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InspIratIonal wIne knowledge and the people behInd the drInk

December

2008

INTERNATIONAL

Contents >

Impressive Sicilian wines PAGe 4

Rousillion the strength of Catalan PAGe 8

Drinks auction tips PAGe 12

The spear head of quality in Roussillon PAGe 1 6

Judging an aged wine PAGe 20

Systembolaget expand their in-store activities PAGe 2 4

What do you serve to Black Wildebeest? PAGe 27

Young and successful PAGe 30

Springtime Wine Tours with BKWine PAGe 31

Hall of fame golfer Annika Soerenstam partners with Wente PAGe 3 2

A Swedish Master in Rioja PAGe 35

R u s s i a re p re s e n t s g o l d e n o p p o r t u n e t y fo r

finewine-producers PAGe 3 7

Roussillon page 8

Judging an aged wine PAGe 20

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

news

BeauJolais goes PosH

the southern part of Bourgogne, Beaujolais, has never really been to the taste

of the wine snobs. But now the times are a changing. Many of the most promi-

nent producers in the area have joined forces to Lift up the region’s standing in

a massive marketing ofensive. our problem is that we have 10 quality orien-

tated wine producers that nobody’s ever heard of. We are the only wine district

in the world who is known for its table wines and not for its best wines. Many

believe as well that there is some kind of industrial production process behind

our wines. that is wrong, it is the craftsmanship of the wine industry. As Jean

Fourcade, Ceo of the regions professional amalgamation stated recently.

the initial thrust of the campaign will be to organize great tasting events of

the regions best wines.

one tasting will be in France and another somewhere in europe… and the

third?…. Where else the Good old U.s of A.

cult wines Plummet

dRamaticallY in PRice

the inancial crisis is causing tribula-

tions in the wine industry. Particularly

the section that occupies itself with

Investments. Many auction houses

around the world are reporting dras-

tically reduced prices, buy backs and

noticeably receding sales curves. What

is rather surprising however is that we

are talking about the most exclusive of

all wines, Romèe Conti. It was recently

reported from an auction in Chicago

that a bottle of the 1990 vintage,

which less than a year ago sold for sek:

150 000:-

Went under the hammer for a paltry

sek:50 000:-, that’s a price cut of 67%.

since then there is a lot of speculation

about shock adjustments of the upper

class wine’s prices

JFC

soutH afRica comes to stocKHolm

two of the most prominent wine makers in south Africa, ex-

hibited their wines in a vertical tasting in stockholm a few

weeks ago. It was Cornelis Dumas from Jacobsdal and Danie

Malan from Allesveloren. We tasted the Pinotage 2005 from

Jacobsdal and all the way back to 1996.From Allesveloren

we tried the port, that is to say the Fine old Vintage from

1998 up to 2005. the Allesveloren tasting

was attended by Mr. s R (Zeph) Makgetia,

the south African ambassador to stockholm. “next year,”

Dannie pointed out, “we have our 350 year’s jubilee of wine

production in south Africa. It was back in 1659 that the irst

barrels of south African wine landed in europe.

It created a lot of interest back then ….as it still does today!

JFC

WELCOME TO FINE WINE MAGAZINE

YouR on-line magazine in a glass of its own.

Here in northern europe, the days have drawn in and the nights have got longer. Christ-

mas and the new year are rapidly advancing towards us, and the good things in life,

that is to say, good food and drink, and the company of people that one cares about

the most, will soon be upon us. It is well known that good food demands good drinks.

In this edition of Fine Wine you ind an interesting commentary by Peter thustrup, re-

garding the upcoming drinks auction. More as always from Britt and Johan, this time

they’re on the ground in sicily and southern Rousillon. Johan Magnusson imparts to

us more pearls of wisdom and knowledge from his wine cellar. so dear readers, a warm

welcome to a well stocked number of Fine Wine magazine. We have saying up here in

the frozen north of europe. “there’s no such thing as bad weather….. only the wrong

drinks!” Merry Christmas and a Happy new 2009.

ove Canemyr

Chief editor Fine Wine Magazine

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let us know about anything interesting that you get to know about, people, events etc. We cannot be held responsible for any unsolicited

material, manuscripts, photos etc. You’re welcome to please quote from Fine Wine Magazine,but always reveal your sources.

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International Edition Translations: Roger Brett, Broadcasting Arts. Broadart@tele2.se

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

notes

maKe tHe wine tHat You want and not wHat tHe maRKet wants!

Franco Conterno from Po-

deri, Aldo Conterno and

Andrea Carelli from Carelli

Video made an appearance

in stockholm and the Prime

Wine Bar during the Italian

Wine Days. Fine Wine was

It’s what happens out there in the ields that is the most

important.

“What is your motto?”

“elegance and balance, has always been our family philoso-

phy. Make the wine that you like yourself and not what the

market demands. We make good food in Italy.that means

we have to have good wines to drink with it. It’s that easy!”

“We have the stages to wander, Andrea Carelli interjects.

“the irst quality control is the region, the second is Italy

and the third is the world!”

there for a little chat.

“What’s your philosophy on what makes a ine wine?

the raw materials are the most important, says Franco, and

his eyes shine with pride as he describes his own wine from

Piemonte. You cannot make a top wine, year after year

without having the best raw materials.

this uttered by a man who sells 70% of his production in

export. obviously he must have found the solution.

modeRn wine consumeRs –

enviRonmental and etHical issues.

Lullie Halstead from Wine Intelligence

made a guest appearance at the stockholm

Modern Museum to hold a trade-seminar

on the way that today’s wine consumers

think. the most common reason for imbib-

ing a glass or two of wine is : Its origin, low

volume, hand made, unique, only available to certain parts

of the world, or elegance and simplicity. Lulie envisaged

also that in the future we in the Western world will drink

between 30 to 33 liters per person, which is slightly less

than we do today. Further to this she stated that the screw

cork would catch on in the majority of markets and that in

norway, sweden and Denmark are the consumers that are

most likely to try new brands

two BooKs aBout iBeRian wine

Just now two good guidebooks on Wine from Portugal

and spain found places for themselves on the shelves of

your local bookstore. one of them is called Guia de Vin-

hos Portuguese’s, by the wellknown sommelier Manuel

Moriera. true it is written in Portuguese, but testimonials

And wine’s names are hardly going to be a problem to

struggle through. Particularly the illustrations.

the prospects a better with the spanish wine bible,

Penín Guide to spanish Wines 2009, there is a spanish

and an english complete edition available.

Here we are talking about thousands of tasted wines,

from all of the wine districts, spread over a thousand

pages. the contents will in the fullness of time ind itself

presented on the Internet.

JFC

10 YeaRs of Roda 1

- 1994-2004

In the beginning of september Prime

Wine Held a vertical tasting of RoDA 1

at Magnusson Fine Wine, on Grevgatan

in the heart of the stockholm wine belt.

9% of the company’s

turnover is ploughed

back into the irm’s re-

search. no less than 552

temporarily clones have

up to now seen the light

of day, Bodegas Roda`s Augustin san-

tolaya explains to us. It’s all about cre-

ating harmony in the vineyard and the

emphasis lies upon inding g the exact

right day to harvest. It is after all, always

this year’s grape harvest that ends up in

the bottles. Roda 1 2004 will be available

in your local of-licence. try it yourself

a new fine wine “vinoteQue” oPens in coPenHagen

exactly over the road from

the Copenhagen tivoli at

Bernstorfsgade 5, the own-

ers have invested more than

150 million Danish crowns

in rebuilding and creating

nimb. Here you will ind ho-

tels, fantastic gourmet res-

taurants, a chocolate bou-

tique selling it’s own fabrica-

tions and then of course…

the Vinoteque.

there are not many valuable items absent here for anyone who is inter-

ested in ine wines. You ought to take a large wallet with

you because, Kristian Ploug Jörensen knows what he has

on his shelves and what to recommend.

sometimes it is worthwhile to go over to the other side of

the pond to get some water. (a scandinavian proverb)

Find out more at www.nimb.dk

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

IMPRESSIVE

SICILIAN WINES

by JOhAN FRANCO CERECEdA

You don’t say no to sicilian wine. today of course for completely different reasons than in the

old days.the quality has taken enormous leaps forward and the island has managed to mollify

both the aficionados of the classic as well as the new world of wines.

>>>

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

It WAsn’t so LonG ago that for the

majority of us, Sicily was synony-

mous with the Maia. Jokingly

the Island’s wine was turned into

a hideous pun by some Swed-

ish wine journalist. based on the

Swedish word “Maig” meaning

“groovy”, it became the “Maig

Maia Wine from Sicily ”, a sort of

slightly naughty “Underworld of

Organized Wine” , drink it out of

dark glasses, gangster tipple.

Today these wines are certainly still

“Maig” but they are also so much

more. Notching up top prices in

the international wine arenas.

but let’s start at the beginning. he

boat from Trapani, on Sicily’s west coat

has just begun its voyage south.

It’s BLoWInG HARD and the at-

mosphere on board is apprehen-

sive. Many travelers ind a place

for themselves on the deck, in a

futile attempt to sleep away the

nightmarish journey, as the waves

rise ever higher after the hours of

darkness set in. but after a six hour

watch in hell, the Mediterranean

suddenly becomes dead calm and

like a little specks of dirt the Is-

lands begin to rise up from the ho-

rizon, far in front of us. Pantelle-

ria, the Isle of the Golden wine. So

like the opening shot on a journey

of exploration in the service of Fine

Wine, our way forward is clear.

the heathens call them Moscato di

Alexandria, it’s time to pack the old

bags again and make my way back

to Sicily again. A journey that will

turn the perspective on it’s head,

as we will board the magniicent

island from a completely diferent

point of departure.

Suddenly Sicily has become part

of the northern hemisphere’s com-

mon wealth. My circumnaviga-

tion of the island kicks of a little

bit inland, in the south west, a few

miles to the north of the pretty

coastal town of Agrigento.

It is a rather cool forenoon and the

local weather boys have predicted

rain. A picture that is not quite in

tune with the sunny island. he

rain held of however as the car

skidded into the gravel forecourt

of Planetas Winery.

tHe FIRst tIMe I was here, which

was about 10 years ago,

this wine company had achieved

cult status and was still

relatively unknown. Today it’s a

diferent story, the company has

enjoyed an incomparable, almost

fairy tale success. Planeta exports

wine to the world’s most impor-

tant markets. he winery, which

is situated at the head of a man-

made lake, is the irst of a total

of four on the Island. 10 years

>>>

tHRee DAYs and several liters of

the island’s great, sweet wine later.

Made from the Libido grape or as

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