2 Apps die es lohnt, sich anzuschauen – das webnwine App & Rene Gabriels BDX App. Die Beschreibungen:
Sigi Hiss – Mettler & Vaterlaus präsentieren noch einige Weinveranstaltungen im Jahr 2011. Hier ein kurzer Überblick darüber. Genaue Details folgen rechtzeitig vor den Terminen:
Dienstag, 27. September
15 – 19 Uhr: Die apulische Kellerei Vigne & Vini präsentiert ihre Weine im Dittingraum am Rennweg in Zürich
Für alle Weinliebhaber. Weitere Infos folgen.
by Adam Lechmere – Top Bordeaux is in danger of losing touch both with its market, and its smaller producers, two members of one of the region’s most powerful families tell Decanter.
In an article by Jane Anson in the current issue of Decanter magazine, cousins Jean and Edouard Moueix, both running separate companies belonging to the extended Moueix clan, speak out against pricing, and the danger of the biggest properties losing touch with grassroots Bordeaux.
Edouard Moueix, who works with his father Christian at Libourne negociants JP Moueix, spoke of his concern that the lives of many small producers and merchants was ‘a living hell’ due to the downturn and the difficulties in distribution.
by Adam Lechmere – There is no style revolution in California: low acid, velvet tannins and high alcohol is what Americans want from their wine and Californian winemakers will continue to feed that need.
by John Radford – Toro winery Marques de Olivara, part of the Nueva Rumasa group, has filed for bankruptcy.
At the time, market analysts put the group’s debt at €700m, although chief executive José-María Ruiz Mateos claimed that group assets amounted to €6bn. The companies concerned included bodegas, hotels, food and drink manufacturers and also Rayo Vallecano football club in Madrid.
Marqués de Olivara‘s debt may seem small beer by comparison, at €2.7m, and the company claimed that it had assets worth €5m. However, the court in Valladolid heard that current assets are only €2m.
Ruiz Mateos’ previous company, Rumasa,