Wine Chronicles“Sweet” is too simple: Appreciating late harvest wines
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 9 July 2015 “Sweet” wine? Some people shrug. Many who dislike “sweet” wines base their judgment on supermarket shelf stuff, the kind of wine that is merely sticky (and/or sweet), without vivaciousness from balancing acidity and/or intriguingly complex flavors and aromas from botrytis-derived spice. Yet some of the world’s greatest wines are “sweet”. Most readers […]
Haute Couture at Haut Bailly
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 30 June 2015 This is one of a series of articles on some superb lunches and dinners I was lucky enough to attend during the intense Vinexpo week in Bordeaux in June 2015. Keep checking my website for more Vinexpo highlights throughout July 2015! Dinner with Pingus, Le Pin, Bonneau […]
No Greek myth: Assyrtiko can be really great
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 28 June 2015 Wines in bold, I liked in particular. When red and bold, even more. When underlined, too, that means top of the pops! It was great to meet with a dear friend in Frankfurt, who loves Greek wine. Spyros is a #winelover who is half German and half […]
Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg Les Chaignots Nuits-Saint-Georges 1er Cru 2009
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 2 June 2015 I have been to Domaine Mugneret-Gibourg on several occasions and the wines from this estate are terrific. Sisters Marie Andrée and Marie-Christine run the estate, which was once run by their father the late Dr. Georges Mugneret. The style is suave yet with structure for aging. Friend […]
Bordeaux 2014 in barrel: high acidity and high hopes
The best wines? Positively classic, full of vibrancy. And a more traditional balance of moderate alcohol levels, with ripeness – and plenty of zing. 2014? Generally very good. The most exciting wines? From the northern Médoc, even though gems exist throughout Bordeaux. For reds, after the “challenging” trio of 2011-2012-2013, 2014 is welcome news. For whites – both […]
Bordeaux 2014 in barrel: Bargains from Lalande de Pomerol
By Panos Kakaviatos for Wine-Chronicles.Com 26 May 2015 MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE Faves? Well these are all Lalande de Pomerol, which can represent bargains for savvy Bordeaux fans. The better ones include an excellent Château L’Ambroisie du Château La Croix des Moines plus some pretty darn good ones, such as La Sergue and Château Tournefeuille Wines […]
Bordeaux 2014 in barrel: successful Sauternes
By Panos Kakaviatos for Wine-Chronicles.Com 25 May 2015 MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE Faves? I loved Suduiraut most as an upper level Sauternes that is fairly expensive, among some other well-known brands. Yquem as superb, but that was expected. The good news for sticky lovers: some lesser known wines did very well in 2014, based on […]
From Barolo 1964 to Palmer 2002: wine with friends
By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 25 May 2015 Long weekends, friends and wine. A balmy summer-like evening, time for barbecue as well. We were 8 altogether and enjoyed 10 wines spanning 50 years. Wines in bold I liked particularly, when red and bold even more and when underlined, too, wine nirvana. Flight One / Champagne […]
Bordeaux in barrel 2014: Solidly Margaux
Faves? Some excellent price/quality ratios, particularly from Château Labégorce. An excellent Château Prieuré-Lichine. Predictably very good Palmer, and a fine Château Margaux (and a superlative white that counts among the very best whites of the vintage) MAIN BORDEAUX 2014 BARREL TASTING PAGE By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles 24 May 2015 Margaux may prove to be the weakest of the major […]
Culinary dream a reality with fine wine in Monte Carlo
How I ended up at Alain Ducasse Hotel de Paris Louis XV, saw many of its 250,000 bottles and entered culinary paradise By Panos Kakaviatos for wine-chronicles.com 23 May 2015 Happiness is a great meal. Heaven is an extraordinary meal. In April 2015, I co-hosted a master class of cru bourgeois Bordeaux, for the first […]
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