Read the transcript of our Q and A with winemaker Mathieu Lapierre taken at our Bibendum Ec1 tasting. The chat covers natural wine, biodynamics, the nature of Beaujolais and the best wine to drink at breakfast… press play to read the interview.
Live Q and A with Mathieu Lapierre
by Gareth Groves
One of the great things about the Bibendum EC1 tasting will be the sheer number of winemakers we will have in one building; a huge array of talented people all with their own views on the world’s greatest liquid.
We have lined up one of them, Mathieu Lapierre, to join us for a live …
by Gareth Groves
Did you drink Beaujolais Nouveau yesterday? No, me neither.
In years gone by we would have all rushed to taste a red raw Gamay with enamel-stripping acid and a faint whiff of bananas. Not any more. We are learning. Beaujolais is for life not just the third Thursday in November.
The top growers in Beaujolais are producing some of the most exciting wines in France at …
by Gareth Groves
As has been widely reported, Marcel Lapierre, one of the finest producers in Beaujolais and a leader of the French natural wine movement, has died aged 60. Bibendum has imported his fabulous Morgon for many, many years and we were saddened to hear of his passing. Our thoughts are with Marcel’s wife, Marie and children Mathieu, Camille and Anne. Mathieu, …
2009 is a fantastic Beaujolais vintage. Not that anyone really cares. Unlike Bordeaux 2009 there are no hyped-up sales campaigns, no 100 point Parker scores and sky-rocketing prices, no-one talking about investment potential or a booming Far East market. It is a crying shame. Good Beaujolais is one of the wine world’s best kept secrets…
by Miss Vicky Wine, http://missvickywine.blogspot.com
So I was going to write about Burgundy, or the Santa Cruz Mountains, and then … when following the beaujolais conversation on the Internet, I’ve started getting scared. Very few beaujolais drinkers seem to understand this region correctly, some drinkers that I can’t blame as they seem to be very badly informed. So from now on, I decided I should write an article a month on the region and …
By Nick Askew
Village of Theizé in Beaujolais
The alternative Beaujolais Nouveau evening kicked off on Thursday night, November 19th at The Finch’s Arms on the shores of Rutland Water. With strategic barricades placed at all key points to seal off Hambleton peninsula from the rest of mainland UK the Leicestershire police were adamant that not …
