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Château Soucherie Coteaux Du Layon Patrimoine
Château Soucherie Coteaux du Layon Patrimoine At a Glance: In The Cellar: • Appellation: AOC Coteaux du Layon • Fermentation: Spontaneous, in stainless-steel tanks • Encépagement: Chenin Blanc (100%) • Pressing: Pneumatic, whole-cluster direct pressing • Average Annual Production: • Time on Lees: Wine remains on its fine lees until assemblage prior to bottling • Average Alcohol by Volume: 12% • Malolactic Fermentation: Blocked by wine's naturally high • Average Residual Sugar: 50 g/l acidity • Average Total Acidity: • Élevage: 6-9 months in stainless-steel tanks • Press Wine: Blended after pressing In The Vineyard: • Fining and Filtration: Unfined, filtered with diatomaceous earth • Parcel Names, Slopes, and Locations: From multiple parcels near Rochefort-sur-Loire, Beaulieu-sur-Layon, and Saint Lam- • Sulfur: Applied only at bottling, with c. 20 mg/l free sulfur bert du Lattay • Soil Types and Compositions: Schistous clay In The Glass: • Vine Age, Training, and Density: Planted at 5,000 vines/ha and trained in Guyot, vines average 35 years old. The Coteaux du Layon's regular botrytis gives a wine of great concentration and depth. Buoyed by high acidity, its c. 50 g/l of • Average Yields: Controlled through severe winter pruning, residual sugar is not cloying, and the wine is balanced in its inten- debudding, and green harvesting, yields average 14 hl/ha sity of yellow apple, ripe pear, and beeswax. Wonderful with sa- vory desserts and cheeses, surely, this wine is also an ideal partner • Average Harvest Date and Type: Entirely manual into small to main courses such as lobster in rich cream sauce or foie gras. cagettes and in a succession of tries, usually in early October Rosenthal Wine Merchant • The Mad Rose Group (800) 910-1990 [email protected] • madrose.com. -
Loire Valley
PREVIEWCOPY Introduction Previewing this guidebook? If you are previewing this guidebook in advance of purchase, please check out our enhanced preview, which will give you a deeper look at this guidebook. Wine guides for the ultra curious, Approach Guides take an in-depth look at a wine region’s grapes, appellations and vintages to help you discover wines that meet your preferences. The Loire Valley — featuring a compelling line-up of distinctive grape varieties, high quality winemaking and large production volumes — is home to some of France’s most impressive wines. Nevertheless, it remains largely overlooked by the international wine drinking public. This makes the region a treasure trove of exceptional values, just waiting to be discovered. What’s in this guidebook • Grape varieties. We describe the Loire’s primary red and white grape varieties and where they reach their highest expressions. • Vintage ratings. We offer a straightforward vintage ratings table, which affords high-level insight into the best and most challenging years for wine production. • A Loire Valley wine label. We explain what to look for on a Loire Valley wine label and what it tells you about what’s in the bottle. • Map and appellation profiles. Leveraging our map of the region, we provide detailed pro- files of appellations from all five of the Loire’s sub-regions (running from west to east): Pays Nantais, Anjou, Saumur, Touraine and Central Vineyards. For each appellation, we describe the prevailing terroir, the types of wine produced and what makes them distinctive. • A distinctive approach. This guidebook’s approach is unique: rather than tell you what specific bottle of wine to order by providing individual bottle reviews, it gives the information you need to make informed wine choices on any list. -
Loire-June-2012.1341844291.Pdf
Loire 1 Loire Following two reasonably straightforward vintages, 2011 was very challenging for many vignerons, particularly in Touraine and the Central Vineyards. Warm spring weather ensured rapid development in the vineyards, but during the summer months low temperatures and too much rain brought the threat of rot to grapes struggling to ripen. On 2nd May the village of Quincy suffered a significant hailstorm, which reduced the crop at Domaine de Chevilly to less than a third of a normal year. In over 20 years I have never tasted a range of Loire Sauvignon Blancs with such a variation of success. Very careful selection has been required as too many wines offered showed the tell-tale damp cellar and mushroomy characters of grey rot infection. We are very happy with the wines from our trusted growers; certainly Francis Blanchet felt that all his hard work was justified by the finished product,Pour “ moi la qualité d’un vin est intimement liée au travail dans la vigne”. Further west the later ripening Cabernet Franc and the Chenin Blancs of Anjou and Coteaux du Layon benefitted from the sunshine and warmth which returned in mid September. Stéphane Branchereau of Domaine des Forges professed himself very happy across his range, to the point that he felt some wines risked being almost too rich. Gordon Coates June 2012 The estates are listed in order from the source of the Loire to its mouth. 2 Mixed Cases with a saving of at least 10% on the bottle prices Loire Sauvignon Blancs £118.00 (Two bottles each of six whites) Code CL112 2011 Les Chardons, -
Wine Beverage Alcohol Manual 08-09-2018
Department of the Treasury Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau THE BEVERAGE ALCOHOL MANUAL (BAM) A Practical Guide Basic Mandatory Labeling Information for WINE TTB-G-2018-7 (8/2018) TABLE OF CONTENTS PURPOSE OF THE BEVERAGE ALCOHOL MANUAL FOR WINE, VOLUME 1 INTRODUCTION, WINE BAM GOVERNING LAWS AND REGULATIONS CHAPTER 1, MANDATORY LABEL INFORMATION Brand Name ................................................................................................................................. 1-1 Class and Type Designation ........................................................................................................ 1-3 Alcohol Content ........................................................................................................................... 1-3 Percentage of Foreign Wine ....................................................................................................... 1-6 Name and Address ..................................................................................................................... 1-7 Net Contents ................................................................................................................................ 1-9 FD&C Yellow #5 Disclosure ........................................................................................................ 1-10 Cochineal Extract or Carmine ...................................................................................................... 1-11 Sulfite Declaration ...................................................................................................................... -
The World's Most Diverse Range of Wines
PRESS PACK 2019 The world’s most diverse range of wines Loire Valley 2018 – quite simply an exceptional year! hat a year! Even our oldest On the whole, however, these were skilfu- winegrowers can scarcely lly managed by winegrowers. Summer remember a better harvest, temperatures then reached an ALL-TIME both for quality and yield. high; grapes continued to grow well and W2018 will be etched on all our memories as remained in robust health, and harvests a historic vintage, some say on a par with throughout the vineyards were almost as 1959, which is ranked among the Loire’s early as those of 2017. Conditions were very best vintages. (Le Point, March 2019). consistently excellent from the end of From Nantes to Sancerre, we’re seeing August right through to October. Growers highly aromatic, flavourful wines across all harvested their fruit with total peace of three colours. Overall harvest volumes for mind, knowing the grapes had reached full Loire Valley AOC and PGI wines in the Inter- maturity. loire and BIVC area are predicted to soar to 2.9 million hectolitres, up considerably on 2017’s 2.2 million hl, and a welcome return OUTSTANDING AROMATIC to normal figures after a run of low-yiel- COMPLEXITY IN WHITES (both ding harvests. This gives us plenty of scope still and sparkling) AND ROSÉS to meet the needs of the market and reple- nish stocks. In the Nantais, the first Melon grapes were picked in mid-August. Balance was excellent, Spring weather was very favourable, pro- with acidity lower than average. -
By the Glass
BY THE GLASS WINES, DESSERT WINES, SPIRITS CONTENTS CORKAGE/THE PAIRING 2-3 WINES BY THE GLASS 4-5 NON-ALCOHOLIC & BEER 6-7 DESSERT WINE—LOIRE VALLEY 10 DESSERT WINE—ALSACE/GERMANY 11 DESSERT WINE—AUSTRIA/TOKAJI 12 DESSERT WINE—SAUTERNES 13 DESSERT WINE—SOUTHERN HEMISPH. 14 FORTIFIEDS—ODDS & ENDS 15 OXIDATIVE & FLOR AGED 16 JEREZ-XERES-SHERRY 17 PORTO—PORT 18 MADEIRA 19 AMARI & CHARTREUSE 20 ARMAGNAC & COGNAC 21 CALVADOS, GRAPPA, & EAUX DE VIE 22 CANE 23 AGAVE 24-25 JAPANESE WHISKY 26 SCOTCH 27 REST OF THE WHISK(E)Y WORLD 28 RYE 29 BOURBON 30–31 BY THE GLASS WINES, DESSERT WINES, SPIRITS CONTENTS CORKAGE/THE PAIRING 2-3 WINES BY THE GLASS 4-5 NON-ALCOHOLIC & BEER 6-7 DESSERT WINE—LOIRE VALLEY 10 DESSERT WINE—ALSACE/GERMANY 11 DESSERT WINE—AUSTRIA/TOKAJI 12 DESSERT WINE—SAUTERNES 13 DESSERT WINE—SOUTHERN HEMISPH. 14 FORTIFIEDS—ODDS & ENDS 15 OXIDATIVE & FLOR AGED 16 JEREZ-XERES-SHERRY 17 PORTO—PORT 18 MADEIRA 19 AMARI & CHARTREUSE 20 ARMAGNAC & COGNAC 21 CALVADOS, GRAPPA, & EAUX DE VIE 22 CANE 23 AGAVE 24-25 JAPANESE WHISKY 26 SCOTCH 27 REST OF THE WHISK(E)Y WORLD 28 RYE 29 BOURBON 30–31 A NOTE ON CORKAGE While our selection is broad, we realize that for some bottles there is simply no substitute. We welcome you to bring wines from your cellar to enjoy with dinner. Our CORKAGE FEE is $75 per 750mL bottle (limit two bottles per party.) We waive one corkage fee for each bottle of wine or pairing purchased from us. -
Coteaux Du Layon Blanc "Or & Lumière" | © ALLIANCE LOIRE | Design Vin.Co IR7A7E
Coteaux du Layon Blanc "Or & Lumière" AOP Coteaux du Layon, Vallée de la Loire et Centre, France THE WINE The name “Or et Lumière” refers to the raisining of the grapes also called “passerillage”. From mid- October, the grapes are reaching high levels of ripening, related to the noble rot. It produces outstanding sweet wines with deep gold colour. TERROIR This appelation that stretches along the river imbedded in the Layon fault contains a multitude of soils (schists, chert rock, rhyolites, black carboniferous soil…). The sand and gravel of Anjou covers the Briovérien bedrock on hills with a slight slope. VINIFICATION The vines are only hand harvested in the late season, when the famous “noble rot” has successfully concentrated all the sugar and aromas in the Chenin Blanc berries. Soft pressing then slow fermented with temperature control system to respect the aromas. AGEING Aged on the lees for at least 6 months before bottling. VARIETALS Chenin blanc 100% SERVING Best served at 8-10°C. TASTING NOTES Deep gold colour. A rich wine with a well-balanced sweetness, notes of honey, apricot, candied fruits (sometimes exotic when young), with floral notes (lime-blossoms, acacia, oleander…). FOOD AND WINE PAIRINGS This wine makes an excellent aperitif and goes well with foie gras, fish in sauces, white meats, ripened cheese (Roquefort) and desserts (lemon or apricot tart, fresh figs). 1/1 ALLIANCE LOIRE - Route des Perrières, 49260 Bellevigne-les-Châteaux Tel. (+33)2 41 53 74 44 - [email protected] allianceloire.com L’ABUS D’ALCOOL EST DANGEREUX POUR LA SANTÉ, SACHEZ APPRÉCIER ET CONSOMMER AVEC MODÉRATION. -
Desserts Glass Bottle 9021 Chateau Ste
DESSERT WINE DESSERTS glass bottle 9021 Chateau Ste. Michelle, Riesling, Single Berry Select, Chocolate Lava Columbia Valley, WA, 2005 (375ml) 273. Flourless chocolate cake with eggs, butter, sugar and bittersweet 9035 Gilbert Cellars, Fortified Tempranillo, Wahluke Slope, WA, NV (500ml) 57. chocolate. Filled with housemade caramel and milk chocolate 9022 Upland Estates, Muscat Ampeli, ganache. Served warm with Chantilly cream. 12. Snipes Mountain, WA, 2008, (375ml) 66. 9019 Far Niente, Dolce, Napa Valley, CA, 2006 (375ml) 166. Five Layer Carrot Cake 9018 Navarro, Late Harvest Gewürztraminer, Cluster Select, Layers of rich carrot cake and butter cream finished with orange Anderson Valley, CA, 2006 (375ml) 88. 9017 Inniskillin, Vidal Blanc, Niagara–on–the–Lake, CN, 2008 (375ml) 154. crème anglaise and Madagascar vanilla ice cream. 13. 9005 Inniskillin, Cabernet Franc, Niagara–on–the–Lake, CN, 2012 (375ml) 195. Burnt Cream 9024 Carmes de Rieussec, Sauternes, FR, 2007 (750ml) 15. 98. Rich custard made from heavy cream, egg yolks, sugar and vanilla 9033 Chartreuse de Coutet, Sauternes, FR, 2004 (500ml) 55. beans. Topped with a crispy caramelized sugar shell. 9. 9027 Château Climens, Barsac, Sauternes, FR, 2007 (375ml) 305. 9025 Château d’Yquem, Sauternes, FR, 1988 (375ml) 750. New York Style Cheesecake 9026 Château d’Yquem, Sauternes, FR, 1998 (375ml) 565. Classic New York style baked cheesecake with fresh berry coulis 9028 Château Suduiraut, Sauternes, FR, 1988 (750ml) 245. 9023 Roumieu–Lacoste, Sauternes, 2009 (375ml) 65. and Chantilly cream. 9. 9016 Château las Collas, Rivesaltes, FR, 1961 (750ml) 35. 225. 9514 Domaine des Quarres, La Chesnaie, Coteaux du Layon, White Chocolate Coconut Cake Rablay–sur–Lyon, FR, 2005 (750ml) 65. -
Château De La Caillotière Presents Oenotourism in the Loire Valley with Diane Denham CSW, WSET Advanced
Château de La Caillotière presents Oenotourism in the Loire Valley with Diane Denham CSW, WSET Advanced Tailor made tour available on request for groups of 8 people www.chateaudelacaillotiere.com To book contact [email protected] +1 832 769 9668 www.chateaudelacaillotiere.com Diane Denham Diane Denham is a Certified Specialist of Wine and holds the Advanced level degree from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust. She's a 30 year veteran of the wine industry. Her love of wine was incited during the four years she lived in France and her career has taken her to many parts of the globe while working for some of the most prestigious US and international wineries. As a Napa Valley vineyard owner, she learned the viticultural side of wine, and honed her business skills as the proprietor of an import wine company. She's also a wine journalist. Most importantly, as a native Texan, Diane knows about hospitality and is a fun and informative hostess . To book contact [email protected] +1 832 769 9668 www.chateaudelacaillotiere.com Tailor made tour available on request for groups of 8 people Discover the Wines of the Loire Valley Not to disparage any of France’s household name wine regions, but none of them offer the diversity you’ll find in the wines of the Loire Valley. The French aristocracy was onto something when they built their impressive chateaux in this region that’s often called “the garden of France.” It’s a sweet spot for viticulture too, so the wonder is that the wine jewels are not better known to consumers outside of France. -
2013 German Wines
2. Key figures of the German wine sector Key figures of the German wine sector The 13 German Provided by the German Wine Institute wine growing regions 1 N.N. © DWI, N.N. 2 N.N. © DWI, N.N. 1 2. Key figures of the German wine sector 2. Key figures of the German wine sector Vineyard acreage in Germany 2012 Vineyard acreage worldwide 2009 Region ha Region ha Country in 1000 ha Country in 1000 ha Rheinhessen 26 516 Rheingau 3 135 Spain 1 170 Romania 209 Pfalz 23 489 Saale-Unstrut 765 France 870 Chile 196 Baden 15 815 Ahr 562 Italy 847 Australia 174 Württemberg 11 359 Sachsen 492 China 462 South Africa 133 Mosel 8 765 Mittelrhein 462 USA 397 Greece 117 Franken 6 104 Hess. Bergstraße 448 Portugal 248 Germany 102 Nahe 4 172 total 102 172 Argentina 226 Source: Statistisches Bundesamt Source: OIV 3 N.N. © DWI, N.N. 4 N.N. © DWI, N.N. 2 2. Key figures of the German wine sector 2. Key figures of the German wine sector Wine growers and farm sizes in Germany White grapes vs. red grapes Acerage 1979 1989 1999 2009 in ha < 0.2 25 900 21 600 23 500 16 500 36% 0.2 -0.5 24 800 20 400 17 200 10 900 0.5 –1 14 400 12 000 9 000 5 700 1 –2 11 300 9 200 6 300 4 100 64% 2 –5 9 700 9 100 6 700 4 800 > 5 3 300 5 000 5 900 6 000 total 89 400 77 300 68 600 48 000 Source: Statistisches Bundesamt 5 N.N. -
AAWE Working Paper No. 214 – Economics
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF WINE ECONOMISTS AAWE WORKING PAPER No. 214 Economics THE WINE INDUSTRY IN GERMANY, AUSTRIA AND SWITZERLAND 1835-2016 Karl Storchmann Apr 2017 www.wine-economics.org AAWE Working Papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been subject to a peer review process. The views expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the American Association of Wine Economists AAWE. © 2017 by the author(s). All rights reserved. Short sections of text, not to exceed two paragraphs, may be quoted without explicit permission provided that full credit, including © notice, is given to the source. The Wine Industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland 1835-2016 * Karl Storchmann Economics Department New York University 19 W 4th Street, 6th Floor New York, NY 10012 email: [email protected] * This article is part of a global wine economic history project lead by Kym Anderson (University of Adelaide) and Vicente Pinilla (University of Zaragoza). I am grateful to both for their support, patience, and their many comments and suggestions. Many people and institutions helped collecting the data. I am particularly indebted to Manuel Boss (BLW Switzerland), Simone Heidinger (Austria Wine Marketing), and Erhard Abele and Frank Schulz (Deutsches Weininstitut). My thanks also go to Ralf Powierski for designing the maps. 1 The Wine Industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland 1835-2016 Karl Storchmann New York University I. Germany Overview Wine Production Although grapevines have been cultivated in present day Germany since Roman times (e.g., Bassermann-Jordan, 1907), compared to European wine growing nations such as France, Italy, and Spain, Germany has never been a major wine producing country. -
The Loire Valley's Best Kept Secret
The Loire Valley’s best kept secret IN F E R D A N A C M E TROGLODYTE NATURE LOVERS GREEN ATTITUDE CITY-BREAK MYSTERY IN STONE BIKING TRIPS PLANT WORLD SIGHTS TO SEE anjou-loire-valley.co.uk WELCOME TO ANJOU Where am I? HOW Where to go? HIGHWAYS Paris/Le Mans/ Angers (A11 - 300 km) Lille/Angers TO GET (A1/11 - 500 km) Strasbourg/ Angers (A4/11 - 780 km) Lyon/Angers (A89/71/85 - 650 km) TO ANJOU Bordeaux/Angers (A10/83/87 - 350 km) Just 1.5 hours from Paris, 1.5 hours from the Atlantic Ocean, Nantes/Angers at the heart of the Loire Valley, head to Anjou to discover France’s best kept secret. (A11 - 90 km) Tours/Angers (A85 - 125 km) DIRECT HIGH- SPEED TRAINS CONNECTIONS Paris Montparnasse > Angers (1h30) Paris Roissy- Charles-de-Gaulle > Angers (2h30) Lille>Angers (3h30) Lyon>Angers (4h) Strasbourg> Angers (4h15) AIRPORTS nantes.aeroport.fr angersloireaero- port.fr FERRIES Portsmouth/ St-Malo or Caen (St-Malo/Angers 230 km) anjou-loire-valley.co.uk #Jaimelanjou 2 Where am I? SUMMARY Where to go? DISCOVER SOME WELCOME TO ANJOU FACTS ABOUT P. 4 5 good reasons to visit Anjou P. 5 Your Anjou To-Do list ANJOU ANJOU THAT WE P. 6 All you need is Loire P. 9 Fabulous vineyards, wines with a view 160 P.12 The Valley of the Kings SITES AND VENUES TO CHOOSE FROM P.14 5 ways to discover Royal welcoming 2.9 million visitors Fontevraud Abbey every year P.16 City Stories 106 784 P.18 A wonderful way of life HOTELS, CAMPSITES, P.20 Let’s share ROOMS FOR RENT P.21 Appetising Anjou BEST OF ANJOU P.22 Anjou loves green 1/3 OF OUR VISITORS COME FROM ABROAD