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December

2010

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Nytt från södra Rhone dalen sId 5

Kommentarer inför Dryckesauktionen

sId 22

Vinlandet upp och ner sId 16

SiD 5 The Latest from The Southern Rhone Valley SiD 16 The Vineyards of Oz SiD 22 A commentary on The Beverage Auction

in Stockholm by Peter Thustrup SiD 26 Portholes: Tawny and Colheita Ports SiD 30 Time Travel: A trip to Croatia´s Wine Distict is

lake a Trip Back in Time SiD 34 Thank You for a Lovely Dinner SiD 36 Wine Tours by BKWine SiD 38 Surprising Wines from Terrific

Tenerife SiD 43 Wines for Christmas SiD 45 Farm Shops or not? SiD 47 UC Davis Winery Tracks Fermentation via RFID Sensors

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newS

new recorD exPecteD at the StocKholm BeVerage auction

“The Little drinks auction has the right breadth and the Big one has the really heavy

lots. They compliment each other well”. These words belong to Sören Nylunds, he

continues; The upcoming auctions on the 14/15th December will have a total tur-

nover of 7 million Swedish crowns. The little auction, which has about 600 in the

interval, about 1.1-1-3 million while the big one has about 500 lots; 5.7-6.7 millions.

We also take notice of the fact that the world around us has stabilized; for example

the USA and the UK. In the other words the trend is looking good. In June of 2010

we achieved the best result up to now. The excitement is begging to rise

elegance iS a matter of

PercePtion

A couple of weeks Jim Clendenen from

Au Bon Climat was the guest of the

Grand Hotel in Stockholm and it’s wine

cellars. Which is well known all over the

world for its “classy styled wines” and its

Santa Barbera Chardonnay in particular

, where Jim has been active since 1982.

Now it’s time to present the red Pinot

Noir wines:

La Bauge au-Dessus Pinot Noir and

Knox Alexander from 2007. “My heart is

in Bourgogne, says Jim and elegance is

a question of perception”. It’s easier to

concur with this statement after having

tasted these elegant complex wines

from Santa Barbera.

The Knox Alexander -07 for example, is

made from 40% Bien Naidu, planted in

1996 with clones of The Swan Jackson

115,777 and 667. Thirty procent Bien

Naidu planted 1994 with clones 115, 2A

and Pomade. Apart from that they con-

tain 30% Le Bon Climat planted 1998

with Mount Eden 2A and 667 clones.

Nothing has been left to chance.

If your curious you can go to

www.muram.com and read more.

JFC

WELCOME TO A NEW EDITION OF FINE WINE

Your on-line magazine in a glaSS of itS own

as unbelievable as it may seem 2010 is nearly over.

For those of us that have been around for while it seems strange, particularly as if feels like it’s only

just begun. The past year has been quite eventful.

We have watched wide eyed, at what´s happened within the trade, with diferent kinds of fraud

and embezzlement and the fact, we are pleased to note that it hasn´t especially inluenced the

serious side very much at all. We we are very pleased to note. Also the fact that the Beverage

Auction in Stockholm has become the biggest in Northern Europe.A fantastic development

when you think that it has even been running for ten year yet. In this edition we are traveling

around Australia in pusuit of Fine Wine in the company of Johan Franco Cereceda, we pay a visit

to the south of France with Britt Karlsson and we let Peter Thustrup make his own valuations of the lots at the Beverage

auction in Stockholm. We´re going to the wine cellars of Croatia, test some Port wines before Yuletide and a whole lot more.

Allow us to wish you Seasonal Greetings and Prosperous New Year 2011. We´ll see you then.

Ove Canemyr

Editor in Chief Fine Wine International

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noteS

central otago Pinot noir awarDeD toP honourS

at thiS Year’S air new zealanD wine awarDS

A Central Otago Pinot Noir has taken the top awards at this year’s Air New Zealand

Wine Awards. The Peregrine Central Otago Pinot Noir 2009 has won the Air New

Zealand Champion Wine of the Show trophy. The Central Otago region received further

recognition with the Gibbston Valley ‘China Terrace’ Central Otago Pinot Noir 2009 being

awarded top sustainable wine – receiving the O-I New Zealand Champion Sustainable

Wine trophy.

Chair of judges Steve Smith (MW) said the Peregrine Central Otago Pinot Noir 2009 was

“the inest example of the inest red wine variety in this country”. “Wild lowers, thyme

and black fruits on the nose, nothing restrained but there are a few hidden earth and

savoury bits hiding in the corner, with briary dry forest on the palate and black cherry

and vivid fruit notes.”

Organised and owned by New Zealand Winegrowers, the Air New Zealand Wine Awards

is the country’s most prestigious wine competition, and regarded as the oicial competi-

tion of the New Zealand wine industry. This year’s competition saw 1,579 wines entered

from ten key wine growing regions. The three regions that received the majority of the 19

trophies were Hawke’s Bay with six, and Marlborough and Central Otago receiving ive

each. Gisborne, Nelson and Canterbury/Waipara also received trophies.

the QueSt for the

amarone of tomorrow

It was a bout 15

years ago when my

brother and I set of

on a new journey.

To make an Ama-

rone that is based

upon the traditio-

nal “cooked style”,

but with a better

balance between

“drink ability” and the original. We call

it a fresh and amicable Amarone. Ar-

mando Castagnedi from Tenuta Saint

Antonio continues. “Naturally it is still

an iconic wine with that high level of

concentration that we mentioned, but

today the progress is all about inding

the right balance with diferent dishes.

That is to say not only with dark red

meat and the like. We’re talking about a

young approach to Amarone”. An Ama-

rone that can, for example be enjoyed

together with roast beef.

“A food friendly Amarone. That’s why

we have created a new organization

between Amarone producers upon this

central theme. The Family of Amarone.

We aim to retain out icon status but at

the same time develop in tempo with

the market place. Therefore we are bro-

adening our production.

Today we export 80% and consume

20% on our domestic market. One of

the reason’s for this, is that quality has

always been and always will be our to-

tal focus. Which is an absolute must if

we are to survive and advance further

towards the wine consumers of the fu-

ture. Find out more about the Quest at

www.tenutasantantonio.it .

an excluSiVe ViSit

from a ProDucer from

toScana

a wine iS Born winS the

the Dining acaDemY´S

Prize aS BooK of the

Year

The book about work in the Vineyard

and Wine Cellar, won the 1st prize

for Drink Literature (automatically

the Best Winebook) at the Grythyt-

tan Academy´s Gala 29th October

2010.The text is by Britt Karlsson and

Photography by Per Karlsson, both

of them from BKWine AB. The book is

published by Carlsson Book Publis-

hing. The book itself is a description

of how to cultivate wine in a vineyard

and how the wine is then produced in

the wine cellar. The book is aimed at

normal enthusiasts and professionals

working in the wine trade. For more

information about the book: http://

ettvinblirtill.wordpress.com

One of Italy´s per-

haps most prominent

producers of white

wine according to the

Champagne method,

visited Sweden a few

weeks ago. Wine ma-

ker Arturo Ziliani proudly presented

some of his new red wines.Caccia al

Piano 1868, Ruit Hora and Levia Gra-

via. Apart from that he took the opp-

ortunity to allow the assembled “Wine

Press” to taste a specially produced

wine to cater for the absolute highest

demands. Unfortunately at the pre-

sent time it is only produced on such

a small scale, and is still unchristened.

Anyone who is interested can follow

the development at www.berlucci.it .

Support our Operation to inform about Fine Wines

Take a chance and give yourself and your friends a long lasting present. Send us your e-mail

address and contact information to ove.carnemyr@trendsetter.se

And we’ll send you a bill Sek: 250 per annum.

4 numbers of Fine Wine.

Welcome.

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noteS

PreStigiouS auStralian

VineYarD for Sale

The Clarendon Vineyard in northern

McLaren Vale In Southern Australia is up

for grabs. It is a sale that is awakening a

lot of international interest, because this

isn’t just any old grape farm with its ex-

clusive hectares. This vineyard is namely

the one that supplies grapes to the ico-

nic Australian winner Penfold Grange

and Eileen Hardy Shiraz. But it doesn’t

stop there. Clarendon has been written

about by no less than Robert Parker, the

American wine proile, in his book,

The Worlds Greatest Wine Estates. The

asking price for the vineyard is about

10 million Australian dollar, which is the

equivalent of about 70 million Euros.

”cognac maKeS frienDS”

Kaido Laavet from Maxime in Trijol made a <guest appearance

at Cloud 9 in Central Stockholm to present his Pineau des Cha-

rentes. At the same time he coined the phrase “Cognac Makes

Friends”. After a number of fantastic V.S., V.S.O.P and XOs he

presented Ancestral Grand Champagne- a Cognac which has

lain in an oak cask for 80 years, which has been changed out 3

times. This Cognac consists of a blend of 3 diferent vintages,

1922, 1924 and 1928. It’s easy to travel back to the period between the wars,

hear the Charleston in the background and let time stand still in your mouth.

Unfortunately it is not available in Sweden, but if your interested contact www.

vinlusen.se for more information. One consolation is that Cognac Maxime Tri-

jol V.S.O.P Grande Champagne is now in stock at the System Bolaget.

the BeautY of aging

Johan George from Angostura on

Trinidad/Tobago

Took the opportunity to say hello on

a one of the few beautiful days in

November. He was going to show us

a jar of molasses but that had com-

pletely lost its viscosity. “Strange he

said, back in Tobago this is runny.

So you can see

what chill can

do. The reason

for his visit to

show us a se-

ries of Angos-

tura Caribbean

Rum, which

has a great fol-

lowing in Swe-

den right now,

He remarked “Our dry rum should

hit the tongue, stop, the carry on

down.” A somewhat diferent kind of

product description. For the curious

reader you can ind out more about

1824 and other products at …….

JFC

wine iS Better

inVeStment than ShareS

When you think about the present inan-

cial state of afairs in the world, many in-

vestors who normally traded in shares are

now looking around for new investment

Objects. That’s how the focus turned to

wine. Live-Ex 100 is an index for evaluating

the most expensive wines in the world has

risen by 28.77% since the beginning of

the year, while at the same time the stock

markets all over the world have only mar-

ginally increased reports the international

press. Even other wine indexes, there are

about ten reputable ones all point in the

same direction. Investing in wine is not

just a new fad. If you bought a really good

wine back in the 80´s you would see your

collection appreciate by 12.3 % per an-

num on average.

torreS new SuPer BoDega

in rioja iS finiSheD

The Spanish wine producer Miguel Tor-

res, who has bodegas all around Spain,

Chilé and California has for the last few

years been producing wine in Rioja

as well. Rioja is Spain’s and one of the

world’s most well known wine districts.

So when he invests/builds something

he does it in style. In Priorat where he

began his wine production about 10

years ago he installed terrace on the top

of a mountain to cultivate quality gra-

pes. In Riojas it is the Bodega itself that

has b become the talking point for Wine

Spain! It is spectacular with it’s steel

grey, stone like massive surface area,

which can be seen from miles around.

The wine that leaves Bodega Ibéricos,

irst vintage 2006, will be released in

Sweden next spring. It has received

thoroughly lattering appraisal.

JFC

http://www.truerum.com/

exploring/caribbean-explorer-

old/angostura-5-year-old.

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SPenDruPS PreSent

a new anD exciting

chriStmaS Beer

Amongst this year’s novelties and the

Christmas Front, Spendrups is launching

amongst other things Piston Head

Chimney Sweeper made from four dife-

rent kinds of malt. This gives the beer a

hefty body with smoked malt balanced

against high Alfa malt Tomahawk, which

in turn creates a good balance between

roundness and sweet with well balan-

ced hops loweriness and bitterness.

This year’s bufet success? Find out more

on www.spendrups.se

JFC

chateau lafitte rothSchilD unDer the hammer

for 170000 euroS in hong Kong

At the end of October at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong a large consignment

of Laitte was sold for unbelievable prices. Even though most of the bidders came

from Asia this was still an unexpected development for most of the commenta-

tors. The total turnover was in excess of 6 million Euros. How about 5 cases of La-

ite 2005 for about 26000 Euros each. One case from 2000 for nearly 50 000 Euros

and 2 cases from 1982 for 93000 Euros each.

Who said that stock market shares were the most proitable?

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the latest from the

southern rhône valley

TExT BrITT KArLssON phOTO pEr KArLssON, BKWINE.COM

we’re talKing about the wine fields in the southern Rhône Valley. New things are happe-

ning all the time and the spotlight shifts from one new producer to another. It seems like a new

cultivator leaves the co-portative every day to start up on his own. This is exciting progress for a

region that has associated for a long time with simple and cheap wines.

It’s a bIg help if you have some kind of

an idea how the southern rhône is

structured. It’s quite easy to become

confused down here. here is pro-

fusion of appellations, which doesn’t

become easier because the southern

rhône is situated in a no mans land

between two regions; provence and

Languedoc-roussillon. East of the

river is provence and west is Lang-

uedoc. he wine district “down by

the river” belongs to the rhône Val-

ley, though “down by the river” is

quite broad concept. Appellations as

far away to the east as Cótes de Ven-

toux and Cótes de Luberon belong

to the rhône valley’s wine district.

he same with Costíeres de Nimes

west of the river , which actually

should be a Languedoc wine is also

a rhône Valley wine.

he southern rhone is a gigantic

wine region that encompasses all the

styles of wine and price categories

you can imagine. he red wines do-

minate in a big way, but still there

are fantastic whites and France’s

most well known rosé (Tavel) as

well as a few delicious “vin de natu-

rel” both red and white.

We’re talkIng about large volumes.

he southern rhône produces 25

times as much wine as the Northern

rhône (which incidentally they

don’t have much in common with)

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