Two More Excellent Book Reviews!
The book “The Wines of Provence – Tricolour” has now received two more excellent reviews. If you have not yet bought the book, read more here before you buy it! First Kristina...
Vermentino versus Rolle
Many believe that the best Vermentino wines come from Sardinia. Since I have the privilege of spending a large part of my time in Provence, a favourite wine has become white wines...
Celebrities in Provence and Frost
News from the Provence wine world so you know what’s going on! It’s starting to get crowded with celebrities in the Provencal wine estates! 13 years ago, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie...
No extra US taxes on French and Provence wines!
The 17-year-old dispute over government subsidies to the aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus led in October 2019 to US President Trump introducing 25% penalty taxes on e.g. French wines, duties estimated to...
All about Provence Rosé Wine
All about Provence Rosé Wine The rosé wine has definitely come to stay and the wine is now an accepted serious wine where there are styles both for a refreshing aperitif and...
Even more Frost!
Time to buy and store French wines?! Just over a week ago, the whole of France was hit by extremely cold weather which will very sharply reduce this year’s harvest of grapes...
Corked News from the Provencal Wine World
News from the Provencal wine world so you can keep up to date with what’s happening: Today, 200,000 tonnes of cork bark are harvested per year for wine corks where the big...
The Frost hits Provence!
The cold weather from northern Europe has now also affected many parts of Europe, including southern France and northern Italy. From having a week with temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius, the night...
Scoring of wines!
An important but difficult and controversial area is wine assessments and scoring of wines. The assessment itself must as far as possible be objective, but it is affected, in addition to the...
Light in the tunnel for Provence’ wines but…!
The new US President Joe Biden has already made positive contributions to the wine trade between Europe and the USA! The background is the old dispute from 2004 about government subsidies to...
