Wine Reviews

There are two key dates in the history of Jacquesson. One is 1798, when Memmie Jacquesson founded the champagne house in Châlons. And the other is 1974, when the Chiquet family acquired the company, setting up in the village of Dizy, where many of their vineyards are located.  The company then took a new direction – reducing production and seeking...
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Henri Giraud is a family champagne house unknown to the general public but appreciated and highly prized by experienced connoisseurs of the champagne world. With a long wine tradition throughout its history which began in the 17th century, it was not until 1990 that the champagne house started down its current route. This is when the 12th...
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From the magnificent, exclusive Maison Krug, comes this delicious and rare example of a rosé champagne, considered the “serious” brother to deluxe champagnes. It is the result of superb, meticulous craftsmanship, a unique blend of the region’s trio of classic grape varieties and a blend of vintages. These all make up the various pieces of this...
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As well as being a piece of living history in Rioja, La Rioja Alta bodega is also part of the history of Spanish wines past and yet to come. This is no exaggeration. It is difficult, in living memory, to think of a substitute for its wines in terms of true classics. Their wines very obviously exude the “old style” but, let’s be clear, this is the...
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It is a pleasure to introduce one of the world famous French iconic white wines, described in the first half of the 20th century by the famous “Prince of gourmets”, Frenchman Maurice Edmond Sailland (better known as Curnonsky), as being one of France’s five most unique and inimitable white wines. It´s a Chenin Blanc single varietal wine which was...
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Marimar State is a small family winery in the heart of Sonoma, California. It was officially founded in 1986 under the instructions of Marimar Torres, the daughter of Miguel A. Torres from the famous Catalan bodega. Marimar is one of those people who constantly shows a “can do” attitude and, in 1975, keen to conquer the world, she came to...
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The bodega was founded in 1997 under the supervision of the bicentennial Castell del Remei winery. It is located in the southern most part of the Costers del Segre DO in Lleida, in the sub-area of the Les Garrigues. The bodega is therefore surrounded by a markedly dry Mediterranean landscape, populated with almond and olive trees and dry stone...
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Much of the Catalan identity of the Torres family and its wines, lies in understanding the importance of this estate wine within the range of premium products produced by the bodega. Owing its name to the walls which protected the monastery of Poblet from wars and mercenaries, Grans Muralles, a Conca de Barberá Denomination of Origin, is a clear...
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Benjamin Romeo’s wines give us the blessed satisfaction of knowing that even today there are those who take risks in the wine world regardless of fashion or the dictates of the past. Benjamin is the man behind these wines which, since their first vintage, have received countless rave reviews from wine trade professionals and consumers. His wines...
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