Posts Tagged ‘France’
Our newest container of European wines arrived last week and everything has been unpacked and hit the shelves. There are loads of new things to try including new Ribera del Duero wines from Callejo, a new producer for us, Clos Figueras from Priorat and Godello from Luna Beberide in Mencia among the Spanish goodies. From [...]
Earlier this week we had a great tasting of some of Bouchard Père & Fils 2010 red and white Burgundies. Following on from our Faiveley tasting last month, it reaffirmed the quality of the 2010 with another set of outstanding wines. One of the characteristics of the 2010 vintage seems to be a great sense of [...]
This week we had our much-anticipated 2009 Bordeaux tasting. It’s been a while since we had a line-up of Bordeaux wines and with 2009 being such a highly acclaimed vintage, the tasting sold out pretty quickly. There were no first growths in the line-up as it simply wasn’t possible to create an economical tasting with [...]
Last night we enjoyed a great tasting of the newly released 2010 red Burgundies from Domaine Faiveley, hosted by their export director Vincent Avenel. While blind tastings have their place, it’s always interesting to have someone like Vincent on hand to guide a an evening like this. His intimate knowledge of Faiveley’s winemaking techniques and [...]
We landed our latest French container last night. Unloading containers is a pretty hands-on affair here at Caro’s. It’s dropped off in the carpark and checked by John before we anxiously pop it open and see what we’ve got. ‘Anxiously’ because we never know exactly what we’ll be looking at. We’ve had the odd case [...]
Last night Guigal’s Australasian agent Christopher Cannan led us through a fantastic tasting of their Northern Rhone wines. It was a stunning lineup and demonstrated the consistently excellent quality across Guigal’s range. They were all exceptional wines but highlights included the 2008 Condrieu ‘La Doriane’, the good value 2008 St Joseph and the superb 2006 [...]
Last night we had a fantastic tasting of 2009 Bouchard Père & Fils Burgundies. That was the line-up up above. These wines, from a great vintage, showed just how good Pinot Noir can be and reminded us why Burgundy is still the reigning king of this fickle grape. New Zealand Pinot has come a long [...]
