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The auctioneering world is sometimes viewed as a little bit “peculiar”.  Collectors, speculators and art lovers?  Or snobs, odd types and tycoons?  Normally, we associate auctions with the sale of art or  objects owned by the rich and famous… However, from this issue of...
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Bernd Kreis, Best Sommelier in Europe in 1992, is the owner of this fine establishment located in the centre of Stuttgart and considered to be one of the best wine shops in the world.
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I still recall the day when my good friend Xavi Nolla Called me to tell me about a project which would shortly come to fruition…A project founded on long-ageing, the power of single vineyard wines, and their blend. He took me to see the project in its entirety in the cellars...
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The US is a melting pot of cultures, so we recognize many year-end holidays, starting with Thanksgiving (yes, a holiday celebrating immigration, President-Elect Trump!) then moving into Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. For this latter trio of holidays, we’ve even coined a term...
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The new mechanism keeps the wine for up to four weeks and will cost 99 euros as a launch price, being much cheaper than its 'predecessors'. Coravin Pivot will be on sale online in Spain from November 1.
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Wine and cheese pair like salt and pepper, peas in a pod…the list of duos could go on and on.
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Garnacha didn’t stray from its birthplace in Aragon for a long time. The first known mention of Garnacha dates back to 1513, and it is believed to have been widely planted in northeastern Spain by the 12th century. Yet, it wasn’t until the 18th century that it sailed for foreign...
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Two wines – one a style, one a grape – have been inadvertently vying to fill glasses in the last decade. I write inadvertently because Riesling waged a full-on crusade to get into consumers glasses. But, rosé – without a formal campaign – stole Riesling’s turf.
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Thomas Jefferson, a founding father and the third President of the USA, said, “By making this wine vine known to the public, I have rendered my country as great a service as if I had enabled it to pay back the national debt.” (He did the first but couldn’t manage the latter....
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