2024 – Colin Gent Master of Wine

ENTRE-DEUX-MERS : THE LAND IN-BETWEEN

21 November 2024ByColin Gent 0 Comments 0Rest of Bordeaux

We live in a polarized world, and wine is no exception. Are you Team New World or Team Old World ? Team Italy or Team France ? Team Burgundy or Team Bordeaux ? Team Left Bank or Team Right Bank ? This is not a new phenomenon, but it appears to be increasingly difficult to occupy the middle ground, to exist “in-between”. Which is exactly where my new home is : the Entre-deux-Mers, the land in-between. To nascent fine wine enthusiasts, Bordeaux is presented as a clear left-right dichotomy, Cabernet or Merlot, grace or opulence, choose your camp. The reality is that, until this year, the Medoc accounted

Chateau Lafleur 2023 Primeurs

21 May 2024ByColin Gent 0 Comments 0Pomerol

Bordeaux Primeurs week ended on a particularly high note for me with an unexpected invitation from Chateau Lafleur in Pomerol. Even professionals like me do not get invited to chateaux like Lafleur very often, so I thought I would share the experience

Weingut Nelles Spatburgunder “B52” 2016

26 April 2024ByColin Gent 0 Comments 0Germany

A recent short trip to Germany involved a lot of trains (Bordeaux to the Palatinate and back can be done without resort to airplanes, if you are suitably motivated) and a lot of psychological support for 2nd Year MW students desperately preparing for their final exams. This did not leave much time for vineyard visits, but the evenings allowed our group to abuse the warm hospitality of three different wineries. Most intimate was the small and delightful WEINGUT ISEGRIM outside Bad Durkheim. Most stylish was WEINGUT RINGS, where the wines are as impressive as the installations (check out the espresso machine !). And most crazy was WEINGUT KARL