Decanter Fine
Wine Encounter 2001
For the last few
years Decanter magazine have
hosted what has been easily the best consumer tasting event in the wine
calendar, their Fine Wine Encounter. For relatively little dosh (this year
£30 a ticket) you get plush
surroundings (the Landmark hotel), Riedel tasting glasses, ample provision of
spittoons (a vital feature unless you enjoy getting completely blottoed),
and most importantly a stunning line-up of producers. The crowds aren't too
bad, and there really is more than you can do in a day. And that's without
taking into account the series of 'masterclasses' (there are six of these,
priced at £35 each). This years event ill once again be held at the
Landmark Hotel, over the weekend of 17th-18th November. Participating
producers will include the following:
Argentina:
Weinert
Australia:
Basedow
Capel Vale
Grant Burge
Leasingham
Nepenthe
Petaluma
Shaw & Smith
Penfolds
Rosemount
Austria:
Freie Weingartner Wachau
Canada:
Inniskillin
Chile:
Casa Lapostolle
Montes
Alsace:
Domaine Albert Mann
Domaine Marcel Deiss
Bordeaux:
Château Beauregard
Château Beychevelle
Château Brane-Cantenac
Château Cantemerle
Château Carbonnieux
Château Coutet
Château d'Angludet
Château d'Issan
Château Figeac
Château Giscours
Château Kirwan
Château Lagrange
Château Léoville Poyferré
Château Marquis de Termes
Château Olivier
Château Palmer
Château Phélan Ségur
Château Pomeaux
Château Talbot
Marquis de Terme
Château La Vieille Cure |
Burgundy:
Chanson Père et Fils
Clos des Lambrays
Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard
Maison Louis Jadot
Champagne:
Champagne Boizel
Champagne Mumm
Champagne Gosset
Loire:
Château de Fesles
Charles Joguet
Rhône:
Château La Nerthe
Domaine du Vieux Télégraphe
Southern France:
Domaine de l'Hortus
Domaines Ott
La Cuvée Mythique
Germany:
Schloss Vollrads
Weingut Dr Heger
Greece:
Ktima Kir-Yianni
Hungary:
The Royal Tokaji Company
Spain:
Bodegas Campillo
Bodegas Martínez Bujanda
Bodegas Muga
Chivite
López de Heredia
Marqués de Cáceres
Marqués de Riscal
Enate |
Italy:
Barasiolo
Lungarotti
Castello Banfi
Castello della Paneretta
Castello di Fonterutoli
Castello di Monastero
Castello di Querceto
Fattoria di Terrabianca
Fattoria Nittardi
Sella & Mosca
Tedeschi
Umani Ronchi
Venegazzu
Venica & Venica
Fattoria di Felsina
Fattoria di Fontodi
Allegrini
New Zealand:
Craggy Range Vineyards
Isabel Estate Vineyard
Portugal:
Cockburns
J. Portugal Ramos Vinhos SA
Quinta do Noval
Taylor's
South Africa:
De Wetshof Estate
Hamilton Russell Vineyards
Klein Constantia Estate
USA:
Archery Summit
Château Ste Michelle
Clos du Val
Diamond Creek Vineyards
Duckhorn Vineyards
Rutz Cellars
Shafer Vineyards
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars
Vine Cliff Winery |
To book, or find out more, contact the
Decanter information hotline: +44 (0)20 7471 2000, or e-mail: catherine_woods@decantermagazine.com
see my tasting notes from last year's event:
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