Taste Like A Pro, Rosé Wines...

Summer is around the corner and it is time to consider the wine list for the hot days ahead.  Not surprisingly, Rosé wines, those made in the pink color, are super trendy right now. Throughout this series, we have taken the view that style, or the personality of the wine, and quality, its degree of excellence, are two fundamentally different issues when it comes to scoring wines.  This is why it is imperative to understand how key production methods affect style so that quality can be fairly evaluated. This issue looks at what influence Rosés.

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Taste Like A Pro - Tasting Primeurs...

The first week of April is normally the time when wine pros from the whole world descend on Bordeaux to taste the wines “en primeur”. This tasting helps them ascertain the quality of the previous vintage using samples of wines that are still in barrels in various Châteaux and will continue to do so for some time to come. The key question is how to taste such young wines that are not ready and still judge its quality?

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