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Wine attitudes in France
Date: Tue, Feb 24, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
This was a fascinating article on the web
France is currently having an identity crisis for wine. Undoubtedly the anti alcohol lobby is becoming stronger, whilst at the same time wine is an important fabric of the heritage of France.
It is an interesting conundrum ......support a traditional part of the French lifestyle and pastimes or become a prohibitionist state!
Unfortunately President Stircrazy is not a wine lover......perhaps he will be convinced by his potentially new BF over the pond who likes an occasional tipple and an occasional surreptious ciggie!
Sitt 2009
Date: Sat, Feb 21, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
No Sitt is not a typo!
It stands for Specialist Importers Trade Tastings.
This is a great opportunity for the UK wine trade buyers and journalists to taste a selection of quality wines.
There are usually about 40 different importers showing their various goodies.
We will be at Manchester this Monday 23rd (Bridgewater Hall) and London this Wednesday 25th (Vinopolis).
Bella Wines are at Table 12 where we will be showing some interesting new wines:
Logan Wines.....cool climate Australians....stunning award winning Sauv. Blanc.
Mas Amiel......fantastic Roussillon wine estate...aged Maury as well as deep reds.
Ch. Jean Faure...St.Emilion Grand Cru
Ch. de la Riviere......my favourite Chateau in Bordeaux...stunning wines.
Domaine La Prade Mari......wild hairy winemaker making exquisite wines....80 yr old Carignan aimed to retail at £5.50!!!
Cave Les Trois Blasons.....always innovative classy producer from the sunny South of France.
Look forward to seeing you this week.
Weather and winter in Minervois
Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
This winter seems to have dragged on too long! It is exciting and busy pre Christmas. It is fun when you have the chance to travel to a southern hemisphere country during the European winter.....but when the global economy is gloomy and the weather is bleak!
Time to plan optimistic ventures for the future......New wines to taste and discover. New prices to calculate (is this a good thing or not?). Tastings to plan. New customers to find. As I frequently get reminded ' people will always drink wine during a recession'. Lets see now.
Weather and winter in Minervois
Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
This winter seems to have dragged on too long! It is exciting and busy pre Christmas. It is fun when you have the chance to travel to a southern hemisphere country during the European winter.....but when the global economy is gloomy and the weather is bleak!
Time to plan optimistic ventures for the future......New wines to taste and discover. New prices to calculate (is this a good thing or not?). Tastings to plan. New customers to find. As I frequently get reminded ' people will always drink wine during a recession'. Lets see now.
Weather and winter in Minervois
Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
This winter seems to have dragged on too long! It is exciting and busy pre Christmas. It is fun when you have the chance to travel to a southern hemisphere country during the European winter.....but when the global economy is gloomy and the weather is bleak!
Time to plan optimistic ventures for the future......New wines to taste and discover. New prices to calculate (is this a good thing or not?). Tastings to plan. New customers to find. As I frequently get reminded ' people will always drink wine during a recession'. Lets see now.
Pruning Vines, Syrah.
Date: Mon, Jan 26, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
This is a vineyard next to my office! It is owned by a chap called William Vidal. The vines are 25 years old. The top picture is 'pre haircut' whilst the bottom picture is a similar vine having been trimmed and pruned. This is a single guyot pruning system. There will be 5 eyes on the branch ready to develop foliage and fruit. There will also be an extra shoot for next years main stem. The vineyard is good quality and William is a good viticulturist and the grapes could qualify for Appellation Controlee Minervois. However these grapes will probably go in to one of the excellent Vin de Pays wines at Cave Les Trois Blasons.
UK Wine Consumption to increase despite recession
Date: Wed, Jan 14, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
This is an interesting report amongst all the doom and gloom being announced recently. Vinexpo have commissioned this report ahead of their big wine show in Bordeaux (June 21-25).
The interesting figures are the massive decline in French(-18%) wine consumption and the steady surge of Australian(+27%) wines in the UK.
These stats sometimes have to be treated carefully....as the largest volume of wine is still controlled by the supermarket chains, and one big Australian promotion or one duff French harvest can obscure the figures. However it is encouraging to be optimistic that people will still regularly enjoy wine over the next few years! 1.62 billion bottles a year...Wow. A 12% rise in wine imports since 2003.
These stats also show that we have beaten Germany at something!!!
Oz and James Drink to Britain BBC2 tonight
Date: Tue, Jan 13, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
These guys are fun. I have known Oz Clarke for over 15 years in the wine trade. He is always very chirpy and his knowledge and taste are exceptional...although sometimes he comes across as a bit geeky. James May is always good value. Having meandered around France and hit California they are now championing all types of drinks from Britain. Should be entertaining.
The Wine Sale (Part 1)
Date: Mon, Jan 12, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
Two Wines at the best ever prices:
Deep Woods Ivory 2006 (Semillon Sauvignon Blanc).
Normally sold at £8.95. Sale Price = £5.95 per bottle. (Case price = £71.40)
A delightful fresh white blend with light alcohol (11.5%) and excellent fresh lime characters. Great as an aperitif or with salads, light white meats.
Deep Woods Ebony 2005 (Cabernet Sauvignon, Shiraz, Merlot)
Normally sold at £8.95. Sale Price = £5.95 per bottle. (Case price = £71.40)
A hearty rich blend of top quality grapes from Margaret River. This red has a great balance between intense spicy fruit and evident firm tannins. A wine to enjoy with grilled meats or deeper roasts.
We can arrange delivery anywhere in the UK. Costs will be advised when order confirmed.
Email hamish@bellawines.co.uk to reserve your stock.
12 bottles minimum order.
Billy & Poppy on beach
Date: Mon, Jan 12, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
Quality and pedigree on the right(Billy), and his mad French blonde bitch friend (Poppy). They are both great fun in their own way. We have had Billy since he was a puppy (13 years ago) and Poppy we picked up as a waif and stray from some friends near Pezenas. Having dogs is fun but also a responsibility . It does mean that Sue or I walk at least one hour every day.
This picture was taken on a beach near Agde on Boxing Day....there was nobody there.....best time to appreciate Mediterranean beaches!
Chateau de Cassan
Date: Thu, Jan 8, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
One of the major differences between Bordeaux and the Languedoc are the smaller Chateaux!!! This may have something to do with the prosperity and the general wealth that oozes out of Bordeaux .....but this fantastic Abbaye/Chateau is situated just outside Roujan near Beziers. It dates from the 4th Century and has many links to the Bishops of Beziers as a religious centre.
It is called Chateau de Cassan and is available for weddings/parties launches etc etc.
We went to a fabulous Christmas market and gazed at the amazing architecture and wandered in the once splendid gardens.
Chateau Latour For Sale?
Date: Sun, Jan 4, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
This is an interesting rumour that started last week in The Times.
Apparently Monsieur Pinault the multi millionaire owner of Ch. Latour in Pauillac has been hit hard by the credit crunch. Therefore he is trying to get rid of some of his assets pronto.
He also owns Christies auction house as well as the luxury goods brands Gucci, Yves St. Laurent and Stella McCartney.
Monsieur Pinault bought Chateau Latour in 1993 for €83 million. He is now looking for €150-200 million......but in a realistic market surely this First Growth Chateau and part of France's heritage would fetch nearer €500 million.
The Chateau has 78 hectares in total. But the fruit for the 'Grand Vin' comes from some of the best vineyards in the World...the 47 hectares surrounding the Chateau known as L'Enclos.
Bernard Magrez, who already owns Chateau Pape Clement along with a host of other very smart Bordeaux properties is rumoured to be interested.
It will be very interesting to see if any more Bordeaux Chateaux become available on the market due to the current global financial situation.
Rose Tasting, London Feb 6th 2009
Date: Fri, Jan 2, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
This wine tasting should be a fantastic opportunity to try a really classy selection of Rose wines from the South of France.
The Rose wine category has increased enormously over the last few years. Rose is a good half way house for choosing wines that are versatile and easy. We will be showing all sorts of styles at this tasting. There will be organic, biodynamic, lutte raissonne and all shades of pink available!
This is a trade tasting aimed at wine buyers and journalists. Click on the invite below to enlarge. Let me know directly if you can make it along.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Date: Fri, Jan 2, 2009 Wine Tasting Winery Blogs Wine Business
Just a note to wish all customers and friends of Bella Wines a very Happy New Year.
This year will undoubtedly be challenging for business, however there will also be many positive opportunities for successful business ventures.
Although the UK and most of the World are having an economic slow down we still need to eat and drink!! Maybe we should drink less but drink better quality. Maybe we should look for better value wines from lesser known areas.
Bella Wines are very well placed to offer great value wines from emerging areas such as the South of France as well as cool climate areas such as Orange, New South Wales in Australia.
We firmly believe that you can have great fun with wine at all price levels. We want more people to be aware of the exciting wines that we have available. Therefore we have major plans to develop the business during 2009.
We wish everyone a Happy New Year and hope to see more of our friends, family and customers during 2009.
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