December 30, 2012

Event Recipes

Oh oh oh, it's Christmas time and for you, we have in our gift bag a bunch of recipes made from Red wine for your potential event plannings.

Sangria   (Spain)


- 2 l red wine from La Rioja
- 100g of powder sugar
- 10 cl of Cognac
- 10 cl of Cointreau
- 8 cl of Orange juice
- 4 cl of Lemonjuice
- 1 orange
- 1/2 lemon
- 2 peaches
- 1 apple
- 1/2 l of soda

Macerate for a few hours the wine, the sugar, the Cognac, the Cointreau, the Apple Juice and the cut fruits.

Put on the fridge
Put the Soda on the mix at the last time, just before tasting...



Onions Red Pie   (Mediterranean)


- 800 g of red onions

- 25 cl of red wine

- 150 g of smoked bacon strips

- 4 eggs

- 1 table spoon of cream

- 10 cl of Olive Oil

- Salt & Pepper




  • Slice thinly the onions, brown them in a pan with 5 cl of Olive Oil.
  • Blend red wine with the onions, cover and cook mildly untill evaporation, salt and pepper.
  • Brown the bacon strips.
  • Whisk eggs and cream, then blend them with the bacon strips.
  • Spread the puff paste on a pie pould, add the bacon strips/onions mix.
  • Cook 30 minutes at 200°c 


Red Wine Chocolate Cake  (Germany)


- 250 ml of red wine

- 250 g of butter

- 250 g of flour

- 200 g of chocolate

- 125 g of sugar

- 6 eggs

- vanilia sugar

- 1table spoon of cocoa powder

- 1 table spoon of cinnamon



  • Melt the butter
    Whisk eggs with sugar.
    Add vanilia sugar, cinnamon and cocoa powder.
    Add the red wine and the flour.
    Add the melted chocolate.

    Cook 35 minutes at 180°C

                                                                   Bonus



Mulled Wine 

- 75 cl Red Wine (Côte du Rhône, Gamay)
- 125 g of sugar
- 1 Orange
- Spicies: 2 cinnamon sticks, 3 cloves, 10 black pepper beans, 1 star anise
  
Pour the wine in a saucepan
Heat it up without boiling with the star anise
Add the sugar, the cinnamon, the cloves, pepper, and the orange zest
Let it boil until simmering during 20 minutes
Filter with a colander
Serve it warm






                                 
                                                 Enjoy & winely yours

December 25, 2012

Merry Christmas!





A merry christmas to all our dear readers!!
Best wishes from your Wine event team.
Hope you had the opportunity to try some new great wines, do not hesitate to share with us!
 
xxx









December 23, 2012

11th London Professional Wine Exhibition


 

 
 
 
What is it ?
Right at the very beginning of the new year, our dear friends from UK and Ireland will have the great pleasure to attend the first 2013 professional wine tasting. It has been 10 years already that Wine4Trade (number one online French wines export service) sets up meetings between professionals, French wine producers and wine merchants!
For the upcoming year it will all begin on Wednesday 16 January at the so-British Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Already very famous for it's cricket, The Lord's Cricket Ground is now very well-known by the English buyers; and has become a priviledged location for its high quality professional meetings. Nine other exhibitions have already be planned over 2013 year in Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Warsaw and many others cities!




Schedule :

The professional fair will take place at the Lord's Cricket Ground, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.
This is a great occasion for buyers and specialized wine & spirits journalists to meet producers ans taste their wines.
A French style buffet will be served at 1:00 pm.
By now, 70 professional exhibitors have signed to participate to the event, most of them are independant producers from all over France : Champagne, Bourgogne, Bordeaux, Rhone  & Loire Valley...All of them will be pleased to reach all your needs!




Finally, for those who would worry about not attending the London Exhibition on January, here is the full timeline for all the Wine4Trade fairs around the world during the whole year 2013, there is a place for everyone!


French Wine Discoveries ...
 
BRUSSELS                                                 Monday 11 March 2013
                                                                  9th edition - 80 exhibitors
                                                                            300 visitors in 2012

AMSTERDAM                                            Tuesday 12 March 2013
                                                                  8th edition - 50 exhibitors
                                                                            150 visitors in 2012


COPENHAGEN                                            Tuesday 16 April 2013
                                                                                                   8th edition - 50 exhibitors
                                                                            250 visitors in 2012
 
WARSAW                                                   Thursday 18 April 2013
                                                                  5th edition - 40 exhibitors
                                                                            120 visitors in 2012
 
SAN FRANCISCO                                         Monday 13 May 2013
                                                                   1st edition - 40 exhibitors
 

VANCOUVER(with UBIFRANCE)                         Tuesday 14 May 2013
                                                                   1st edition - 40 exhibitors
 

MONTREAL (with UBIFRANCE)                         Thursday 16 May 2013
                                                                    1st edtion - 40 exhibitors
 
 
COLOGNE                                                Monday 14 October 2013
                                                                  7th edition - 50 exhibitors
 
 
PARIS en Biodynamie                                              December 2013
                                                                  3rd edition - 50 exhibitors
                                                                            300 visitors in 2012


December 15, 2012

Bordeaux Tasting

 

"Bordeaux Tasting" gathered this weekend talents from the left bank and right bank in the magnificent Palais de la Bourse in Bordeaux.

This event was organised by the famous “Terre de Vins” Magazine the 15th & 16th of December. The aim of this event is to expose 100 Chateaux that represent the excellence and the diversity of Bordeaux’s Terroir.

There were two offers to participate in this event :
With the first offer (25 euros) you could access Bordeaux Tasting on Saturday 15th or Sunday 16th + 1 Riedel glass offered + a subscription to the magazine Terre de Vins.
With the second offer (15 euros) you could access Bordeaux Tasting on 15th or 16th + 1 Riedel glass offered

 All the major names on the left bank, Médoc, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Margaux, Saint-Estephe, Graves, Pessac-Leognan, Sauternes, etc. And the right bank, Saint-Emilion, Pomerol, Lalande-de-Pomerol were represented ...



Beychevelle; Cantemerle; Cos d’Estournel; Giscours; Gruaud-Larose; Lafon-Rochet; Lagrange; Léoville-Barton; Lynch-Bages; Prieuré-Lichine; Rauzan-Segla




It was an amazing present before Christmas because numerous Grand Crus Classés were attended to offer tasting and answer questions from visitors.







Prestigious Master Class were organised:

  1. Special Château d'Yquem (150 euros)
  2. "Vintage 1982, Myth of thirty years" (120 euros)
  3. The importance of glass in the tasting with Riedel (45 euros)
  4. Special Château Angelus (150 euros)
  5. 2009 marked 100/100 by Parker! Cos d'Estournel, Smith Haut Lafitte, Pape Clement (white) and La Mondotte (Saint-Emilion): 120 euros
All these prestigious master Class were limited about 20 people...




Big surprise: Fifteen champagnes were represented !!!



And obviously a member of our team: Clément Chepy attended this fabulous event this weekend...



December 9, 2012

The Three Wine Men

Do you like wine ?
Do you like travel ?
Are you curious ?

So you will love the THREE WINE MEN!

Who are this guys?






3 amazing professional who love sharing they experiences, knowledged ...
Oz clarke ( famous wine journalist)
Olly Smith ( TV presenter and wine expert)
Tim atkin ( famous wine journalist)

Their goal?

They want to get everyone in the country tasting, experiencing and enjoying new wines and discovering different foods.

How can  they do that ?

They creat events around UK, where they bring together wine and food retailers to show you just how much fun your taste buds can have in a day









Their last event : 8th and 9th december 2012

This week end, they was in the britsh capital at lord's cricket ground to make a funny tasting !
The theme was New Zeland wines with a fantastic wine selection!






                                    

Craggy Range Kidnappers Vineyard Chardonnay (2011)
Mud House Estate Golden Terraces Pinot Noir (2010)
Mud House Waipara Riesling (2010)

But even if Kiwi wines are excelent they also have wine from everywhere in the world 



                                        

Les Dauphins Châteauneuf du Pape ( France, 2010)
Corralillo Syrah 2010, Matetic Vineyards ( Chili, 2010)
Furleigh Estate Blanc de Noirs (English sparkling wine)


In all it's more than hundred reference proposed !!

Almost, several very intersting conferences are organize







Discover the wine of Legabon
Saturday 12.30 pm & 5.30 pm





























Matching wine and cheese with Tim Atkin and Patricia Michelson

Saturday 1.30 pm & 6.30 pm
Sunday 2.30 pm














December 1, 2012

Grand Tasting!

For those who would not know this huge event, I will sum up quickly.

The GT is a 2 days event taking place in Paris at the Carrousel du Louvre. This year, for the 7th edition, the rendez-vous is settled for the 30th of november and the 1st of december.

You will  discover some of the best vintages of more than 300 french and foreign wine producers
You can add to that the tasting of Champagne and Spirituous and the possibility of participate to some "Gourmets workshops" or Master Class to learn about the harmony beetween wine and food.

I have booked my ticket, I can't wait untill friday so I am started to read the list of the Bordeaux producers who will attend this year... 

                                                    Brown
Cos d'Estournel


                                       Marquis de Terme                        Giscours                                                                                           Prieuré-Lichine
                                  
                     Issan




Friday finally!!!

I arrived at 4.OOpm, gave a 10€ bail for my glass, dropped off my coat, took the map and GOOOOOOO!!!!

I started with "Le Paradis", placed on the mezzanine, Château Fieuzal, Cos d'Estournel, Château Giscours, Domaine de Chevalier, Ruinart,Perrier-Jouët had pride of place on it. 

I tred a fabulous Nuit Saint Georges 2010, which needs aging but already has a delicious taste of liquorice and a delicious Saint Estèphe 2007 from Cos d'Estournel

Some Champagne Perrier-Jouët 2004, which for me, has a nice taste of apple, but yet I'm pretty sure it wasn't Champomy...!



 
 After those heavenly wines, I went downstairs and there starts a wine road accross all the french wine regions and some from oversaes like Spain, California, Italia even Tunisia.

The spirits were also part of this hudge exhibition, Cognac has a very trendy stand.














  


The Pavillon Rothschild is here, imposing, with not less than 23 of its wines.





































No surprise that I tried quantity of Margaux. I enjoyed a beautiful Marquis de Terme 2005, last time I visited their Château, I had just tasted 2009 & 2010, which were already nuggets!
















I finally left at 8.15pm, with a Prieuré-Lichine 2009. I didn't see the time go by, but  the four hours spent in this temple of terroirs can be seen on my lips...It's time for me to have dinner!!





Winely yours!
Cheers
M.