Tutored Wine Tasting Thursday 13Th July 2017
Tutored Wine Tasting Thursday 13th July 2017 SWEET WINES “The various ways winemakers can achieve sweetness in their wines” Speaker: Eric LAGRE Head Sommelier SWEET WINE TASTING Speaker: Eric LAGRE, EIC Head Sommelier Thursday 13th July 2017 Tasting notes by Eric LAGRE and Magda KOTLARCZYK, WSET Diploma graduates (with the participation of Nora ESPINOSA CORONEL, WSET Diploma student) (1) 2016, Vin Cuit Selon la Vieille Tradition Provençale, Domaine les Bastides (Carole Salen) Produced in Puy-Sainte-Réparade near Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France (2) 2014, Ben Ryé, Passito di Pantelleria DOC, Donnafugata (Stefano Valla) Produced on the island of Pantelleria then bottled in Sicily, Italy (3) NV, Pineau des Charentes AC, Domaine Gardrat (Lionel Gardrat) Produced in Cozes near Roan in the Cognac-producing region of the Charentes, France (4) 2016, Moscato d’Asti di Strevi DOCG, Contero (Patrizia Marenco) Produced in Strevi, in the Asti-producing region of Piedmont, Italy (5) NV, Champagne Veuve Clicquot Rich, LVMH Group (Dominique Demarville) Produced in Reims from grapes grown in the Champagne-producing region, France (6) 2010, Grünlack Riesling Spätlese, Schloss Johannisberg (Hans Kessler) Produced in the Rheingau, Germany (7) 2014, Grand Constance, Groot Constantia (Boela gerber) Produced in the winegrowing region of Constantia, Western Cape, South Africa (8) 2014, Gold Vidal Icewine, Inniskillin (Bruce Nicholson) Produced in the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada (9) 2007, Tokaji Aszú 6 Puttonyos, Dobogó (Attila Domokos) Produced in Tokaj from grapes grown in the sub-regions of Mád and Tállya, North-eastern Hungary (10) NV, Grand Rutherglen Topaque (Andrew Drumm) Produced in Rutherglen, North-eastern Victoria, Australia HOW DO WINEMAKERS ACHIEVE SWEETNESS IN THEIR WINES? * The history of the wine trade in the Ancient World could easily be summed up into a history of sweet wines, for only wine with a high alcohol and sugar content was stable enough to travel in those days.
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