So I talked myself in a corner the other week by committing myself to presenting a new wine on a regular basis. What if I wouldn’t drink anything in a particular week that would be worth sharing? Should I keep buying wine, keep on drinking until I’d found one worthy of […]
The ten crus of Beaujolais are Juliénas, Saint-Amour, Chénas, Fleurie, Moulin-à-Vent. Morgon, Chiroubles, Regnié, Brouilly and Côte de Brouilly. For most people, these appellations won’t ring a bell, except maybe Morgon and Moulin-à-Vent.They represent about one-fourth of the total production in the Beaujolais region, with the smallest being Chénas (250ha) […]
Some wine regions or even entire countries are built on hypes. Unfortunately, the hype will more often than not be the downfall of a region’s reputation when it comes to quality. Liebfraumilch was such a disaster that German wineproducers are still fighting to prove to the world that not all […]
I have a confession to make. Until a couple of years, I couldn’t care less about Beaujolais. The earliest memory I have of drinking Beaujolais was in 2006 when I was studying in Japan.All of a sudden the local supermarket, which never offered anything non-Japanese in terms of alcohol, was […]