A global marketing specialist, she succeeds Su Birch with effect from November. Birch stays until the end of the year, before moving into the private…
A global marketing specialist, she succeeds Su Birch with effect from November. Birch stays until the end of the year, before moving into the private…
Barbera d’Asti Lequilibrio Montalbera 2009 Brand owner Enrico Riccardo Morando RRP: €15, £13m, US$21 Grape 100% Barbera ABV 14 DOCG Piemonte The Enrico Riccardo Morando family’s Montalbera wine estate, which was founded at the beginning of the 20th Century, straddles the municipalities of Grana, Castagnole Monferrato and Montemagno in the “old” Duchy of Monferrato. This elegant, sophisticated wine shows good fruit intensity with a pronounced…
Since the wine world has been going crazy for South Africa lately, Lucy Britner samples wine merchant Enotria’s South African offerings. This is a big wine. According to the label, it’s 39% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, 13% Pinotage and 9% Cabernet Franc. The first thing you can smell when you approach the deep ruby liquid is the Cabernet Sauvignon, characterised by black currant leaf and…
The UK contingent is a veritable who’s-who of the UK’s wine journalism. The likes of Matthew Jukes, Sarah Jane Evans MW, Joe Wadsack, David Williams and Jane Parkinson to name but a few, are here. The Cape is such a beautiful place. It is nigh-on impossible to resist an invitation to visit. But more importantly, the whole thing is so well organised. There is also…
Schaafsma was speaking to Drinks International at Cape 2012, the showpiece exhibition in Cape Town for South African wines. It is Schaafsma’s first time in the country and the night before he had met the company’s mercurial South African winemaker, Bruce Jack. He said that he has been given 90 days to come up with a strategic plan for the regions he is responsible for.
The man who led the buy out from the US drinks giant, Constellation, was talking to Drinks International at Cape 2012, the bi-annual showcase for the South African wine industry. Accolade, which is now owned by a private equity group, Champs, is a major player in the Rainbow nation owning one of South Africa’s pillar brands, Kumala along with Flagstone and Fish Hoek. Kumala used…
At Drinks International we offer impartial news and analysis of the global drinks industry. When on Wine Watch we voice our opinions on the wines that have passed through the pages of our magazine and website. This time around Drinks International’s editor Christian Davis looks at a wine from one of the world’s most famous wine producing region. San Felice Chianti Classico 2009 Brand owner Agricola…
This time around Drinks International’s editor Christian Davis runs the rule over one of his favourite varietals, Pinot Noir. Le Versant Pinot Noir 2010 Vin de Pays d’Oc Producer: Les Vignobles Foncalieu Produced in: Languedoc Roussillon, southern France ABV: 12.5% Price: £7.95-£8.95 Packaging Classy looking Burgundy-shaped bottle with understated, modern…
