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Essi Avellan, Fine Champagne editor, and Peter Liem from Champagne Guide recently tasted the 1996 Cuvee Louis XV from Champagne de Venoge which will be released in a few months. Then they were proposed a vertical tasting of Grand Vin des Princes, a 100% Chardonnay Champagne. Prestigious vintages were selected from 1993 to 1975. Watch the video on http://www.vitabella-tv.com/video_player.php?sigvideo=iLyROoaf88Ye and listen to what they thought overall about the style of this champagne and which vintages they preferred.

Count Henry d’Assay, owner of the Chateau de Tracy with his sisters, makes some comments on the 2010 vintage in Pouilly Fumé. « The wines of the 2010 vintage at Chateau de Tracy are both concentrated and elegant. At harvest time, tasting grapes was a pure pleasure. After fermentation, these wines are powerful,elegant and very focused. They already show a long ageing potential. 2010 reinforces our conviction that blending both terroirs, from chalk and silex soils, is a great idea to make elegant and powerful wines with a lot of elegance and distinction. » With a unique ageing potential, the Pouilly Fumé wines from Château de Tracy always reveal a great elegance and a perfect balance. Old vintages develop typical flavours attached to the historical approach of blending selected soils from great origins…

2000, 2005 & 2009…Three famous vintages in Bordeaux and particularly at Chateau Gruaud Larose, a second growth wine from Saint Julien. David Launay, director, tasted them recently and makes comments on their potential. If it is too early to describe 2009 as it is still in the ageing process in the cellars of this château, David Launay makes a comparison between these three vintages. He is also explaining in simple words why sometimes this wine is more Gruaud and sometimes it expresses more the Larose touch.

This is a tradition at Château Gruaud Larose to open some very old vintages to help people better understanding the incredible long ageing potential of its wines. In 2010, Jean Merlaut, the owner of Château Gruaud Larose, took the opportunity to organize a tasting which focused more specifically on vintages ending in ‘0’ from 2000 down to 1840. Watch the video on

Gilles Robin, the owner of Domaine Gilles Robin in Rhone Valley, makes some comments about the 2009 harvest in Crozes Hermitage and St Joseph. Watch the video on http://www.vitabella-tv.com/video_player.php?sigvideo=iLyROoafIv2n. With a history of cherishing Syrah varieties and blending terroirs spanning four generations (Louis Pasquion acquired its first parcels in 1920), Gilles Robin Estate is highly rated internationally. In 1996, Gilles Robin decided to take over the running of the vineyard considering both tradition and modernity. Gilles’ first vintage was so good that he won a gold medal at the prestigious Macon Wine Fair. His 1997 vintage made Oz Clarke…

Philippe Carmagnac, cellar master at Château Gruaud Larose, makes some comments about 2009′ vintage. The wine of the Kings, the King of the Wines… In 1725, year when Antonio Vivaldi published his famous concertos for violin “The Four Seasons”, Château Gruaud Larose was born under the aegis of Chevalier Gruaud. Classified first of the second Growths from Saint-Julien in 1745, it became 2nd Growth Classified in 1855 thanks to an homogeneous terroir that gives force and elegance to a unique wine. Ranked among the legends of Bordeaux wines, 1928 and …

Mastroberardino is an italian wine estate with a long and successful history. Not only did they produce over the last few years excellent quality wines but also dis they create a new line called Vintage. Watch the interview on http://www.vitabella-tv.com/video_player.php?sigvideo=iLyROoaf8vE9.

Jean Merlaut, owner of Château Gruaud Larose, makes some comments about 2009′ vintage. The wine of the Kings, the King of the Wines… In 1725, year when Antonio Vivaldi published his famous concertos for violin “The Four Seasons”, Château Gruaud Larose was born under the aegis of Chevalier Gruaud. Classified first of the second Growths from Saint-Julien in 1745…