Hachette Wine Guide 2010
HAUT-CARLES 2006Always on top of its appellation, Haut-Carles gets its 7th special selection. This cuvee, produced from the best parcels in the property, is now part of the finest wines of Bordeaux. The 2006 vintage has a beautiful black robe. Black fr...
Before changing subject
Explanation on my posts, “Common sense, sequel”, “Common sense?” and “Father, forgive them for they don’t know what they’re doing”.I am not anymore a spring chicken, but I still remain a bit rebellious, but not indifferent. I feel I hav...
Common sense, sequel
Following my post from Wednesday: “Some of the points you make are valid, if not exactly original by any stretch of the imagination or in any language; others, simply tendentious and/or aggravating in that they make all journalists sound like luxury-...
Hachette Wine Guide
I bought the Hachette wine guide in Saint Emilion in "le magazin" while waiting for the Gault et Millau guide.So many guides, books… I am lost. In any case, the Hachette guide is a reference, and that’s good considering our troubled times where cr...
Common sense ?
A thought I heard several time from friends from the Roussillon, Hervé Bizeul, Claude Gros or my partners Marie and Jean-Roger Calvet: How come so many professionals, self-proclaimed critics, well known journalists, wine enthusiasts, buyers, are so se...
One more star
Denis Hervier from Bettane & Desseauve told me that this great guide gave 1 more star – so 2 stars – to La Dominique.The work done for the last 3 vintages and the investments done on the property show where La Dominique should stand.A quick vis...
Express trip to Korea
I just came back from a quick trip to Korea with Philippe Porcheron (owner and creator of Marojallia) and Pascale, at the request of our distributor. We flew out on Air France from Bordeaux on Saturday, August 25th at 10:35 am via Paris, and returned o...
Foire Aux Vins (wine promotions)
The Revue de Vins de France special issue for the “Foire aux Vins” (Wine promotion), tasted again 2006 and 2007 top Bordeaux.They included :La Dominique 2006 et 2007La Commanderie de Mazeyres 2006Prieurs de la Commanderie 2007They also listed(was i...
Portrait
A few weeks ago we had the visit of the photographer Jon Wyand (wrote about it on this blog). Below, one of the portrait he made during his visit.
Vive Brazil
By chance this is the year of France in Brazil and Casa do Porto organized a professional business trip.We took a nice T.A.M. flight to Vitoria where our friends greeted us at the airport and drove us (me and Carlos) to our hotel to drop-off our luggag...
It’s hot!
Here is St Emilion, the temperature is around 35°C (95°F), in the shade!And in SaoPaulo ?
Father, forgive them for they don’t know what they’re doing.
« Father, forgive them for they don’t know what they’re doing.»These are the words pronounced by Jesus on the cross. I am becoming more sensitive to the idea of God, destiny, life and its limits!However, this is not the reason why I decided to gi...
