Wine ChroniclesCulinary dream a reality with fine wine in Monte Carlo
How I ended up at Alain Ducasse Hotel de Paris Louis XV, saw many of its 250,000 bottles and entered culinary paradise By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 23 May 2015 Happiness is a great meal. Heaven is an extraordinary meal. In April 2015, I co-hosted a master class of cru bourgeois Bordeaux, for the first […]
Bordeaux 2014 in barrel: Bored of the dough?
Cru Bourgeois and Haut Médoc: More bang for you euro, yuan, ruble, pound or buck By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles 16 May 2015 Faves? They include Cantemerle, Chasse Spleen, Fourcas Dupré and Lanessan MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE Twice in the last two years I have co-hosted master classes for Bordeaux’s cru bourgeois wines. […]
Greek Alpha, that’s top notch wine from Angelos Iatridis
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles 14 May 2015 After interviewing Angelos Iatridis for wine-searcher.com it took me some time to finally post notes on the wines I tasted at his gorgeous estate in northern Greece. Many thanks to him for welcoming me with such an amazing array of wines while I was in Thessalonika to […]
2014 Bordeaux in barrel: smoking Graves
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE 15 May 2015 My faves: Among reds, Haut Brion rather rules the roost, but watch out for an excellent and (hopefully) well-priced Domaine de Chevalier red and the usually fine Haut Bailly. Pape Clement has more linearity than I can ever recall – and that’s […]
Bordeaux 2014 in barrel: Widen the critical scope
No use relying on a single palate 14 May 2015 By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE Have you heard of Miguel Lecuona’s City Wine Journal? Miguel has an excellent palate and takes some of the best pictures I have ever seen. We taste together on many occasions during the Bordeaux […]
Dining at Château Haut Brion with Prince Robert of Luxembourg
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 13 May 2014 Prince Robert of Luxembourg – owner of Château Haut Brion – loves history. Last year, the estate awarded several cases of Haut Brion 1989 to art historian Laurent Chavier, who won a contest to find the earliest mention of Haut Brion as a wine. “I launched the […]
Bordeaux in barrel 2014: Mighty Montrose, classic Cos and perplexing Calon Segur
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE When I was asked to do an educational blog for Total Wine, we agreed to have top ten lists: top ten reds, top ten whites, top ten bargain wines. One of the very best barrel samples of 2014 is Château Montrose. Fellow wine writers and […]
(In spite of) Bordeaux 2014 in barrel: Saint Emilion oak saga continues
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE Some faves? Belair-Monange, Berliquet, Cheval Blanc, Canon, Corbin, Pavie-Macquin and Quinault l’Enclos Irony is a word that comes to mind. Château Quinault L’Enclos counts among 16 estates that had been promoted to grand cru classé in the 2012 classification of Saint Emilion. In contrast to […]
Bordeaux 2014 in barrel: Successful Saint Julien
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE Faves include Langoa and Léoville Barton, Ducru Beaucaillou and Beychevelle. Most are excellent… Well high-ho! Saint Julien is one of the most consistently positive appellations from barrel in 2014. OK, not every estate is at its very best. I mean, take the rather hard and all-too […]
Bordeaux 2014 in barrel: Pomerol (very) pretty
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE Some of my faves: Petrus and Vieux Chateau Certain are the best of those I tasted, but also La Conseillante, Clos l’Eglise, La Fleur Petrus and Trotanoy are excellent I love this appellation. There is no classification, you see? No need for official hierarchies. You […]
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