Wine 101
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Week 4 of 4 Week France course // Margaux
Margaux - A brief introduction to the region In preparation for week 4 of our Online Tour De France we are briefly exploring Margaux. One of the most recognised appellations in one of the...
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Week 3 of 4 Week France course // Rhone Valley
Rhône Valley - A brief introduction to the regionIn preparation for week 3 of our Online Tour De France we are briefly exploring Rhone. The Rhone Valley Has played a huge role in...
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Week 3 of 4 Week France course // Provence
Provence - A brief introduction to the region In preparation for week 3 of our Online Tour De France we are briefly exploring Provence. Provence lies on the Mediterranean...
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Week 2 of 4 Week France course // Burgundy
Burgundy-A brief introduction to the region In preparation for week 2 of our Online Tour De France we are briefly exploring Burgundy. Burgundy This long, skinny wine region south-east of Paris runs south...
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Week 2 of 4 Week France course // Alsace
Alsace - A brief introduction to the region In preparation for week 2 of our Online Tour De France we are briefly exploring Alsace. On the eastern edge of France,...
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Week 2 of 4 Week France course // Beaujolais
Beaujolais-A brief introduction to the region In preparation for week 2 of our Online Tour De France we are briefly exploring Beaujolais. Beaujolais is a fairly small area (just 34...
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Week 1 of 4 Week France course // Chablis
Chablis - A brief introduction to the region In preparation for week 1 of our Online Tour De France we are briefly exploring Chablis... Chablis is an outlier to the north...
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Week 1 of 4 Week France Course // Champagne
Champagne - A brief introduction to the region “Come, for I am drinking stars!” Dom Pérignon, according to legend, when he tasted the first Champagne In preparation for week 1...
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Chile shows it’s class…
- Alistair Cooper, MWEuropean Wine Consultant & Writer for jancisrobsin.com I have spent many years both living in and visiting Chile, and things have come so incredibly far in the...
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How Important is a Wine's Vintage?
The term vintage has two meanings in the wine world - the year in which grapes making a particular wine come from; and the physical process of grape harvesting and...
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What makes a wine great?
"You have only so many bottles in your life, never drink a bad one." - Len Evans The defining element of a great wine is its ability to provide enjoyment....
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'Tasting Climate Change' discussed in Montreal
Alistair Cooper MW reports on a conference in Canada for JancisRobinson.com An unseasonably cold and snowy Montreal played host to Tasting Climate Change, an informative and engaging wine-industry conference held...