Da war ja noch was! Vor Eröffnung der ProWein fand im Rahmenprogramm der Messe (ProWein goes City) noch die Falstaff Big Bottle Party statt. Und das Kommen hat sich wohl für jeden Weinbegeisterten gelohnt. Einerseits, weil ein Großteil des “Who is Who” der Weinwelt anwesend war, andererseits, weil diese jede Menge Großflaschen im Gepäck hatten Aber auch die Location (das urige “Les Halles”) und das leckere Buffet von Fernsehkoch Nelson Müller haben Ihren Teil zu einem gelungenen Abend beigetragen. Hier meine knappen Impressionen. Read the rest of this entry »
Was ist das?
Zwei Tipps: Es wird gerne zu den Feiertagen serviert und man kann sich dabei auch schnell verletzen. Read the rest of this entry »
Last weekend was awesome! Together with some friends I was lucky to be welcomed by Didier from Vimpressionistes in a cosy holiday appartment in the beautiful village of Château Chalon in the Jura region of Eastern France. First of all, to finally meet his beautiful baby-daughter but of course also to indulge a memorable blindtasting.
But don’t expect a Vin Jaune or Savagnin tasting here. That evening was entirely devoted to Read the rest of this entry »
After the party comes the afterparty, and after the food and wine presentations at OFF comes the wine degustation at home, between chefs, food lovers and bloggers.
And since our thirst had grown during the day, it was good that there were a few bottles standing around. Of course, my deed was to bring some Rieslings from Germany and represent to a certain extent my country, also knowing that these wines are basically unavailable in France.
We started off with some Ulysse Colin Champagne. Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut is dry to the bone, but still with a delicious fresh minerality: what a nice way to rehydrate your body. Then as a contrast, a Riesling from Read the rest of this entry »
Besides the chef’s cooking presentations, the Omnivore food festival is also a showcase for high quality produce such as meats, cheeses and of course wine.
A good dozen of mostly French vignerons were presenting their so-called “Vins Naturels”, a non-certified or -controlled ideology of winemaking which basically reduces the process to a minimum of interference (pumping, filtration) or additons (non-indigenous yeasts, sulfites). While I’ve had a few disappointments especially with Read the rest of this entry »
Lange hatte ich keinen so guten Schaumwein mehr im Glas. Das liegt auch daran, dass ich generell eher mehr zum stillen Wein greife. Aber trotzdem: Meistens hab ich bei Champagner höchstens gutes Mittelmaß im Glas. Das war heute gänzlich anders. Ins Glas kam ein Billecart Salmon Brut Résèrve bestehend aus Pinot Noir, Chardonnay und Pinot Meunier aus verschiedenen Jahrgängen. Es handelt sich also um Read the rest of this entry »
