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Discover the unique approach to winemaking from the passionate Martin Hubacher! 🌟🥂 In this insightful interview, Martin takes us inside the Johanniterkeller in the charming village of Twann, where he shares his deep-rooted passion for producing authentic Bielersee wines. 🍇✨ If you are a wine enthusiast or simply appreciate good storytelling, this interview is a must-read! Get ready to be inspired by Martin Hubacher’s unwavering dedication and his vision for creating wines that are nothing short of extraordinary.🍷 Read the full article ⬇️ #SwissWine #winelovers #sustainablewine #sustainable

Sauternes barrels regulation. The new regulations on Sauternes barrels for spirit finishing aim to bring added transparency, traceability, and authenticity to the process of barrel-aged spirits. Here's a breakdown: 1. Certified Authenticity Each Sauternes barrel used for finishing spirits must now come with an authenticity certificate that verifies its origin and prior use. This certification ensures that buyers know the barrel's true history, adding confidence that the barrel indeed held Sauternes wine and was sourced directly from the region’s producers. 2. QR Codes for Traceability Each barrel now includes a unique QR code that provides information on its journey, from the original Sauternes winery to the spirit it’s used to finish. By scanning the QR code, buyers and consumers can access data on the barrel’s origin, the winery it came from, how long it aged Sauternes, and its specific characteristics. For the finished spirit, it may also detail the aging period, tasting notes, and suggested uses, enriching the consumer experience. 3. Greater Transparency & Market Appeal This system not only helps ensure authenticity for distilleries but also allows them to market their spirits with a verified, premium label, backed by traceable information. For consumers, this traceability adds a new level of storytelling and trust, enhancing their appreciation of the unique profile that Sauternes barrels bring to spirits. At Art and Cask, we’re fully embracing these new standards to ensure that our partners and clients can offer authentic, traceable, and exceptional spirits that uphold the quality associated with Sauternes wine. Art and Cask has for sale 6x real Sauternes barrels for sale, each coming from one of the most prestigious Classified Growth Châteaux in Sauternes Barsac Appellation. https://lnkd.in/eVNMSKG5 patrice@artandcask.com

2023, Belgium 🍇 : 3.5 million liters of wine produced, by 300 winemakers, over 900ha. That's not only a record yield, it also shows the increase of acreage per winemaker: now at 3.9ha/producer. We're prepping to put an environmental and economic sustainability profile to those numbers 🌿♻ #pioneerbelgianclimatewines https://lnkd.in/ed3RT5_X

What are the physicochemical processes that accompany a Champagne tasting? Discover more about the essential role of the glass when tasting. This video extract was taken from Gérard Liger-Belair's lecture presented at the 18th edition of Enoforum (Vicenza, May 16-18, 2023) "Champagne: the mysteries of efferve-science" You can find the full recording at this link: https://lnkd.in/dWQf98i3

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"The Tejo is a beautiful region, an hour from Lisbon, that has everything Europe and Portugal offer: monasteries, castles, churches, beautiful landscapes, fantastic cuisine. And all this with a thousand years of history, wineries with 400 years. There is a diversity of wines because there is a diversity of soils and climates, ranging from plains to some high-altitude wines. We have soils ranging from sandy to clay-limestone, with a bit of schist — explained in Rio the critic and journalist Marcelo Copello, ambassador of Tejo wines in Brazil, during the opening of the caravan that will travel through cities in the country. (...) In the presentation to specialists, Copello reported that he visited wineries in the region and was surprised by brands like Ode Winery, which does not yet export to Brazil: — As a discovery, it wasn't the only one, but Ode Winery was one of the most remarkable, managed by Australians. It has a wonderful restaurant, offering contemporary cuisine that blends Eastern and Western flavors with Portuguese ingredients. They are going to launch a hotel. It's a project with a stature of investment in quality and modernity. They produce very fresh wines, with vibrant acidity and fruit. They even have amphora wines. For those seeking a distinctive wine, there's this Arinto, with 50% of the wine aged for 5 months in new 500-liter oak barrels. You can perceive the wood, and it also has quite high acidity. You see here this trend of low alcohol and high acidity. This is increasingly common worldwide. As for the Ode red wine produced in amphora, it is made with Alicante Bouschet, which is not so common: — It is a wine aged for 12 months in amphora, which surprised me because it is fresh and elegant. The amphora is not coated with pitch; it is pure. The pitch significantly changes the profile." (Full article in Portuguese; for subscribers) https://lnkd.in/dry5Agu6

At Alexandre Bonnet, 100% of our champagnes are low dosage, either Extra Brut or Brut Nature ! Why ? Because it's trendy ? Not really... At Alexandre Bonnet, winemaking begins in the vineyard. We give ourselves the means to seek out the best possible ripeness, thanks to our internal ripening monitoring, plot by plot. A low dosage Champagne is considered to be extra-brut when it contains between 0 and 6 g/l and Brut Nature-Zéro dosage when it contains between 0 and 3 g/l. To produce Champagnes with little or no dosage, they need to be made from fine grapes with sufficient ripeness to strike a balance between structure and aromatic freshness. The aim is to set a harvest date once this balance has been achieved, which generally allows us to dispense with chaptalisation. This reinforces the decision to age the wine on laths for a minimum of 36 months. At the end of this period, we test several dosage levels, and it’s almost always the lowest dosage that best brings out the wine’s minerality and complexity.

The Australian wine grape crush hit 1.43 million tonnes, up 9% from 2023. Is a smaller, more sustainable crush better for our industry? What's the magic volume for sustainability? Chardonnay is back on top at 332,643 tonnes. Remember when it was at the bottom? It's great to see this resurgence! South Australia leads with 49% of the national crush. However, WA, where I focus, is down 10%. With Chardonnay and other white varieties keen to start 2025, what does this mean for us after a hot 2024? Tasmania achieved a record crush of 16,702 tonnes despite a tough season. Big things are coming from this small producer in the next 2-3 years. Are we on the path to financial growth and better times in the Australian wine industry? Let’s hope so! 🍷 #WineIndustry #VintageReport24 #Vintage #Wineries #AustralianWine #WineAustralia #NationalVintageReport

Today we talk Champagne: 🍾 The Champagne Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée production zone covers 34,300 hectares and includes 319 villages known as "crus" within its defined perimeter established by legislation in 1927. 🍇 Nearly 280,000 plots in Champagne are maintained by over 16,000 growers, with most plots being small, around 12 hectares on average. 🍇A Champagne wine grower differentiates between individual plots with unique names and reputations, beyond just growths ('crus'). 🍇Vineyard plot distribution in figures: ✨Total sub-regions: 20 ✨Total crus: 320 ✨Total ‘lieux-dits’ (‘named places’): tens of thousands ✨ Total plots: 280,000 🍇In 2023, 299 million bottles of Champagne were shipped: ✨ 216.7 million by Champagne Houses ✨ 82.3 million by Champagne Cooperatives and Growers 🍇Distribution of Champagne consumption: ✨ 42.6% in France ✨ 57.4% in export revenues 🍇Top export markets: ✨ United States: 26.9 million bottles ✨ United Kingdom: 25.5 million bottles ✨ Japan: 15.3 million bottles ✨ Germany: 11.7 million bottles ✨ Italy: 9.9 million bottles 🍾📈 Follow us for more industry insights! #ChampagneRegion #WineLovers #LuxuryLiving #FrenchWine #SparklingWine #WineTourism #ChampagneLovers #DrinkResponsibly