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Jul 10, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Kate Malczewski |Sophia Longhi |Jim Clarke |Louella Berryman
It’s quite common for us to unwittingly drink our red wines too warm and our white wines too cold, which can often transform the profile of a wine and rob us of its alluring flavours and freshness. A fine tip to remember is the 20-20 rule: put red wines in the fridge for 20 minutes and take white wines out of the fridge for 20 minutes before serving to achieve the perfect serving temperature for both types of wine. This 20-20 trick is ideal for red wines from the Côtes du Rhône.
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Jul 9, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Kate Malczewski |Louella Berryman |Jim Clarke |Mathilda Hill-Smith
They say if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it and in the wine world that certainly rings true. Regions are built on traditions, often based on specific grape varieties and styles, and for many areas there is a legal framework ensuring producers adhere to them. A firm winemaking direction makes plenty of commercial sense, giving consumers a reliable notion of what to expect from a region’s wines.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Kate Malczewski |Louella Berryman |Jim Clarke |Mathilda Hill-Smith
In episode 169 of The Drinking Hour, David Kermode looks back on some of the highlights from series 14. Eduardo Chadwick reminisces on the Berlin Tasting, a seminal moment that forever changed the perception of Chilean wine around the world. He reveals that the key to the tasting was ensuring the wines were all judged blind when pitted against some of Bordeaux’s most prestigious bottles.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Jim Clarke |Lucy Shaw |Kate Malczewski |Ben McCormack
In episode 168 of The Drinking Hour podcast, David Kermode concludes his two-part special on Chablis, exploring the wines, producers and terroir of one of Burgundy‘s iconic appellations. Robin Kick MW is Kermode’s first guest. She talks through the different soil types within the region, the role crushed oysters played in creating the remarkable terroir and the virtues of Petit Chablis. Later in the episode, Kermode visits several Chablis producers to hear their experiences of winemaking.
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Kate Malczewski |Sophia Longhi |Jim Clarke |Nina Caplan
Laurent Delaunay is sitting bolt upright in the auction room at Clos de Vougeot, alert to every nod and hand gesture around him. He notes every successful bid. ‘Faiveley bought that. That’s Bichot’ and so on. This is the Hospices de Nuits auction, a smaller sibling to the much grander Hospices de Beaune, and, as in most auctions, the big spenders are the most discreet.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Louella Berryman |Jim Clarke |Mathilda Hill-Smith |Rafael Tonon
Less than a decade ago, the drinking scene in Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital, was dominated by badly behaved British stag parties attracted to the city by cheap flights and cheaper booze. As was so common in central European countries released from their Soviet shackles, the streets were plagued by grubby bars, tacky cocktail joints, vertical-drinking nightclubs and all the antisocial behaviour they entail. Today, however, things have changed dramatically.
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Jun 6, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Louella Berryman |Jim Clarke |David Kermode |Essi Avellan MW
New York has two new bars worth seeking out in June as Chelsea Market welcomes a Japanese listening bar to its ranks and the Flatiron District gets a sophisticated wine venue with France, Italy and the US as its focus. In the UK, London’s Soho has a ‘house-party style bar’ with cocktails priced at nearer £10 than £20, notable because the former is now a price point generally being abandoned in the capital as rising costs are passed on to punters.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Louella Berryman |Jim Clarke |Mathilda Hill-Smith |Essi Avellan MW
‘Wine remains the quintessential beverage to savour alongside food,’ says Ferran Adrià, who is sitting in his office at home in Barcelona, clad in his signature long-sleeved black T-shirt – something of a uniform now that he’s out of the chef’s whites. ‘No matter how many concoctions emerge, there’s an intangible quality unique to wine – its soul, cultivated over the years,’ he adds.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Louella Berryman |Mathilda Hill-Smith |Jim Clarke |Essi Avellan MW
French journalist and photographer Thierry Gaudillère is the winner of Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year 2024 for his aerial shot (see full image below) of a Pinot Noir harvest in Volnay, Burgundy. He cleverly captures the shadows of vineyard workers on a dust track as the sun shines on the key players involved in the harvest. This is the second year the French photographer has won the coveted prize.
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May 14, 2024 | 
cluboenologique.com | Lin MW |Jim Clarke |Kristiane Sherry |Louella Berryman
In recent years, Manchester’s gastronomic culture has undergone significant evolution. Central to this transformation are two key factors: first, a move away from generic, international cuisines in favour of a modern-British culinary identity, characterised by some use of fermentation and a deep commitment to using locally sourced, seasonal ingredients; and second, the rising prominence of natural wine.
