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  • Red Wine & Health
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 29 Jul 2011 in Wine

  • I have been based out of Paris for three weeks now and have consumed more cheese, butter and bread during these past several weeks than over the past six months. Dr Atkins would certainly not approve of the French diet, which is heavy on breads, cream and fat. The Atkins diet, which was all the rage in the United States about ten years ago has cooled down but various versions still linger – all of which espouse the no-carb or low-carb diet.
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  • Making sense of Bordeaux 2010 prices
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 22 Jul 2011 in Bordeaux Report

  • In kinder terms, the 2010 Bordeaux en primeur campaign can be viewed as disappointing; under a harsher light, it is a total disaster. What started out as a campaign with so much potential fizzled out by the time the wines finally came to market. 2010 was a vintage that most critics and commentators deemed ‘superb’, ‘impressive’ and on par with the great 2009 and 2005 vintages. The buying power of collectors in the United States, the Far East and many parts of Europe were stronger than in 2009.
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  • Buying sweet wines - going against the trend
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 15 Jul 2011 in Wine

  • This past month in June during the numerous wine dinners in Bordeaux, I was treated to Yquem on several occasions. Every time I have an Yquem or any great mature sweet wine, I say to myself, “Why don’t I buy and drink this more often?” I appreciate that these delicious late-harvested wines take extra effort in the vineyard and special conditions such as ‘noble rot’ are required to craft this gorgeous honey-amber toned elixir that make grown men moan and sigh in public. read more

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  • Vinexpo 2011: Ode to China
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 08 Jul 2011 in Wine

  • At this year’s Vinexpo, the most important wine trade show held every two years in Bordeaux, what I noticed was the intense, almost obsessive focus on China. Walking along the enormous 40,000 square metre exhibition area, I noticed signs in Chinese that read, “We speak Chinese.” When I peered into the stands with these signs, there were Asian faces who greeted me with “Nihao!” Some of the Chinese-speaking staff were full-time employees of the company but many more were part-timers employed to translate and assist in making business deals. read more

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