Royal wedding champagne, best sommeliers, Bordeaux bubble – sipped & spit
SIPPED and SPIT: journalists at sommelier competitions
Alan Richman participated in several events of the Best Sommelier in America contest. During the course of it, he nearly sets his suit on fire and leaves such a mess trying to open a bottle that he says, “It looked like Freddy Krueger had entered the competition.” Oh, and the last graf reveas that Alexander Lapratt of db Bistro Moderne was the winner. [GQ]
SIPPED: Royal Wedding champage
A press release stated that magnums of Pol Roger brut reserve were poured at the reception following the Royal Wedding. Did English bubbly make an appearance at any of the festivities? If so, hit the comments.
SPIT: more Bordeaux bubble data
“[Simon] Staples has remortgaged his home three times in the last 10 years (in 2000, 2005 and 2009) to buy Bordeaux. Last year he recommended that his mother-in-law buy five cases of a particular Bordeaux at £2,400. These are now selling for £7,800.” [Guardian]
SPIT: corks
A winemaker from New Zealand eschews screwcaps and bottles his wines bound for China with corks. Why? “Prestige.” [Stuff.co.uk]
SIPPED: regime change
Bloomberg analyzes the impact on California wine of the recent changes at the Wine Advocate. One winemaker’s take on Parker’s departure: “I’m kind of sad to see him go. You know what he likes and doesn’t like, and it made things easier for us.”
On May 2nd, 2011 at 8:00 pm ,Jane wrote:
I suppose corks are much more prestigious than screw caps. Will be interesting to see if the Asian markets agree.
On May 5th, 2011 at 9:17 am ,Dr. Vino wrote:
The Royals and English wine: it’s not just for putting in Aston Martins any more! http://bit.ly/ms5g20