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What We’re Watching: SOMM 3
SAMUEL GOLDWYN PRESENTS the documentary film SOMM 3, sure to stir excitement and conversation with wine lovers around the world. Synopsis: In 1976, Steven Spurrier held the Judgment of Paris, a blind tasting where American wines beat out the classic French wines and put wine on a global platform. Wine critics like Jancis Robinson, one of the most prolific wine writers, started to influence what wine people drank. And then there’s Fred Dame, father of the restaurant wine list and the man that made the sommelier profession what it is today. In SOMM 3, these three legends of the industry sit down in Paris to taste the rarest bottles of…
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Le Clos Lands in Style at Dubai International Airport Terminal 3 Arrivals
Le Clos, the award-winning luxury wine and spirits retailer announces the opening of its first outlet in Dubai International Airport’s Terminal 3 Arrivals. Centrally located in the Baggage Claim hall next to Belt 7, the new store will offer millions of arriving airport visitors access to an exceptional range of internationally acclaimed vintages and will open with a month of exclusive promotional offers. The new store is the tenth outlet in Le Clos’ estate and will be the first welcome for millions of Emirates passengers arriving in Dubai, offering a taste of luxury and their first opportunity to enjoy an exceptional duty-free experience, from global icons such as Opus One…
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Churchill’s Declares 2016 as a Vintage Port Year
“Natural acidity in a young Vintage Port is the key to longevity. Our decision to declare Churchill’s 2016 Vintage Port has been based on the purity, ripeness and intensity of its fruit flavours, but especially on its excellent natural acidity”. John Graham – Founder and wine maker. Churchill’s announces the decision to declare 2016 as a Vintage Port year. The climatic conditions in 2016 in the Cima Corgo and Douro Superior regions were unusual but ultimately beneficial. After a wet winter and an unusually wet and cold Spring, there followed the usual hot Douro Summer culminating in an August heatwave. The heavy rainfall in the late Spring helped to top…
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Japanese Wine Auction House Kaigai Fine Wine Asia Under New Leadership
Kaigai is a Tokyo-based wine auction house and wholesale distributor of rare and fine wines. The company was part of a larger organisation as a wine division since 1964 and became a stand-alone company to focus on the fine and rare wines since 1991. It is one of the leading wine auction house in Japan with an extensive track record as a wine distributor and auction house. The company holds auctions twice per year, once in the Spring and once in the Fall. Kaigai Fine Wine Asia will also be hosting a series of wine dinners and unique experiences for the discerning individual. Kaigai Fine Wine Asia was recently acquired…
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Distilling the Essence: The AmaWaterways Wine-Themed Cruise
A wine-themed river cruise always sounds so right, so seductive, no matter what the season. There are many wine-themed cruises offered from numerous river cruise brands, but there is something unique abut Ama Waterway’s wine-themed cruise, probably because the DNA of AmaWaterways exudes a unique attention to culinary detail that goes beyond the tasting of wine and the creation of cuisine. This wine-themed cruise also becomes an adventure in culinary cruising, combining onboard international wine experts that often transform the guests into burgeoning oenophiles and sous-chefs. Our experience on an AmaWaterways wine-themed cruise, even though it was months ago, still resonates in both mind and taste, mainly because of how…
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The Search for the World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly for 2017
Glass of Bubbly magazine is taking Champagne and sparkling wine awards to the next level with the release of their consumer focused search for The World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly. Winners will receive anything up to £500,000 of positive PR, communications and marketing through the key relationships with a host of media and press partners looking to cover the results for Glass of Bubbly. What are the benefits to entering the World’s Finest Glass of Bubbly awards? Not only will you receive great credibility within the industry, but importantly the news is shared out to a global Champagne and sparkling wine loving audience as each gold winning wine is consumer…
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A New Wine Tourism Center in Burgundy with the Brocard Family
As pioneers in wine tourism in Burgundy, the Brocard family – the biggest vineyard owners in Chablis – have just completely renovated their historic estate, entailing an investment of €3 million to meet the new desires of the visitors of tomorrow. Independent and fully committed to ecological methods for the past 20 years, the Brocard family began this new investment phase in order to share its values with an ever-growing international public with multifarious needs and demands. With several thousand visitors each year, the family estate is thus continuing its development through this new phase of investment in its historic heart. The inauguration is planned for May 2017. Julien Brocard…
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Château Du Seuil Official Partner Of The International Festival Of Aix En Provence
ARTS & CULTURE EVENT The 69th Festival of Aix-en-Provence – 3−22 July 2017 Created in 1948, the International Festival d’Art Lyrique is a festival devoted to opera and classical music that takes place every year in Aix-en-Provence. It is one of the biggest opera and music festivals in Europe, and is famous worldwide. Nominated European Cultural Ambassador in 2013 and Best Opera Festival in 2014, the purpose of the Festival of Aix is to “make opera a living experience, an art that gives meaning to the world.” The Festival is therefore committed to an approach with a clear philosophy: thinking of opera as a living art. The 69th Festival of Aix-en-Provence will take…
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Baron Philippe de Rothschild SA and the America’s Cup Unveil Mouton Cadet Special Cuvée wines
Five times winner of the America’s Cup and now CEO of The America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA), Sir Russell Coutts, joined Baron Philippe de Rothschild’s Managing Director, Hugues Lechanoine, in London unveil the first release of Mouton Cadet 35th America’s Cup Special Cuvée wines. The limited edition red, white and rosé wines have been produced to celebrate the new relations between leading Bordeaux brand and the 35th America’s Cup as Official Wine. Bespoke packaging for the trio has been designed in collaboration with Sir Russell Coutts whose signature appears on every bottle alongside a glass-etched design depicting the forces of nature on land and at sea. Sharing a Common Vision…
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World’s Largest Wine Glass Collection Owner Creates Sparkling Wine Glass
Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards, producer of California’s most awarded sparkling wines, has created a signature, collectible sparkling wine glass called Gloria’s Flute In honor of the winery’s 30th anniversary in 2016, Mrs. Gloria Ferrer commissioned her first-ever collectible wine flute. With inspiration from some of her favorite pieces in the glassware collection, she collaborated on the design with renowned Sonoma artist Alex Leader, working alongside him every step of the way to ensure that the finished product was exactly what she envisioned. This original signed, studio edition, blown-glass Artist Series sold out last fall almost immediately to collectors at the price of $95 per glass. A Blend of Modern…
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