I guess I am beginning to become a little numb when considering all the wine competitions held around the globe each year. Could there be 100, or closer to 1,000? Let’s just say that there are so many that when I enter a tasting room and see a slew of certificates, ribbons, trophies, etc. I totally ignore them. Surely the vineyard is proud of these accolades, or they wouldn’t be displayed. But what do they really tell me? Not all that much. I will know in short order after I start tasting and
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Musings of a Wine MavenMost Laid Back Wine Competition of the Year Award Goes to “Rosé Today”
By Jerry Clark
/ April 21, 2017
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Diary of a Master of Wine in ProvenceLa Maison des Vins de Côtes de Provence Reopens with Great Fanfare
By Elizabeth Gabay
/ April 16, 2017
While Provence has been making wine for over 2000 years, its wine has not always had the fame it has today. Wine needs to reach foreign shores to be recognised, to be drunk by people who will write and praise the wine, to be acknowledged. For 2000 years the wines of Provence have been consumed, largely by locals. During the past 200 years it has been appreciated increasingly by tourists and over the past 20 years, thanks to the boom in rosé sales, it is highly regarded internationally.
Château Barbebelle’s Cuvée Madeleine Arrives in New Hampshire
By Susan Manfull
/ April 15, 2017
I am psyched to report that one of my go-to rosés from Provence has just arrived in New Hampshire -- for the first time. Château Barbebelle Cuveé Madeleine (2016) debuted in six of the State Liquor Stores just a couple of weeks ago; it sold out quickly in most of the stores but, fortunately, more is on the way.
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Diary of a Master of Wine in ProvenceCôtes de Provence, Prowein, and Coteaux Varois
By Elizabeth Gabay
/ April 9, 2017
One region, one new vintage, two countries, three colours, three appellations, three departments, four fairs… Round one of my official tasting season is over, and now is time for a brief retrospective pause to think about them and the rosés tasted. Concentrating on research for my rosé book means that I often didn’t have time to taste all the reds and whites I want to – that is something to look forward to this autumn.
The one region is Provence with three of the four tasting events being for Côtes de Provence, Coteaux Varois and Coteaux d’Aix who together make up 95% of the region’s production, and held, respectively in the departments of Alpes Maritimes, Var and Bouches du Rhône. The fourth event at Prowein, in Germany, was for the three regions together. The two countries were France and Germany.
E & J Gallo Quietly Launches Provence Rosé, Fleur de Mer, into the U.S. Market
By Susan Manfull
/ April 7, 2017
Knowing that Americans are thirsty for Provence rosé, E & J Gallo has hooked up with Les Maïtres Vignerons de la Presqu’île de Saint-Tropez in Provence to make a rosé for the U.S. market. After introducing two rosés, both produced by Les Maïtres Vignerons, to several test markets in key U.S. areas (e.g., Los Angeles, Florida, and New England), Gallo selected
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Musings of a Wine MavenLord Save Us, Martha Stewart is Selling Wine Again
By Jerry Clark
/ April 7, 2017
Never a quitter, Martha has shaken off the debacle of her failed venture with Gallo a decade ago to come back at the unsuspecting wine consumer with a new wine marketing scheme. Unable then to successfully sell her Martha Stewart Vintage label at fifteen bucks a bottle, her name is now attached to a box of six of her favorite selections for $59.99, served up in a wine club framework. Hmmm, if a fifteen buck wine made for her by Gallo couldn’t sell, why then these ten buck finds (introductory price) from California, Spain, Italy and France?
There are at least two rosés from Provence, the region that has taken the U.S. by storm with its immensely popular pink wine
Provençal Pairings: Wine with Food I’m No Fool!
By David Scott Allen
/ April 1, 2017
When I saw a bottle of Château Léoube's "Rosé de Léoube" on sale, I bought it. I'm no fool. Yes, it's a little more expensive than our usual wine purchases, but I have heard from many people how good it is, and I wanted to know firsthand. Let me start by saying that I wish I had bought out their inventory! (So maybe I was a fool after all...?) The first thing I did after getting the bottle was send a quick note to my Instagram friend Jérôme Pernot - a.k.a. Mr. Léoube - and asked him what he recommended serving with his wine. His suggestion? Roasted chicken
The Trump Organization Buys Wine Estate in Provence
By William T Manfull
/ April 1, 2017
This article was published on April 1, 2017 for April Fools / Poisson d'Avril day. Please send an email to susan@provencewinezine.com, if you would like to receive a PDF copy of the original article.
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CHÂTEAU PEYRASSOL: THE MARC OF SUCCESS
By Susan Manfull
/ March 22, 2017
We had a blizzard last this week. Winds were whipping across our house and, at times, it seemed through our early 18th-century home. The day-long storm dumped about a foot of snow by the time it was all over. Temperatures were way below freezing
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A Third Namesake Wine Joins the Château Margüi Portfolio: Welcome Toscane de Margüi
By Susan Manfull
/ March 12, 2017
In early February, at Millesime Bio in Marseille, I had the pleasure of meeting Titien, 14-year-old son of Philippe Guillanton and Marie-Christine Baylet-Guillanton, who, with a little cajoling
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MILLÉSIME BIO 2017: CONVERSATIONS WITH ORGANIC AND BIODYNAMIC WINEMAKERS
By Susan Manfull
/ March 12, 2017
“We don’t have fancy booths. We are natural. Authentic, like our wines,” observed one of the exhibitors at last month’s Millésime Bio Wine Fair in
Millésime Bio 2018 Slated for Late January in Montpellier
By Susan Manfull
/ March 9, 2017
Millésime Bio, said to be the world’s largest trade fair devoted to organic wine, has announced its 2018 dates and a return to Montpellier: it will take place from Monday 29 January to Wednesday 31 January next year at the
Provençal Pairings: Wine with Food A Well-Traveled Tavel
By David Scott Allen
/ March 3, 2017
It isn't often that I get wines straight off the plane from the vineyard in France. But, this week, that is exactly (well, sort of) what happened. You see, Sandra Gay-Moulines, attaché de communication for the Syndicat Viticole de l'Appellation Tavel, got a couple of bottles direct from the winery, whose owner, Gaël Petit, happens to be president of the Syndicat. Sandra gave them to Susan and Towny, who brought them back to States, and then they shipped them to me. See? Direct from the winery!
Decanter’s Man of the Year 2017 Steven Spurrier once owned a Vacqueyras Estate
By Susan Manfull
/ March 2, 2017
Steven Spurrier, British bon vivant extraordinaire, was just named Decanter Man of the Year 2017. As handsome as he is smart, Spurrier has worn so many hats in the wine world
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HOLLYWOOD – AUBAGNE – PARIS: A TRIANGULAR JOURNEY
By Jerry Clark
/ February 19, 2017
It’s Academy Award season, and as it was with me a year ago when I wrote of Marcel Pagnol, I am drawn back to Provence, in fact to his hometown of Aubagne. On this occasion it began last fall when I was discussing with my wife Benedicte, who is French, about the genre films that Hollywood is known for which might appeal to her. In the past couple of years she has become a fan of American westerns, so I thought Foreign Legion fare...
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Musings of a Wine MavenSomething Corked about Wine Spectators’s Best Value 2016 Wines from Provence
By Jerry Clark
/ February 18, 2017
Earlier this month I spent a considerable amount of time perusing the new issue of Wine Spectator (Jan. 31 – Feb. 28, 2017). I love lists, and this edition's cover caught my attention with its bold text proclaiming “Ultimate Values: 1,236 Wines 90+/ $30 or Less.” I was in the local bagel shop at the time and errands begged to be done which limited my taking the time then to go through their winners from beginning to end. But what did draw me in immediately was that of the eleven wines from Provence that made the cut, six were rosés. I enjoy rosé well enough, but I imagined had it been me blind-tasting the presumed several hundred Provence wines tried during the
Millennials in New York City vs London: A Vinisud Study Casts Light on their Wine Preferences
By Susan Manfull
/ February 18, 2017
There is a lot of talk about what millennials are doing. On the subject of what they are drinking, those in the wine business are very interested. According to data collected by the Wine Market Council, millennials consumed 42% of all wine in the U.S. in 2015, exceeding all previous
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Vinisud 2017 Masterclass: Rosé Diversity in Ten Glasses
By Susan Manfull
/ February 16, 2017
Abandon the notion that rosé is cheap and uncomplicated.
Anyone who still clings to this view would surely have shaken it had he or she attended the masterclass at Vinisud 2017 led by Sarah Abbott MW and Elizabeth Gabay MW
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A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A WINE WRITER: VINISUD 2017
By Susan Manfull
/ February 14, 2017
Just over two weeks ago, my husband and I landed in Paris Charles de Gaulle airport where we hopped aboard a TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse or, in English, France’s high-speed train) that sped south to France's eighth largest city
Provençal Pairings: Wine with Food {Good} Accidents Will Happen
By David Scott Allen
/ February 3, 2017
As I mentioned in my post last month, I was in Paris for Christmas and bought a couple of Provence wines for the dinners I was making in our apartment. Both wines were completely unknown to me; I chose based on the regions, labels, and the price point. Of the two whites available, I chose the one from Domaine de la Pallière; the other white sold for €3.00 bottle and, while it might have been perfectly good, it was Christmas and I wanted something a bit more special.
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