The Chilean wine world descended on London yesterday for the annual Wines of Chile Tasting. After the devastating earthquake that struck the country in February, it was fantastic to see that most producers were overwhelmingly positive and upbeat about the future…
Posts Tagged ‘pinot noir’
Jul
30
Rupert Bates on Burgundy
by Rupert Bates
Bibendum’s latest contributor is Rupert Bates, a property journalist by day and keen imbiber by night. In this post, he puts the spotlight on Burgundy with three recent tasting notes…
English couple Su and David Bishop drank in the sights of Burgundy in Eastern France; bought a house between Beaune and Meursault and never looked back. Both in the building trade, they then …
Jul
21
Stonier Pinot Noir 2008 (Mornington Peninsula, Australia)
Yesterday, a winemaker friend of mine from South Africa sent me a link to a fabulous blog post. It was a “Dear John” letter written by an American wine writer to Pinot Noir. Blake Gray laments to his former beloved that “I still love you, and I’ll probably always love you. But you’ve changed since we met, and I can’t ignore it anymore,” bemoaning the fact that Pinot just doesn’t taste like it use to.
Apr
23
Pinot Noir harvest at Huia, Marlborough
By the Huia Crew, http://www.huia.net.nz/
Huia winery
Vintage at Huia has been its usual hectic pace. Every year begins for us at pruning with expectation and anticipation building over the next 11 months. The weather during this past season has been unusual. Spring brought us a mix of very hot and sunny days, with some long cold wet periods in between. Flowering …
Mar
17
Wines of California, the French connection
By Gal Zohar
Wines of California
One of the biggest problems in the wine world is preconceptions. Once a large group of people assume a wine taste a certain way it is almost a fact. Strolling through Wine of California I discovered how wrong some of these assumptions can be. I always thought Californian could only …
Mar
16
Enjoying simple red Burgundy
By David Bolomey, http://bordoverview.blogspot.com
Burgundy is expensive. Even simple Burgundy – AC Bourgogne – can still be quite expensive, at least when compared to other regional French appellations. And it is easy to be disappointed: there’s plenty of meagre and spineless stuff out there. So what do we have to look at when choosing a Burgundy? The answer is as simple as difficult. What we need to …
Jan
19
A Pinot kind of night
By Gal Zohar
Deep in our hearts we all admit it. As much as we think all grapes are born equal, there is no doubt in any sane person’s mind that Pinot Noir is the one. With elegance, charm and distinctive flavours and aromas, we all agree that this is the no. 1 grape.
Last night Bibendum hosted a mini Pinot Noir summit at The Mercer. Leading …
Dec
23
A Wine for the Christmas Weekend (3): Calera Mills Vineyard Pinot Noir 2006
Picking a wine for Christmas is notoriously difficult. You have to weigh up the meat (turkey? duck? turducken?), pigs in blankets, the wine-hating cranberry sauce and the dreaded sprouts and that is before you have thought about who is coming, the price and how much you’ll need. In short, you need a wine that can be all things to all people and all foods – and they simply don’t exist.
So stuff the food and wine …
Dec
23
Central Otago Pinot Noir: A Grower Responds
By Matt Douglas, owner & winemaker of Hawksburn Terrace, a tiny boutique winery in Bannockburn. Matt’s article is in response to Rebecca Gibb’s article on the end of the Central Otago Gold Rush
Some seven or so years ago, all the major (but still small!) producers in Central Otago created a joint marketing initiative called Central Otago Pinot Noir Ltd. It was the intention of …
Nov
24
Bio Bio’s Pinot Noir on the up
By Rebecca Gibb, www.rebeccagibb.com
Bio Bio in Chile
Bio Bio is a newcomer to the international wine scene and the most southerly winery in Chile, Vina Corpora’s Veranda, is the biggest player in the region by a mile. This is Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc country and there are interesting things happening with Pinot Noir that …
