To celebrate this event, Vinogusto and l’Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux launche a unique contest with prizes true wines lovers will appreciate: a dinner for 2 in one of the participating prestigious wine chateaux (worth 270€) and 5 gift boxes (worth 66€ each).
A dinner for 2 in one of the participating prestigious wine chateaux (worth 270€)
Saturday 5th of june 2010 : 20h15
Châteaux in various regions belonging to the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux will be glad to welcome you to a convivial dinner at which several estate owners will help you to discover their wines : dry white, red, and sweet white Grands Crus from Bordeaux.
These dinners will be served in the Médoc, Graves, Sauternes, Saint-Émilion, and Pomerol regions.
5 gift boxes (worth 66€ each)
Saturday 5th of june 2010 : 10h30 – 17h00
L’ Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux offers a unique gift idea dedicated to all Grands Crus lovers! This elegant box:
- one entry fee for the tasting on Saturday 5th June 2010
- one guide presenting the characteristics and the past historic of the 132 property members of the association which will allow all amateurs to well prepare the tasting.
Contest
To win one of these prestigious prizes, simply send your answer by e-mail to the question below before April 1st at
contest@vinogusto.com. The 6 winners will be designated by draw among the correct answers.
During the “Week-End des Grands Amateurs 2010″, how many wines produced by the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux will be presented during the Saturday June 5th wine tatsing session?
- Answer A: 50 – 99 wines
- Answer B: 100 – 199 wines
- Answer C: over 200 wines
Important: don’t forget to provide us your complete contact details along with your answer so that we can contact you in case you’re part of the winners.
The 5th weekend of the grands amateurs will be held in Bordeaux the 5th and 6th of June.
L’Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux is organizing a weekend dedicated to all wine lovers.
No need to be a trade professional: you can participate to an extraordinary tasting of more than 100 Grands Crus, be welcomed in the châteaux and share dinners with the owners of the properties.
Bus tours are also proposed to you on Sunday, leaving from Bordeaux towards a selection of Grands Crus châteaux in the Medoc, Saint Emilion, Graves and Sauternes regions. A golf competition will also be held at the Golf du Médoc.
We will be waiting for you in Bordeaux on 5 and 6 June to share unforgettable moments in the heart of the Bordeaux vineyards!
THE TASTING
Saturday 5 June, Hangar 14 in Bordeaux, 10.30 am – 5.00 pm
DINNERS
Saturday 5 June, Bordeaux vineyards, 8.00 pm
SPECIAL PARTY
Saturday 5 June, 8.30 pm
VINEYARDS TOURS IN THE BORDEAUX REGION
Sunday 6 June 10.00 pm – 05.30 pm
GOLF TOURNAMENT
Sunday 6 June : the Union des Grands crus de Bordeaux Cup will be held at the Golf du Médoc.
Online booking and detailed programme on www.wga-ugcb.com
The CIVB launches an Environmental Management System. Goal is to reduce the carbon produced every year (200,000 tonnes) by 25% by 2020 and by 75% by 2050.
The aim of the new system is to make it easy as possible for companies, whether chateaux or negociants, to reduce their environmental impact. Training and documentation will help companies work out emissions levels, set up alert systems for reducing impact, and run efficiency audits. From this year, the CIVB will be running a pilot study with 20 companies. The intention is for them all to be certified with the internationally-recognised standard, ISO 14001.
A pioneer estate is Chateau Dillon (Lycée Viticole de Bordeaux), where the ISO certification has been in place since 2004. They claim they use about a fifth of the water other properties use.
According to Decanter.com, Sibaritas, the Spanish consumer wine magazine created in 1983 and edited by José Peñin, has suspended publication after 18 years.
The recession and the rise of online wine sites meant reader numbers dropped significantly in 2009. Peñin says: “New technology, reader trends and ways of communicating about wine have pushed us to explore the Internet as an option”.
The launch of an online version of the Guía Peñin guides is planned in October. The site will feature thousands of searchable wines from the Guía Peñin annual guides, tasting notes, tasting reports and a blog.
The monetization strategy is not announced yet. We’ll they adopt the erobertparker.com strategy with a subscription fee or go for a free access approach?
Prior to this, Peñin is due to launch guiapeninenruta.com next week, a wine travel blog, with sections on Spanish wine regions, producers and individual wines. It won’t however feature any wine scores.
