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  • Wine and Opera: passion and emotion (part 1)

    Wine and Opera: passion and emotion   The Palais Garnier: the most beautiful opera house in the world   Wine and opera For me a good opera is just music and hopefully “nice”. But that is not enough: I need outstanding to create an emotion. In the same way...

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  • See and taste all five First Growths with the Bordeaux Wine Experience (here at Chateau Haut Brion)

    Pessac-Léognan rebranded, by Ronald Rens, M.Sc., Wine Master

    Pessac-Léognan rebranded   By Ronald Rens, M.Sc., Wine Master Guests at Haut Brion, the summit of the Pessac-Léognan appellation Pessac-Léognan, lacking the reputation it deserves Almost 40 years ago, I started learning about Bordeaux and its great wines. This was long before we ever dreamt of living near Bordeaux,...

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  • To decant or not to decant, that’s the question

    What is decanting? Let’s start with a simple question: What is decanting actually? Decanting is simply pouring wine from one container into another.  It is that easy. Should I decant my wines? This question appears to create some stress from time to time among wine lovers. To take this...

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  • New Bordeaux Grand Cru Harvest Tour Trailer online

    We’ve always had the pleasure of welcoming a great number of guests for another experience. We will have a record-number return-guests for 2023. This is the greatest compliment we can get. Having said that, you can still tour with us this year. Check out our 2023 availabilities here. So,...

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  • Chateau Coulon Laurensac, home to the Bordeaux Wine Experience in the snow

    Bottles with Classified Growths we see a lot at our Chateau Coulon Laurensac. Snow, on the other hand, is a much rarer phenomenon. In the 21 year we have been living at the chateau we have experienced snow only three times. You can imagine how excited I was when...

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  • Ronald tasting First Growth "A" Chateau Pavie 2018 with the owner in Saint Emilion

    Chateau Pavie 2018 tasting notes on futures and ratings “en primeur” by Ronald Rens, M.Sc., Wine Master, Bordeaux Expert

    Chateau Pavie 2018 The horses were working diligently to plough the vineyard at Pavie when we were there under a beautiful sunshine. For me there is always a special Dutch link with the chateau because Gérard Perse’s wife is from the Netherlands. Aromes de Pavie 2018 (17,5 points) Chateau...

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  • Ronald at Chateau Ausone, tasting the vintage 2018

    Chateau Ausone 2018 tasting notes on futures and ratings “en primeur” by Ronald Rens, M.Sc., Wine Master, Bordeaux Expert

     Chateau Ausone 2018 tasting notes and ratings Chateau Ausone 2018 (20- points) Ausone is unique in many ways. The chateau simply seems to dominate the village and the vineyards of Saint Emilion. And the wines produced here are among the best of the Right Bank, often leading the pack....

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  • Haut Brion 2018 9white wines)

    Chateau Haut Brion 2018 (white wines) tasting notes on futures and ratings “en primeur” by Ronald Rens, M.Sc., Wine Master, Bordeaux Expert

    Haut Brion 2018 white wines Chateau La Mission Haut Brion 2018 (white wines) La Clarté de Haut Brion 2018, serves as the second wine for both Haut Brion Blanc and La Mission Haut Brion Blanc (17+ points) Beautiful light golden yellow color with...

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  • Ronald Rens tasting the Haut Brion 2018wines

    Chateau Haut Brion 2018 red wines tasting notes on futures and ratings “en primeur” by Ronald Rens, M.Sc., Wine Master, Bordeaux Expert

    Haut Brion 2018 red wines Ronald tasting Haut Brion 2018 at the Chateau I tasted the Haut Brion wines in the professional tasting room in the tower of the chateau with Jean-Philippe Masclef, the Technical director of Haut Brion. My tasting here included of course Haut Brion, but also...

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