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...“The Jura is particularly close to my heart, so we’ll have wines from amazing producers like Jean-François Ganevat,” he says....
...The hard cows-milk variety was invented at the behest of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, finance minister under Louis XIV, in the late 17th century to rival Edam sold by the enemy Dutch....
...Today, such big négociants as remain — the likes of Bouchard Père & Fils, Drouhin, Faiveley and Jadot — are fastidious about quality and often oversee work in the vineyards, many of which they own....
...Since taking back the family vineyards from negociant Bouchard Père et Fils, Louis-Michel Liger-Belair has been determined to position his wines among the greats, and with every visit I feel increasingly...
...flights of five or six by vintage — 2012, 2010, 2009 and 2007 — and the Kumeu River wine achieved the highest total score in each flight, except for the Maté’s Vineyard 2009 that was 0.7 points behind Bouchard...
...Not just the relevant domaines but all of the best-performing Beaune négociants, Bouchard Père et Fils, Chanson, Joseph Drouhin and Louis Jadot, seem to have put extra effort into their best Beaune reds...
...Pretty good for now and the next year or so. £24.95 Flint Wines £35 and under Bouchard Père et Fils, Beaune du Château, Premier Cru 2006 Beaune Correct, savoury start and nice refinement....
...Société Générale gained 7.1 per cent to €37.58 after Jean-Louis Bouchard, chief executive of Econocom, potential buyer of the French bank’s ECS subsidiary, said he was “98 per cent confident” the deal would...
...Thibault Liger-Belair has followed them, as have the Henriot family, owners of Bouchard Père et Fils in Beaune....
...“It is with great sadness that Capital Fund Management announces that its CEO and co-founder, Jean-Pierre Aguilar, tragically died in a gliding accident over the weekend,” Jean-Philippe Bouchard, CFM president...
...Excellent value. 14.5% £6.99 or £5.59 in a mixed case Oddbins Tesco Finest 2007 Vacqueyras 16.5 Drink 2009-11 From Jean-Paul Selles....
...Art director Claude Bouchard wanted to revive some of Jean E Puiforcat’s creations from 1934, when the company was commissioned to create flatware for the first-class cabins of the ocean liner Normandie....
...“I’m not such a fancy guy after all,” he quipped, before explaining that he wanted to drink it in honour of his friend Jean-Pierre de Smet, who had just retired as the winery’s director....
...Most, if not all, of Meursault’s winemakers take part in the lunch, including such renowned figures as Dominique Lafon, Jean-François Coche and Jean-Marc Roulot....
...At the provincial level, the separatist Parti Québécois (PQ) has been encouraged by the unpopularity of the province’s Liberal government, led by Jean Charest....
...The fame of Bouchard Père et Fils (no connection with Bouchard Ainé) has long rested with its exceptionally rich vineyard holdings and with its handsome 15th-century Château de Beaune....
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