By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T09:14:35+00:00June 17th, 2020|Classic Vins|
Mencía : elegant and refined. It has its own notoriety and deserve it. Nowadays winemakers are focusing on elegant wines with less extraction, and less oak. Mencía ID High quality grapes, native from Spain and Portugal. Mencía produces fine
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T09:28:37+00:00June 4th, 2020|Classic Vins|
What a Word! Overused and misused. Why? Simply, it sells! But not solely, TERROIR, also, interests and fascinates many of us because it the inexplicable part (the magic one) of the wine that shape
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-04T14:46:08+00:00May 20th, 2020|Classic Vins|
Some mushrooms in my wine? We should not forget the definition of wine : “Wine is the fermented juice of the freshly gathered grape” Let’s talk about micro-organisms! The
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-04T14:46:08+00:00May 13th, 2020|Classic Vins|
Castell D’Encus(850m-1300m) DO Costers de Segre Pallars Jussa Raul Bobet is Co-owner of Castell d'Encus and Ferrer-Bobet (Priorat), a great oenologist (one of the greatest in Spain and Catalunia…), and a visionary... Established in 2001, Castell D’Encus is at
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-04T14:46:09+00:00May 4th, 2020|Classic Vins|
Rioja was the first wine region in Spain to obtain the DO in 1925, and also the first one to be granted Doca. With more than 61.000 Has of vines that strech from Labastida to Alfaro, Rioja offers a
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-04T14:46:09+00:00May 2nd, 2020|Classic Vins|
Godina 2017 DO Campo de Borja 100% Garnacha Campo de Borja is not widely known for the outstanding quality of its wine, well, for most "zoomers" Godina has been a revelation last week! A celestial nectar:-)) The nearest city
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-04T14:46:09+00:00May 1st, 2020|Classic Vins|
Fun, social and... wines! Awesome! It has been 4 or 5 weeks that we have launched virtual tasting. As it is, still, impossible for all of us to enjoy a good meal, in one of our favorite restaurant in
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T09:41:12+00:00April 1st, 2020|Classic Vins|
This week, Join me for a Free wine tasting course through a video conferencing platform. Let’s do something entertaining and fun while we are stuck at home. I am Jean-Louis a French sommelier and wine importer based in
By Jean-louis Leguil|2023-09-14T09:39:04+00:00March 27th, 2020|Classic Vins, Wine Experience|
Free wine tasting , as we are all confined at home! Next week, we will organize tutorial tasting on-line. which will cost 115 euros, more or less for a case of nine wines. The format would be a 30/40 minutes
By Jean-louis Leguil|2022-01-04T14:46:09+00:00March 23rd, 2020|Classic Vins|
Minerality, What a great subject! Where does it come from? we can sometime easily confuse acidity, reduction with minerality. If you have time, thanks to COVID-19, to watch a 20 minutes video, please, do have a go at this one
