine tastes. For red wines this means "bigger, bolder, fruitier wines, often with sometimes a higher alcohol content." The new style for white wines is a more pronounced oak taste with some residual sugar. This new style of wine is controversial, and purists claim that the wines will not age well and they don't reflect well the ''terroir'' of the region, nor the typicity of the grape varieties used. Characterised as "winemaker's wine whose attributes reflect a disregard for the traditional handling of its particular ''terroir''", the term is sometimes used somewhat as a backhanded compliment; in light of this, vins de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garagiste Festival
The Garagiste Festivals are Californian non-profit wine festivals showcasing wines made by small-scale artisan "''garagiste''" producers. Locations The Garagiste Festivals were founded by garagistes Stewart McLennan, Douglas Minnick and Dan Erland Andersen. The first festival was held in Paso Robles, California in 2011 and a festival has taken place there every November since then, except 2020 when it was held virtually. Paso Robles is the center of the garagiste movement: there are some 127 wineries with annual production of 1,000 or fewer cases in Paso's home county, San Luis Obispo (SLO). An event known as "The Garagiste Festival: Southern Exposure" also takes place in the Santa Ynez Valley. The festivals have been named one of the “Top Nine Incredible Epicurean Vacations” by ABC News. Purpose The Garagiste Festivals are dedicated to artisan producers who make handcrafted small-lot production wines. These festivals aim to identify the best and most innovative limited-product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château Marojallia
Château Marojallia is a Bordeaux winery belonging to the appellation Margaux, in the commune of Arsac. A ''"microcuvée"'', the wine produced has been described as Médoc's first "garage wine". The estate also produces a second wine, Clos Margalaine. History Located between châteaux Le Tertre and Monbrison, Marojallia was founded in 1999 when the plots of Roger Rex were sold to Philippe Porcheron, and developed by Muriel Thunevin, wife and partner of Jean-Luc Thunevin, the team behind Saint-Émilion's Château Valandraud. With Muriel Thunevin responsible for the 1999 and 2000 vintages, Porcheron has made the wine since 2001. Michel Rolland is retained as consultant oenologist. The unorthodox and ''"garagiste"'' methods were met initially with opposition by neighbouring estates in the appellation, which was commented upon by Robert Parker in ''The Wine Advocate''. Proving successful, the wine has attained prices above that of Margaux ''premier cru'' Château Margaux it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château Teyssier
Château Teyssier is a Bordeaux wine producer from the appellation Saint-Émilion, whose ''grand vin'' is ranked ''Grand cru'' in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine. The winery is located in the Right Bank of France's Bordeaux wine region in the commune of Vignonet, in the department Gironde. In addition to its ''Grand vin'' Château Teyssier, the estate produces the ''"super-cuvées"'' Le Dôme, Vieux Château Mazerat, Les Astéries, Le Carré, Clos Nardian as single vineyard wines and the estate wine Château Laforge as well as the generic Bordeaux appellation line Pezat. History The estate was predominantly a farm in the 18th century until it was acquired by the historian Jules Roy in 1869, who constructed the château and structured the vineyards. Château Teyssier was reduced to a neglected 5 hectare estate when Jonathan and Lyn Maltus arrived in 1994. The new owners modernised the winery and cellar, constructed a second winery and acquired additional plots in Vig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gracia (Saint-Émilion)
Gracia a Saint-Émilion unclassed ''microcuvée'' winery, emerging in the late 1990s as one of the best known ''"Vins de garage"''. The winery also produces the second wine Angelots de Gracia. The Gracia proprietor is Michel Gracia, a former Saint-Émilion stonemason. First appearing in 1997 to great success. In response to the decline in fashion of the "garage wine" that has been widely predicted, Michel Gracia maintains the ''garagiste'' approach has altered and has stated, "In the early years we went for over-ripe grapes and plenty of extraction, but now we're harvesting a touch earlier and looking for more finesse". Production From its initial size of 1.9 hectares, the vineyard area has been expanded to 3 hectares. The grape varieties are composed of 80% Merlot, 15% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon () is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties. It is grown in nearly every major wine producing country among a diverse spe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château Quinault
Château Quinault is a winery from the appellation Saint-Émilion within the city of Libourne, producing Quinault L'Enclos, a Bordeaux wine counted among the Bordeaux Right Bank ''"supercuvées"'' or ''" vins de garage"''. The estate also produces a second wine, Lafleur de Quinault, and a special ''cuvée'' called L'Absolut de Quinault. History A walled vineyard in the Libourne suburbs, located in what was until 1973 the satellite appellation Sables-Saint-Émilion, the past of Château Quinault is largely unknown but believed to have originated in the 17th century. In 1930 it was bought by the ''négociant'' Baptiste Mons, while the estate lost 8 hectares expropriated for use as a cemetery. Quinault was inherited by his son-in-law Henri Maleret in 1948, who ran the estate until the 90s. Alain Raynaud Upon learning that a German real estate company planned to buy the property and construct a housing development, Dr. Alain Raynaud and Françoise Raynaud acquired Quinault for USD$3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château Le Pin
Château Le Pin, or simply Le Pin, is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Pomerol. The unusually small estate is located on the Right Bank of France's Gironde estuary in the commune of Pomerol in the hamlet of Catusseau, and its wine is frequently one of the world's most expensive red wines. History Madame Laubie, whose family had owned the plot since 1924 sold the one hectare vineyard in 1979 to the Belgian Jacques Thienpont for 1 million francs. The vineyards were developed by Jacques Thienpont whose family own the neighbouring Vieux Château Certan, and the wine was produced in tiny quantities from a farmhouse basement. The property was already called ''Le Pin'' from a solitary pine tree that grows near the winery. Today the estate comprises 2,7 hectares in one contiguous vineyard surrounding the winery. In 2011 a new winery, designed by the Belgian architectural practice Robbrecht en Daem architecten, was inaugurated using small microcuves and gravity to move the wine. Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Bettane
Michel Bettane is a leading French wine critic, and for twenty years, a writer for the French consumer wine publication '' La Revue du vin de France''. He left ''La Revue'' in 2004 to work for the rivaling wine publication ''Le Classement des Meilleurs Vins de France''. He now runs his own website. Following the acquisition of ''La Revue du vin de France'' by ''Marie-Claire'' and media group Lagardère, Bettane and his colleague Thierry Desseauve left the publication on grounds of editorial differences, and the two launched their own series of wine guides, ''Le Classement des Meilleurs Vins de France''. Bettane also appears in publications such as ''Le Monde'', ''Decanter'' and ''The World of Fine Wine''. Bettane is credited with coining the term ''"vin de garage"'' and its winemakers ''" garagistes"''. November ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château Valandraud
Château Valandraud, or Château de Valandraud, is Bordeaux wine producer situated in the Saint-Émilion appellation, promoted to ''Premier Grand Cru Classé'' in the 2012 Classification of Saint-Emilion wine. The winery is located on the Right Bank of France’s Bordeaux wine region in the commune of Saint-Émilion. The winery also produces the second wines, Virginie de Valandraud and 3 de Valandraud, and the Kosher wine Château Valandraud Kosher. History In 1989 Jean-Luc Thunevin and his wife Murielle Andraud bought a plot in Saint-Émilion near Château Pavie-Macquin. Further plots in the region were acquired over the years, in locations such as Saint-Sulpice-de-Faleyrens and Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse, and a former garage to be used as a winery, releasing the first vintage in 1991 of 1,500 bottles priced at €13. Exemplified as a typical ''"microchâteau"'',winepros.com.au. Thunevin is closely associated with the ''"garagiste"'' movement, and the wine is described as the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Château Pétrus
Pétrus is a Bordeaux, France, wine estate located in the Pomerol appellation near its eastern border to Saint-Émilion. A small estate of just , it produces a red wine entirely from Merlot grapes (since the end of 2010), and produces no second wine. The estate belongs to Jean-François Moueix and his children. Although the wines of Pomerol have never been classified, Pétrus is widely regarded as the outstanding wine of the appellation.Sutcliffe, Serena, (November 2, 2004)"Behind the Legend" Decanter.com.Coates, Clive (1995). ''Grands Vins''. University of California Press. pp. 448-453. Prial, Frank J. (September 26, 1990) ''The New York Times''.Faith, Nicholas (April 16, 2003)"Jean-Pierre Moueix" ''The Independent''. Pétrus leads a duo of Pomerol estates in extreme prices, along with Le Pin, that rank consistently among the world's most expensive wines. A 750 ml bottle of Pétrus wine is priced at an average of $2,630. History Originally, a vineyard, the estate h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jancis Robinson
Jancis Mary Robinson OBE, ComMA, MW (born 22 April 1950) is a British wine critic, journalist and wine writer. She currently writes a weekly column for the ''Financial Times'', and writes for her website JancisRobinson.com, updated daily. She provided advice for the wine cellar of Queen Elizabeth II. Early life and education Robinson was born in Carlisle, Cumbria, studied mathematics and philosophy at St Anne's College, University of Oxford, and worked for a travel company after leaving university; according to her website, she worked in marketing for Thomson Holidays. Career Robinson started her wine writing career on 1 December 1975 when she became assistant editor for the trade magazine '' Wine & Spirit''. In 1984, she became the first person outside the wine trade to become a Master of Wine. From 1995 until she resigned in 2010 she served as British Airways' wine consultant, and supervised the BA Concorde cellar luxury selection. As a wine writer, she has become one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Spurrier (wine)
Steven Spurrier (5 October 1941 – 9 March 2021) was a British wine expert and merchant who was described as a champion of French wine. Spurrier organised the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, which unexpectedly elevated the status of California wine and promoted the expansion of wine production in the New World. He was the founder of the '' Academie du Vin'' and Christie's Wine Course, in addition to authoring and co-authoring several wine books. Early life Spurrier was born in Cambridge on 5 October 1941 to John and Pamela Spurrier. His father joined his family sand-and-gravel business in Derbyshire after the Second World War. Spurrier was educated at Rugby School, before studying at the London School of Economics. His interest in wine was first piqued after drinking 1908 Cockburn's Port when he was 13 years old. Career Spurrier entered the wine trade in 1964 as a trainee with London's oldest wine merchant Christopher and Co. In 1970 he moved to Paris where he persuaded an elde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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