By Juel Mahoney
The En Primeur season is about to start and Bibendum’s Fine Wine team will join the rest of the international wine trade to taste the Bordeaux 2011 vintage for a week….
Of The Greatest Wine Region In The World.
Yes, there is a tendency towards superlatives when it comes to Bordeaux.
The greatest, the best, the grandest. Bordeaux is a region of celebrity wines. Star-studded …
The 2010 Estate Rosé is a blend of a Reichensteiner, a white grape originally bred in Germany during the 1930’s, and Pinot Noir. This varietal blend has created an off-dry pale rosé, which has a nose packed full of rose petals and sweet berry fruit.
By Juel Mahoney
“HEADING BACK TO BORDEAUX NEXT WEEK TO TASTE 2011s – ABSOLUTELY NO INTEREST IN THIS VINTAGE IF MY instincts are correct.” 14 March, Robert M Parker, Jr on twitter.
The collective gasp could be heard across the London Wine Trade.
One tweet from Robert Parker is like a bombshell just before the world’s wine trade trade heads off to Bordeaux to taste the 2011 vintage.
For better or …
By Rob Pickard
This week Bibendum took over Altitude 360 at London’s Millbank Tower for our Spring Tasting, Bibendum LDN. You may remember last autumn’s event, Bibendum W1, which took place in the West End’s Chandos House. Following the success of W1, the recipe for LDN was more of the same, with a day and evening session for our trade customers …
The very balanced residual sugar on the palate, alongside the elegant spritz makes this wine perfect for the forthcoming spring, offering up a refreshing wine style. Packed with complex, fresh citrus fruits, good acidity and balance, it is the ultimate aperitif but would work with a range of foods like all good Italain wines should.
By Will Lowe, http://www.willlowe.com/
Here is a recent article I wrote for The University Caterer magazine about bar theatrics. I would welcome your feedback on this controversial subject…
The world of bar theatrics has grown apace in the past 20 years. From bottle flinging to fire shows, to the more subtle world of professional mixology, we take a look at how these trends are translating to …
By Ben Turner
Over the past couple of years the Bibendum Market Insights team have been putting together a huge piece of research on flavour profiling. Put simply this is attempting to measure how we percieve food or liquid in the mouth. Everyone has their own personal taste sensitivity but in broad terms we all fit into one of …
A region steeped in winemaking history, much of the production here is still from ancient varietals, grown amongst ancient vineyards, creating wonderfully distinctive, brooding and full-bodied reds. Campania’s heady blend of ancient grape varieties and southern Italian terroir, creates some of the world’s most fascinating long lived wines.
By Rob Pickard
This week we made our annual pilgrimage over the border for Bibendum’s Scotland Tasting and brought with us the fun and games of Just Add…Bibendum. Following the success of January’s Just Add…Bibendum tasting in London, the tasting at Society M in Glasgow was all about great wines and how to improve wine sales within the restaurants, …
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