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Saint Emilion Chronicles #7, Part II: A Wine Tasting of Chateau Figeac 1988

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Stefano

Following our previous post about the history, estate, terroir and winemaking process at Chateau Figeac in Bordeaux’s Saint Emilion region, let’s now focus on my review of a bottle of their Grand Vin that I had an opportunity to taste: … Continue reading →

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Saint Emilion Chronicles #7, Part I: A Visit to Chateau Figeac

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Stefano

For those of you who remember our Saint Emilion series, this is its next installment: after our post on Chateau de Ferrand, today we will talk about another Chateau that we visited – Chateau Figeac. On a previous post, I have provided a … Continue reading →

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Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2013

Posted on November 21, 2013 by Stefano

A few days ago, Wine Spectator magazine has published the entire list of their Top 100 Wines of 2013… according to them, of course! Like last year, these are in a nutshell a few comments about their 2013 top 10 … Continue reading →

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Saint Emilion Chronicles #5: Saint Emilion and its Wine Appellations

Posted on November 17, 2013 by Stefano

Now, on previous posts we have talked about the town of Saint Emilion; one of its churches; Saint Emilion sweet treats (macarons and cannelés); and the place we stayed at during our Saint Emilion visit – it is about time that we start talking about wine. This post will provide … Continue reading →

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“Tasting Chateau Margaux 16 Ways”: An Excellent Post on Dr Vino’s Blog

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Stefano

Just a very quick note to give heads up to our wine enthusiast readers as to an in my view excellent post that got published yesterday in Tyler Colman’s wonderful wine blog, Dr Vino. In the post, Tyler gives a full account of a … Continue reading →

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