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It’s Time for Straw Wine!
As December comes to an end, many vintners are now pressing the grapes they put aside at harvest time to…
Vinorama at Expogast!
The first issue of Vinorama has arrived! It will be at Luxexpo-The Box (Luxembourg-Kirchberg) from Saturday 24th to Wednesday 28th…
“Being a sommelier is about sharing things we’ve enjoyed”
Aristide Spies (aged 39), a native of Arlon in Belgium, has been passionate about the world of wine since his childhood (attending his first wine tasting classes at the age of 13!) and is now a global star sommelier. Despite having travelled extensively to discover new wines, wine regions and…
“We taste everything from the cheapest sangria to the greatest vintages!”
Supermarkets offer a vast selection of wine. Jean-Marc Hubertus and Damien Lassance are a pair of genuine enthusiasts who manage the wine range for the Luxembourgian supermarket chain, Cactus. They explain the philosophy they have applied to develop a selection that offers maximum consistency and appeal.
“Consumer trends for wine have been reversed during lockdown”
The scale of the crisis prompted by the COVID-19 epidemic is global and has therefore impacted the wine market on a planetary level. Martin Cubertafond, a strategy consultant and lecturer at Sciences-Po Paris specialising in the global wine trade reviews the immediate impact of lockdown and predicts possible future developments…
UNESCO: “Cooperating with neighbours makes all the difference!”
Last October, local stakeholders from Luxembourg, Germany and France signed a letter of intent to present the Moselle Valley’s candidacy as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Marc Weyer, a winemaker and president of the Terroir Moselle EEIG (European Economic Interest Grouping), who is heavily involved in the project, outlines this…
