STORIE DI VINI E VITICOLTORI
The history that binds the Deiss family to Alsace, more specifically to Bergheim, near Ribeauvillé, has its roots back in time, until the first half of 1600. Since then the Deiss were known both for their skill in iron working and for the excellent agricultural management of their lands, even if there was still no talk of viticulture. [Read more…] about Engelgarten Premier Cru 2016, Marcel Deiss
Among the great wineries, famous for the production of Champagne wines, Billecart-Salmon Maison occupies, without a doubt, a remarkable position. On the other hand, it is not by chance that two thousandths (1959 and 1961) place themselves in the first two places of the ranking emerged from the famous blind tasting held in Stockholm in 1999 (the first, 1959, even called the “Champagne of the millennium”). [Read more…] about Brut Réserve, Billecart-Salmon
The wine production of the Antinori family boasts, among its ranks, real wine monuments, able to warm the hearts of their fans around the world. On the other hand, it is still one of the oldest Maison, now in its twenty-sixth generation, with Albiera, Alessia and Allegra Antinori, daughters of the Marquis Piero Antinori, after more than 600 years of history. [Read more…] about Franciacorta Blanc de Noir Conte Aymo 2016, Marchese Antinori Tenuta Montenisa
To establish the date of birth of the relationship between the Aubry family and champagne we must go back in time, since already in 1790 are traceable documents that speak of their wines. This family is now represented by the twins Philippe and Pierre Aubry who lead the Maison Aubry et Fils in Jouy-lès-Reims, a small village at the northern foot of the Montagne de Reims. [Read more…] about Brut Le Nombre d’Or “Campaniae Veteres Vites” 2014, Champagne L. Aubry Fils
Domaine Arnoux-Lacaux, whose seat is in Vosne-Romanée, Burgundy, has a centuries-old history, having been founded by the Arnoux family patriarch in 1858. Nevertheless, the most important date remains the beginning of the ’60s when Robert Arnoux decided to choose the private bottling of his own grapes, starting the official history. [Read more…] about Echezaux 2012, Domaine Arnoux-Lacaux
There are very few Burgundy Houses that, like that of Bouchard Père & Fils, founded in Beaune by Michel Bouchard in 1731, can boast almost 300 years of history. To get to the first vineyards owned, however, it will have to wait until 1775, when Joseph Bouchard bought some plots in the famous 1er Cru of Volnay “Caillerets”, also giving way, at the same time, to the construction of the family estate. [Read more…] about Beaune Grèves Vigne de l’Enfant Jesus 2006, Bouchard Père & Fils
According to official sources, the Frick family has been growing vines for 12 generations, in the village of Pfaffenheim, nestled in the Upper Rhine, a few kilometers south of the city of Colmar, in the southern quadrant of the appellation Alsace AOC. The descendants of this family, Jean-Pierre, married to Chantal, and his son Thomas Frick, cultivate 12 hectares of vineyards, spread within a radius of 15 kilometers from the winery, from 3 different Grand Cru (Steiner to Pfaffenheim, Vorbourg to Rouffach and Eichberg to Eguisheim), vinifying them under the Domaine Pierre Frick label. [Read more…] about Pinot Noir Stangenberg 2018, Pierre Frick
According to their own reports, it seems that the Monmarthe family was present in Ludes, on the northern slopes of the Montagne de Reims, as early as 1737, as owners of land and vineyards. Nevertheless, it is necessary to reach 1930 for the creation of a real winery for the production of Champagne wines, thanks to Ernest Monmarthe who decided to become Récoltant Manipulant and give life to his brand, the homonymous Champagne Ernest Monmarthe. [Read more…] about Premier Cru Brut Privilège, Monmarthe
Domaine Hubert Metz is an Alsatian winery located in Cave de la Dîme, about 40 kilometers southwest of Strasbourg in premises, built in 1728, intended to collect the ancient tithe tax until the French Revolution. According to official documentation, it seems that the Metz family has been viticulture in the area for at least seven generations, up to the present day with Céline Metz, the first woman in charge of the family business. [Read more…] about Pinot Noir Réserve de la Dîme 2018, Domaine Hubert Metz
Domaine Marcell Deiss was founded in 1947 by the homonymous owner, who was succeeded by his son Jean-Michel and, later, by his nephew Mathieu who currently leads, helped and advised by his father. In the scene of Alsace production, however, this winery has carved out a prominent role thanks to the work of the current owner. [Read more…] about Alsace Complantation 2018, Marcel Deiss
Writing about a Maison such important as Louis Roederer, for the Champagne area, is an exercise not without difficulties, since it is one of the most famous in the absolute sense and the risk of a fruitless mythologizing is always around the corner. It all begins in 1776 when Mr Dubois with his sons establishes the homonimous winery Dubois Père & Fils, in which arrives from Alsace, as a collaborator, Nicolas Schreider, who later decides to take over the property. [Read more…] about Brut Premier, Louis Roederer
The influence that the small maison Jacques Selosse has exerted on the producers of Champagne, is an incontrovertible fact that testifies the importance of the charismatic Anselme Selosse 40 years of study and research. It all begins around 1974 when the young Anselme, once he had completed his studies in enology in Burgundy, joined the Maison founded by his father Jacques 15 years earlier. [Read more…] about Blanc de Noirs Grand Cru Extra Brut La Côte Faron, Jacques Selosse
The fact that the Maison Gonet-Médeville has just turned 20 years of age should not mislead us from the actual importance of this winery in Bisseuil, on the south-eastern side of the Montagne de Reims, in Champagne. The owner couple, Xavier Gonet and his wife Julie Médeville, are in fact the respective descendants of a famous family of Champagne winemakers (the Gonets) and a family with several properties in Bordeaux, including Château Gillette and Château Les justices (the Médeville). [Read more…] about Premier Cru Brut Tradition, Gonet-Médeville
In order to establish the date of birth of the Domaine des Comtes Lafon it is necessary to go back, to 22 January 1894, when an administrative accountant of the south-west of France, Jules Joseph Barthélémy Lafon, married the daughter of a family of Muersault wine merchants, Marie Bloch. Marie inherited some vineyards in that area of the Côte de Beaune, while Jules was engaged in his career as a state administrator, culminating in the 1920s with his election as mayor of Meursault. [Read more…] about Monthélie 1er Cru Les Duresses 2010, Domaine des Comtes Lafon
The Maison Jean-Jacques Confuron date of birth is attested around 1926 when a certain Jean Confuron, heir of some vineyards (mainly in Vosne Romanée), married Anne-Marie Bouchard, also heir of vineyards in the area of Nuits-Saint-Georges and Premeaux, about three miles south. The couple gave birth to two children, Christian and Jean-Jacques, who, as time went on, gradually entered the family business, working side by side until 1980, when they decided to separate, each taking half of the family vineyards. [Read more…] about Clos-Vougeot 2010, Jean-Jacques Confuron
Léclapart family has been cultivating the vine for three generations in the small village of Trépail, north of Ambonnay, in the heart of the territory of Reims, the legendary Champagne Montagne. [Read more…] about Blanc de Noirs Premier Cru Pas Dosé L’Astre, David Léclapart
No doubt Champagne’s Maison Bruno Paillard, despite its youth (it was founded in 1981), has long conquered the most refined and demanding hearts and palates. Before starting to produce Champagne Bruno worked as mediator, learning the difficult work of selecting the best grapes, and their correct economic evaluation, skills that are still useful to him today, when he has to negotiate the purchase grapes price, with the historic holders of his winery, from vineyards located in 30 different villages. [Read more…] about Assemblage Brut 2002, Bruno Paillard
The Juval hillside is located near Naturno, in the lower Val Venosta, a valley at the foot of the Sessa Dolomites, 30-40 kilometers north-east of Bolzano, in South Tyrol. Its name comes from the latin Mons Jovis (Mount of Jupiter) as evidence of the fact that the ancient Romans knew the area and guarded it because of its strategic position, just above the valley. [Read more…] about Blauburgunder Riserva 2017, Unterortl-Castel Juval
Bollinger is one of the most famous and historic Maison of Champagne, founded in 1829 and, since 1884, awarded the prestigious Royal Warrant, the certification of the status of British Court official supplier (whose golden-transparent adhesive stands just above the label of its wines). The winery is still owned by the homonymous family that over time has come to own 178 hectares of vineyards, mainly Premier Cru and Grand Cru in the sub-area of Aÿ. [Read more…] about Blanc de Noirs Brut Vieilles Vignes Françaises 2002, Bollinger
The story of Federico Staderini start in the early 2000s, when he began to study the characteristics of a land in Pratovecchio, near the plain of Campaldino (Arezzo). The area, at an altitude of 500 meters, surrounded by mountains of over 1000 meters, was characterized by a perfect micro-climate (excellent sun exposure balanced by cool nights) and a clay-calcareous soil, with a rocky substratum already at 50-60 centimeters deep. In that area, on the 4 hectares purchased, Federico decided to plant Pinot Noir, after a series of in-depth studies on environmental conditions, including the intersection between the 30-year meteorological data of Beaune and those of Poppi and Pratovecchio. [Read more…] about Cuna Brendino 2016, Cuna
