Jeannie's musings on wine and food

  • 2012 En Primeur Price Release Reaction
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 10 May 2013 in Wine
  • I spoke to more than six wine importers who are serious players in the en primeur market and their reactions were unanimous: 2012 is not a great en primeur campaign for most wines but there are a few exceptions.  read more
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  • Graves Wines
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 22 Feb 2013 in Wine
  • As I get older and seek subtlety and grace even more than when I was younger, I appreciate the wines from the Graves more and more. Let’s take the most prominent wine from the region – the venerable first growth Chateau Haut-Brion. This wine has never been about sheer power or intensity, even in very ripe years like 1982, 1990, 2005 or 2009. Its aristocratic personality favours nuances, delicate layers, longevity and possesses a certain reserve in its youth. The 2009 Haut-Brion which I tasted in 2010 when it was not yet bottled, I gave nearly perfect points. read more
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  • Spice, and All Things Nice
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 15 Feb 2013 in Wine
  • Holidays are the best times to gather with family and friends over some delicious food and wine. With the cooler weather upon us, the wine I think about is warming, full bodied, generous and red. Instead of looking to cool climates, where wines have acidity and freshness to suit the warmer temperatures of summer and fall, in winter months I look to warmer regions such as the south of France, southern Italy, Australia, California, Chile and Argentina. The variety that is a real contender as the “hottest” grape among winegrowers around the world is Syrah.  read more
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  • Moving Beyond Value for Money
  • By Jeannie Cho Lee MW
  • on 01 Feb 2013 in Wine
  • We often view Chile as a new entrant to the wine producing world and is counted as among the ‘New World’ countries. What we overlook is that Chile has been producing wine for over four hundred years when the Spanish explorers settled in this narrow country along the Pacific Ocean in South America. In the 19th century, even before phylloxera devastated European vineyards, there were French and Spanish vine cuttings that were brought over to expand viticulture. read more
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