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Want to create your own wine in France?
Wine drinkers sometimes dream to make their own wines. But owning a vineyard is a costly and difficult enterprise. That’s why some producers got together to offer the possibility to make wines from...
View ArticleOn the road to Cahors to taste French Malbec
This afternoon, weather permits, I’ll be in the train to Cahors, in the South West of France. Cahors is a small city nestled between Bordeaux and Toulouse. I have a soft spot for this quiet but dynamic...
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Malbec? Yes, but from Cahors
I must confess I have a soft spot for strong but fine wines. That’s why I enjoy wines from Cahors, Languedoc, or Spain, for example. Cahors and Languedoc are still fighting some prejudices as for their...
View ArticleUpdate on Cahors Malbec and Black Wine
In Wine Brands, I devoted a long section on the marketing strategy of the Cahors Vintners association and their black wine. Over a year has passed since this writing and it’s time to update the...
View ArticleIs education the answer to alcohol related problems?
France is currently debating a law on how to save its health coverage system and prevent various costly diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular accidents and so on. First culprit: wine consumption. I...
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Futures or Primeurs Week in Bordeaux
Last week, Bordeaux was buzzing with journalists, importers and wine professionals tasting the 2008 vintage on the Left and the Right banks of the Garonne River. It is always an exciting and fun time:...
View ArticleMalbec Summit in Bordeaux
I knew about the Pinot Noir Days, the Pink Out! event organized by Jeff Morgan on Rosé wines, and others for Zinfandel or Rhone Valley style wines but I was amazed, when two years ago, the very small...
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Branding a wine region
When a wine is very much connected to a region, should one try to get it more awareness by branding the region first, before branding the wines? This is a pertinent (if difficult) question when reading...
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Vinexpo – Day 2 : Malbec Summit and Tutti Quanti
Vinexpo is this year again bubbling with activity and people: 2,400 exhibitors representing 48 countries, some new to Vinexpo (Poland, Sweden, Belarus and Egypt). In the halls you meet a lot of Eastern...
View ArticleSocial Wine Brands
Next week I’ll be on my way to the European Wine Bloggers Conference in Lisbon, Portugal. I’m one of the lucky one who’ll get to speak twice – once on Social Wine Brand and the second time on the...
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