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Dom Perignon

Dom PerignonThe Dom Perignon is a vintage after vintage champagne. It is developed, in exceptional years, the Champagne house Moet & Chandon. History In 1670, Dom Perignon (1638-1715), a monk of the abbey cellarer bénédictineHautvillers, will be the first to perform the assembly of the grape, which improves the quality of ...

The Grand Cru de Bordeaux, Cheval Blanc 1947 breaks records in Switzerland

The Grand Cru de Bordeaux, Cheval Blanc 1947 breaks records in SwitzerlandAn Imperial format of the Grand Cru Bordeaux Cheval Blanc 1947 was sold in Geneva on Tuesday 17th november 2010 to a private collector for 304,375 dollars (223,967 euros), auction house Christie’s said it’s a record for this type of bottle. “We are absolutely delighted with the result obtained by ...

Champagne and modern art Dom Perignon did it

Champagne and modern art Dom Perignon did itThe limited edition “Tribute to Andy Warhol,” Dom Perignon 2002 vintage comes from all good wine shop Japanese. The special package is to provide three bottles: one red, one yellow and one blue, bottles being drawn in the spirit of Pop Art-Andy Warhol. On these bottles can be also discover ...

Wine Auction of the Hospices de Beaune, Fabrice Luchini is the 150th President

Wine Auction of the Hospices de Beaune, Fabrice Luchini is the 150th PresidentFabrice Luchini ascend the platform of the 150th Wine Auction of the Hospices de Beaune, which will take place Sunday, November 21. The French actor will sponsor the Association for Life – Hope against Cancer (AVEC) in this famous wine charity auction. Orchestrated by Christie’s, this event offers 45 vintages, ...

The world’s oldest champagne discovered at the bottom of the sea

The world’s oldest champagne discovered at the bottom of the seaDivers reassembled of a wreck in the Baltic Sea a bottle oldest still drinkable champagne in the world, a bottle of Veuve Clicquot allegedly sent by Louis XVI in 1780. This discovery of the bicentennial champagne, sparkling and still “taste fabulous,” according to a winemaker who has tasted was made ...

The price of Bordeaux wines flames

The price of Bordeaux wines flamesAs announced Bordeaux wines have seen their prices soar. Indeed the addition of an exceptional 2009 vintage and the mass arrival of Chinese buyers have pushed up prices of 20-30% on average. These are the most recognized brands that have most benefited from this increase in rates. We noted in ...

The wines early 2009 and Robert Parker

The wines early 2009 and Robert ParkerRobert Parker (Parker guide) announces 2009 model year after a test campaign first year wines worth exploring (en primeur wines are Bordeaux market-specific) “One of the best tasted in my career. The level of 2005, is a historic vintage “, it still says” there are always exceptions to these generalities. ...

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush

A bird in hand is worth two in the bushBe careful when buying wine scoop (market-specific Bordeaux wine sales in futures involves buying to “traders” in the spring following the harvest of options on a production that will be bottled and delivered as 12 to 18 months later.), a spate of scammer seems to develop in this sector. In ...

The year 2009 by region

The year 2009 by regionAttention all vintages have not yet been developed, such opinions are subject to change. Wines of Bordeaux: The Crus are the most favored of the 2009 vintage. We will also we found the consumer at the time of checkout. Indeed the media campaign around this vintage has been as the ...

Record sale at Paris Airport for a bottle of wine in duty free

Record sale at Paris Airport for a bottle of wine in duty freeIn the midst of economic crisis, a crisis of airports in the volcanic eruption in Iceland some do not let down. A woman leaving for the Ivory Coast after passing a phone call to her husband spent Wednesday, April 22, 2010 the modest sum of 30,000 € in vintage. The ...

$ 75,000 for a Methuselah of champagne vintage 1996 Dom Perignon Rose Gold

$ 75,000 for a Methuselah of champagne vintage 1996 Dom Perignon Rose GoldLONDON, April 17, 2010 – A buyer who is believed to be a Russian tycoon has spent $ 75,000 (€ 70,000) to buy a bottle of Dom Perignon champagne in a London bar. The purchase would establish a new record for a sale of wine in Britain, says the Daily ...

Christie’s New York attacked by a wine collector

Christie’s New York attacked by a wine collectorIn New York, USA William Koch, a powerful businessman of Energy, filed a lawsuit against Christie’s had sold bottles of rare wines in the 1980s that allegedly belonged to Thomas Jefferson, third U.S. president, says the Wall Street Journal. But it seems that these bottles are counterfeit. Indeed, the tycoon, ...