Pio Cesare’s Barolo Ornato 2009 scores highly in Imbibe magazine’s recent blind tasting finishing sixth out of 30 wines tasted.
Clinton Cawood joins a panel of sommeliers braced for tannin and finding true love…
The panel:
Gergely Barsi Szabo, Bread Street Kitchen
Clinton Cawood, Imbibe
Simone Fadda, Nobu
Giancarlo Cuccuro, The Gilbert Scott
Nigel Lister, ex York & Albany
Derryn Nel, Merchants Tavern
Nelio Pinto, Candlesticks Hotel
Mariyana Radulova, Royal Thames Yacht Club
Domaines Schlumberger have been awarded a Gold Medal for their Riesling Grand Cru ‘Saering’ 2008 at the 2014 Sommelier Wine Awards.
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Two silver medals were awarded to Meerlust in the 2014 Decanter World Wine Awards for the 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon and the 2012 Pinot Noir.
The Zisola Nero d’Avola picks a Silver Medal for at the International Wine Challenge 2014. “We are delighted with this result – the wine offers excellent value”, says Giovanni Mazzei, UK Brand Ambassador
The judges comments: “Complex nose, clean rose petal and herb. Fresh and fine tannins,
finish long and elegant”.
Jamie Goode and Jancis Robinson’s reviews of Pascal Jolivet Sancerre Sauvage and Sancerre Les Caillottes.
Both of the Zisola wines, the classic Nero d’Avola 2011 and the Doppiozeta Noto Rosso 2010 feature in the Decanter Italy Supplement 2014 ‘Beyond Etna’ article written by Italian specialist writer, Ian d’Agata.
