The wine region of Côtes de Remich is located in the region of Moselle of Luxembourg. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Gales or the Domaine Desom produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Côtes de Remich are Riesling, Pinot noir and Elbling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Côtes de Remich often reveals types of flavors of ginger, microbio or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, oaky or tropical fruit.
We currently count 13 estates and châteaux in the of Côtes de Remich, producing 48 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Côtes de Remich go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison).
Do growers make wine – or do markets? Growers, of course. Yet markets define the scope of the grower’s creative efforts by what they reward or sanction. When markets are neglectful and unresponsive, there’s little the grower can do but conform. It’s a problem the world over. Here’s an example. The river Moselle/Mosel rises to the wet west of the Vosges mountains, then curves in a long green arc heading north through Epinal, Metz and (along the left bank) Luxembourg’s Grand Duchy, turning east at ...
Some Cornas estates, like Domaine Clape, feel as ancient and unchanging as the granite hills themselves. Others, like Domaine Alain Voge, go through periods of flux. When this is due to vineyards being ripped out, bought or sold, then the whole profile of an estate can be altered. That’s not the case at Voge. Instead, it’s due to the coming and going of people and the unavoidable change that entails. I visited Lionel Fraisse, the current managing director at Domaine Alain Voge, to taste a select ...
The world of fine wine was saddened this weekend at the news of the passing of the widely loved wine authority Clive Coates MW. Few, if any, Masters of Wine exhibited the spontaneous generosity and amiable disposition that Clive Coates displayed throughout his long and illustrious career. His generosity with his time was remarkable given the breadth of his activities. Personally, I will always be grateful for his encouragement while I was preparing for the MW exam and again when publishing my fi ...
