Next week wine professionals from around the world will gather together in Montpellier for the
Millésime Bio 2016 organic wine fair. The
Challenge Millésime Bio wine competition is also run for the event, and this year saw three of our partner winemakers win medals.
This international wine competition receives more than 1200 wine samples from France and from others countries around the world. It is always presided over by a well known personality from the professional wine world, and this year the Jury President was Lars Torstenson, a Swedish oenologist based in Provence for the past 25 years, and who travels the world tasting wines for his job.
The tasting of the 1392 wines presented this year took place on the 12th January, and the jury awarded 419 medals:
- 136 gold medals
- 172 silver medals
- 111 bronze medals
Our partner winemakers once again figured amongst the winners of this prestigious organic wine competition:
- The Clos la Bohème (Haut-Médoc) 2012 from Château Beau Rivage, near Bordeaux, won a gold medal
- Domaine la Cabotte in the Rhone Valley saw their Garance (Côtes du Rhône Village Massif d'Uchaux) 2014 awarded a silver medal. This is also the wine chosen by Gourmet Odyssey for the Wine Experience!
- Domaine Chapelle in Burgundy received a bronze medal for their Chassagne-Montrachet Premier Cru Morgeot 2013 red wine.
Congratulations to all
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Awards at the 2015 Millésime Bio fair
Being an organic winemaker
The 22nd Millésime Bio wine fair for professionals of the wine
trade gets underway next week, gathering together 800 organic
winemakers from all around the world. During the show, the winners
of the Challenge Millésime Bio 2015 wine competition are honoured,
and this year sees two of Gourmet Odyssey's partner vineyards win
awards.
All of our partner winemakers attend the wine fair. It's one of
the annual not-to-miss events to meet professional clients, to
present new vintages, and to search for new prospective clients.
It's also the chance to catch up with fellow winemakers and to
exchange on new techniques concerning organic winemaking.
Challenge Millésime Bio is the international organic wine
competiton of the Millésime Bio wine fair, and is presided over
by a well known member of the wine trade. This year the honour
was bestowed on Toshio Matsuura, a journalist from the Japanese
wine and spirits magazine Wands, to direct the tastings.
The wine tastings took place on Tuesday 25th November 2014 at the
Mas de Saporta in Lattes, near Montpellier. The jury tasted some
1250 samples and the winners have recently been announced.
Congratulations to two of our partner winemakers who received
gold and bronze for the wines selected by Gourmet Odyssey for the
Wine Experience.
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Domaine Chapelle in Burgundy has been awarded
a gold medal for the Clos des Cornières 2012, the wine chosen
for Gourmet Odyssey's adoptive parents. The winery also saw its
Chassagne Montrachet Premier Cru Morgeot 2012 win bronze.
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Domaine la Cabotte in the Rhone Valley was
selected for bronze for its Garance 2013 Cotes du Rhone
Villages. This is also the wine chosen for the Gourmet Odyssey
Wine Experience.
And finally, a special mention, also for Domaine la
Cabotte, for having its Garance 2012 wine picked by the
Revue du Vin de France wine magazine as one of Millésime Bio's
"revelations", and as being a wine "to buy with your eyes
closed!"
You'll find a complete listing of the Challenge Millésime Bio
2015 winners here.
You can find other accolades recently bestowed on our partners
here.