The wine region of Cabernet de Saumur is located in the region of Saumur of Loire Valley of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Cave de Saumur or the Château de Targé produce mainly wines pink and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Cabernet de Saumur are Cabernet franc et Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Cabernet de Saumur often reveals types of flavors of cherry, raspberry or floral and sometimes also flavors of pomegranate, red fruit or black fruit.
We currently count 18 estates and châteaux in the of Cabernet de Saumur, producing 21 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Cabernet de Saumur go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison).
The Champagne house expanded into the region when it acquired Maison Langlois-Chateau in Saumur back in 1973. It then bolstered its presence in Sancerre with the acquisition of Château de Thauvenay in 2016. Now it has tied up a deal to bring the family-run Hubert Brochard estate into the fold. ‘The acquisition of Hubert Brochard estate represents a unique opportunity to consolidate our footprint in this fantastic region and to continue to promote, in France and internationally, its savoir-faire ...
The spirit was filled into a single ex-Sherry cask at the Speyside distillery in 1940, shortly before The Second World War forced The Macallan to close for the first time in its history. Bottled at 41.6% abv, only 288 decanters are available worldwide, featuring eye-catching packaging: a mouth-blown glass decanter sitting on a bronze sculpture of three hands, created by Scottish artist Saskia Robinson. The hands represent the distillery workers of 1940 who made the whisky; former Macallan chairm ...
According to China’s General Administration of Customs, the seized goods consisted of more than 1,000 bottles of Penfolds from Australia and over 100 bottles of top-end Bordeaux wine, including first growth labels such as Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Margaux. The Chinese customs authorities discovered the cases of illegally imported bottles by checking the amount of wine declared on the offending company’s documents against the actual number of items being transported. The smuggled good ...
