Clos Vougeot, the largest single Grand Cru vineyard in the Côte de Nuits designation. It is one of Burgundy's most historic walled vineyards. Did you know that between 1819 to 1869 Romanee-Conti was produced at Chateau Clos de Vougeot! We had the opportunity to taste the 1945 Clos Vougeot from 2 bot...
The wines of the legendary Domaine de la Romanée-Conti - widely known as DRC - are the most sought-after and expensive wines in the world. The winery is located in Vosne-Romanée and since 2011 has it’s offices and main barrel cellar close to the town’s church.
What a pleasure it was to taste a wine this old from an outstanding Burgundy vintage 1945!!!! Very popular, excellent vintage where the legendary wines have become very rare.Starting from a bottle with a less attractive filling level of minus 7 cm and damaged label.
In our minds we were already awa...
At Belgium Wine Watchers we love a good wine story. One of our favourite ones is about the wines of the ship ’t Vliegent hart or Flying Heart. The ship was an 18th century East Indiaman of the Dutch East India Company. On the third of February 1735 ’t Vliegent Hart, which was on its way to Batavia i...
A wine label doesn’t tell you how the wine will taste but helps you understand what you are buying exactly. French wine labels contain a lot of information and if you just started to explore exclusive wines this may be confusing. In this blog we explain a few common French wine terms that make it ea...
The Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855 must be the most famous and influential classification of all. It’s surprising that this list has become so important as it was only meant to give an ‘impression’. Today 100 point rankings, prices and reputations for individual wines have much more i...
Saint-Emilion is a wine town in Bordeaux, France. It’s located on the right bank - or north side - of the Dordogne river. The limestone area around this town is excellent for the Merlot grape to grow. Since 1955 there’s an official classification of Saint-Emilion wines, and the Grand Cru wines are o...
The quality of an exclusive vintage wine depends on so many things. The reputation of the vineyard often offers a good guarantee. However there are more elements, which influence the taste of the wine. And a ‘good wine year’ may not be valid for each region: the weather conditions can vary from one ...
Serving a wine is almost an art in itself. It’s part of the experience of enjoying a fine wine, even at home. When serving an exclusive vintage wine from Belgium Wine Watchers - for example a bottle of Barolo wine that aged for more than a decade - you want to show the wine the proper respect. Our 5...
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