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beaujolais: oh dear…
I recently made a few Beaujolais suggestions here. It appears from the ‘complaint’ below, that rather than recover their position and take a forward-looking view, they would rather wither and die…
Jean-Paul Brun’s Beautiful 2007 Beaujolais l’Ancienne Denied the AOC Beaujolais! Can you imagine the stupidity!
“Jean-Paul Brun just learned that 5,222 cases of Beaujolais l’ Ancienne 2007 have been deemed as being atypical by the French wine police. I’ve enjoyed a bunch of these bottles. They are fruity and elegant and a true pleasure to drink. So what’s wrong?
They were not made with the miserable thermo vinification technique that Georges Duboeuf and the Beaujolais Establishment has decided is typical. The wine was not made with enzymes and cultured years but comes only from what the earth and the vine brought into the bottle. It was not made at high yields or high chaptalization, but is a real and natural wine.”
Note for balance that I’ve never tasted the wine concerned, it’s not confirmed exactly WHY the wine was denied AOC, the ‘targets’ are easy ones, and the story is from an importer who has a financial interest, but that said, this still sounds rather bad. Full story here.
offer of the day…
tasting lunches: the table of domaine pierre bourée
From the third weekend in March, until the third weekend in November there is a new place in Gevrey-Chambertin where you can enjoy food with a selection of domaine wines. Just like Olivier Leflaive’s place in Puligny-Montrachet, those anti-fashionistas at Domaine Pierre Bourée now offer a choice of degustation menus:
Actually the food remains rather constant – it’s the number of wines that you will be charged for. I hope to try it out in two weeks time…
I almost forgot, if you’d like to book it’s open daily from 11-4pm (except Sundays):
40 Route de Beaune
21220 Gevrey-Chambertin
+33 (0)3 80 34 13 97
mail: latabledupierrebouree at orange.fr
site: www.pierre-bouree-fils.com
offer of the day…
Plenty of expensive offers around right now, many are for 2007’s already, but here’s one today for 2006 that I passed on:
COMTES LAFON 2006
18 MEURSAULT 75cl 109.50 Swiss Francs
24 MEURSAULT Clos de la Barre 75cl 119.50
6 MEURSAULT 1er cru Goutte d’Or 75cl 198.00
9 MEURSAULT 1er cru Charmes 75cl 219.00
2 MEURSAULT 1er cru Perrières 75cl 249.00
2 MONTRACHET 75cl 1195.00
1ers and ‘the big one’ can only be bought with village wines. I haven’t checked the holdings, but interesting that the Perrières seems to be ‘allocated’ on the same level as the Montrachet…
half a million dollars – 12 bottles of romanée-conti
The client bought 12 bottles of Romanee Conti 1978, two bottles of the 1961, 1966, 1996 and 2003 and single bottles of the 1981, 1990, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2002.
“It is the highest price that has ever been achieved for a single lot,” Managing Director Stephen Williams of the London- based Antique Wine Company told Reuters on Saturday.
Amazing – and that together with the internet being full by 2010, and I think I need to go to the cellar!
advertising and weekends
No, I’m not advertising my weekend – though dinner tonight, cooked by a friend who can really cook, will be accompanied by Guy Roulot’s 2000 Meursault Perrières, and Méo-Camuzet’s 1993 Corton Clos Rognet from my cellar – can’t wait!
Now, back to advertising. Burgundy-Report has remained a free resource and I have no plans to change that – yet at the same time, higher mortgage rates have cut my wine purchasing budget and my website (hosting) costs went up with a bump this month – and the latter cost is all you-lot’s fault! I have, over the last 2-3 years rejected offers of advertising on this site, but I think I may sell my soul to the devil and trial some from next month. I’ll try and keep it within the bounds of good taste, and for sure there will be no pop-ups – importantly the advertiser’s link will be next to good and bad wine reviews, and from my perspective one will never influence the other.
I will keep you updated
Cheers
the future of wine criticism?
tetra packed wine consumption +37% in russia (2007)
“Wine production in Tetra Pak’s aseptic carton package in Russia increased by 37% in 2007 as compared to the production in 2006. In absolute terms the volume of wine in Tetra Pak packages reached 138 million liters in 2007.
Growing consumption volume and market diversification were considered as factors for the rise in the production. Premium wine segment in carton is growing at high rate, while 1 liter Tetra Prisma Aseptic 1000 Square package indicated a sales growth of 200% in 2007.
Companies which include Uniway Management, Eugenne Bougelais Wine, and Bodegas Vinos started producing wine in carton packages in 2007. Some distribution chains currently produce their own “private label” table wine. Russian-made wine in cartons continues to displace the imported one.
In 2007, imports of wine in cartons decreased by 17%, while domestic production showed a 37% growth. According to Tetra Pak, an active market growth will continue in 2008. According to Tetra Pak’s manager S. Chaplin, further market development of wine in carton shall be accompanied by creation of an efficient distribution network and strong brands.”