2011年11月18日

2011.城市飲者葡萄酒展

城市飲者延期通知與票務更正


因為上週連日的大雨造成酒展場地積水,因此將酒展日期延後至2011.12.11(),希望在不影響酒展品質的條件下,提供飲者最舒適的品酒樂趣。而對於已經購票及安排好假期的飲者,這樣的安排已經造成許多困擾,主辦單位深感抱歉。

另外對於飲者可能要有的不同票價的需求,但是卻未規劃到,這一部分也是主辦單位的疏失,也因此立即做出補救措施。

全票:$1,000
品嚐所有試飲葡萄酒
含三百元折價券
l          針對想要品嚐酒商提供的特別版葡萄酒(例如高價位紅酒),可能需要支付試飲價,而使用搭配折價券,酒商可以給予更多的優惠。
l          當場採購葡萄酒,可以使用折價券,酒商也會給予更優惠的價格。
贈送『戀酒絮語』一書($260)
贈送『專業葡萄酒杯』一只($380)


體驗票:$750
品嚐所有試飲葡萄酒
贈送『戀酒絮語』一書($260)
贈送『專業葡萄酒杯』一只($380)

購票方式:
兩廳院網路購票:請連結至兩廳院網站
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2010年12月16日

城市有好心-葡萄酒拍賣-拍賣結果

本屆城市飲者葡萄酒拍賣活動已結束, 感謝所有給予熱情支持的飲者, 讓活動順利完成. 在這一次的葡萄酒慈善拍賣, 有飲者提供收藏多年的珍釀, 造成非常熱烈的討論, 感謝提供拍賣品的飲者對葡萄酒慈善拍賣的認同與支持. 更讓主辦單位感到欣慰的是也有許多飲者積極參與競標, 並且拍出不少精采的葡萄酒.

總計25筆拍賣酒, 15筆未拍出(包含取消的第10標), 10筆拍出(包含登錄不清的第8標), 達成率40%, 總金額$105,700元, 慈善基金約$20,000元.

這是第一屆的成果, 希望每一屆都有更亮麗的成績, 而主辦單位也透過這一次的活動, 了解到整個過程所應注意的部分, 會在拍賣時段的安排及拍賣酒的宣傳等方面有更好的計畫.

主辦單位會在三天內與提供拍賣酒的飲者聯繫, 約定時間將酒交給詩人酒窖, 並通知得標的飲者到詩人酒窖取酒付款.

感謝飲者的善心, 成就了這一次的善行.


以下是第一屆城市飲者葡萄酒慈善拍賣的結果.


登錄不清
   第08標 -  Chateau. Haut Brion 1999, RP 93,  酒展現場得標:$12,500  - 得標者登錄不清


已標出
   第01標 -  E. Guigal, Cote Rotie La Mouline 1994, RP 95, WS 94, 酒展現場得標:$8,200  - 許先生擁有保留權

   第02標 -  E. Guigal, Cote Rotie La Turque 1994, RP 96-98,  酒展現場得標:$8,000 - 欒先生擁有保留權.
網路競標 $8200, 王先生,

   第03標 -  Paul Jaboulet Aine, Hermitage La Chapelle 1985, RP 91, WS 91,  酒展現場得標:$3,900 - 欒先生擁有保留權
網路競標 $4000, 王先生,

   第06標 -  Chateau. Mouton Rothschild 1999, RP 93,  酒展現場得標:$13,500  - 得標者登錄不清
網路競標 $13800, 王先生,

   第09標 -  Inglenook "Reunion" 1985 , Napa Valley, RP 91, WS 90,  酒展現場得標:$3,700  - 林先生擁有保留權.
網路競標 $4000, 王先生,

   第13標 -  Chateau. Mouton Rothschild 1989, RP 90,  酒展現場得標:$17,000  - 0936-336XXX擁有保留權

   第14標 -  Chateau. Mouton Rothschild 1985, RP 90,  酒展現場得標:$17,600  - 林先生擁有保留權

   第15標 -  Chateau Margaux 1981, RP 91,  酒展現場得標:$15,300  - 欒先生擁有保留權

   第19標 -  château calon ségur 1994, RP 86, 酒展現場得標:$6000 -  0936-336XXX擁有保留權.


未標出

   第04標 -  DRC, La Tache 1995, RP 95,

   第05標 -  DRC, Romanee-Conti 1995, RP 95 WS 98,

   第07標 -  Chateau. Haut Brion 1995, RP 95,

   第10標 - 取消

   第11標 - 套組
       1. Weingut Albert Gälweiler, Gewuerztraminer Q.b.A. 2002,
       2. Weingut Albert Gälweiler, Gewuerztraminer Spaetlese 2005 (絕版,僅剩這隻)
       3. Weingut Albert Gälweiler, Gewuerztraminer Eiswein 2007

   第12標 -  Chateau Pétrus 1979, RP 97, WS 90

   第16標 -  Chateau d'Yquem 1989, RP 97 x 12 瓶

   第17標 -  Chateau de Putille, "Cuvee Ambre" Cabernet d'Anjou SGN 2008 (甜)

   第18標 -  Chateau La Tomaze, Coteaux du Layon Faye 2006 (甜)

   第20標 - 套組
       1.Domaine Bernard Delagrange, Volnay 1er Cru 1990
       2.Domaine Bernard Delagrange, Volnay Clos du Village 1990

   第21標 -  Champagne Colin, Champagne Cuvee Roger Adnot 1973

   第22標 -  Domaine de Cezin, Jasnieres 1990

   第23標 -  Champagne Billecart-Salmon , Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart Brut 1998

   第24標 -  Domaine Rene-Noel Legrand, Saumur Champigny 1989

   第25標 -  Domaine Champalou, Vouvray La Vallee Chartier 1986

2010年11月30日

城市有好心-葡萄酒慈善拍賣

城市飲者當天舉辦的『城市友好心-葡萄酒慈善拍賣』,共有21標,現場拍賣15標,總計有10筆拍出,成果非常豐碩。

這樣亮麗的成績除了感謝拍賣官-簡教授,對每一款酒如數家珍的詳細介紹,最重要的還是參與競拍的善心酒友。

誠如拍賣官所言,許多酒友可能很感興趣,但礙於資料不足或仍在考慮所以未及時下標,所以『城市友好心-葡萄酒慈善拍賣』的活動將延續到網站上進行。

而原定計畫是開放到11月底截止,但因主辦單位在經驗方面與人力資源皆有不足,因此將拍賣活動時間延長至12月15日截止,並計畫所得的善款能在12月24日聖誕前夕的平安夜捐出,讓此一活動更具意義。

以下是全部的拍賣品,歡迎酒友繼續競標,競標方式如下:
1.請在本篇文章上下標,下標方式在『意見』的地方註明第幾標出價即可。
2.出價時留下姓名、e-mail及電話。
3.以截止時間12月15日23時59分59秒為準,最後出價者即為得標者。
4.每一標皆可繼續出價,但酒展當天的得標者擁有保留權,可以決定是否讓出。
5.12月16日起,主辦單位會連絡得標者與提供拍賣品的善心酒友,完成整個葡萄酒慈善拍賣的作業。

競標出價範例:
在本篇文章『意見』的地方--->第04標, $41000, 羅先生, canonvin@gmail.com, 0928-310655


以下為拍賣品的名稱,酒友可繼續在本篇文章底的『意見』下單。


第01標 -
 E. Guigal, Cote Rotie La Mouline 1994, RP 95, WS 94,
 酒展現場得標:$8,200  - 許先生擁有保留權, 願意出價者每次加價$200

第02標 -
 E. Guigal, Cote Rotie La Turque 1994, RP 96-98,
 酒展現場得標:$8,000 - 欒先生擁有保留權, 願意出價者每次加價$200

第03標 -
 Paul Jaboulet Aine, Hermitage La Chapelle 1985, RP 91, WS 91,
 酒展現場得標:$3,900 - 欒先生擁有保留權, 願意出價者每次加價$100

第04標 -
 DRC, La Tache 1995, RP 95,
 起標價:$45,000, 願意出價者每次加價$500

第05標 -
 DRC, Romanee-Conti 1995, RP 95 WS 98,
 起標價:$300,00, 願意出價者每次加價$1,000

第06標 -
 Chateau. Mouton Rothschild 1999, RP 93,
 酒展現場得標:$13,500  - 得標者登錄不清, 願意出價者每次加價$300

第07標 -
 Chateau. Haut Brion 1995, RP 95,
 起標價: $22,500, 願意出價者每次加價$300

第08標 -
 Chateau. Haut Brion 1999, RP 93,
 酒展現場得標:$12,500  - 得標者登錄不清, 願意出價者每次加價$300

第09標 -
 Inglenook "Reunion" 1985 , Napa Valley, RP 91, WS 90,
 酒展現場得標:$3,700  - 林先生擁有保留權, 願意出價者每次加價$100

第10標 - 取消

第11標 - 套組
 1. Weingut Albert Gälweiler, Gewuerztraminer Q.b.A. 2002,
 2. Weingut Albert Gälweiler, Gewuerztraminer Spaetlese 2005 (絕版,僅剩這隻)
 3. Weingut Albert Gälweiler, Gewuerztraminer Eiswein 2007
 起標價: $5,000/(1組3瓶), 願意出價者每次加價$200

第12標 -
 Chateau Pétrus 1979, RP 97, WS 90
 起標價: $60,000/瓶, 願意出價者每次加價$1,000

第13標 -
 Chateau. Mouton Rothschild 1989, RP 90
 酒展現場得標:$17,000  - 0936-336XXX擁有保留權, 願意出價者每次加價$300

第14標 -
 Chateau. Mouton Rothschild 1985, RP 90
 酒展現場得標:$17,600  - 林先生擁有保留權, 願意出價者每次加價$300

第15標 -
 Chateau Margaux 1981, RP 91
 酒展現場得標:$15,300  - 欒先生擁有保留權, 願意出價者每次加價$300

第16標 -
 Chateau d'Yquem 1989, RP 97 x 12 瓶
 起標價: $250,000,  願意出價者每次加價$1,000

第17標 -
 Chateau de Putille, "Cuvee Ambre" Cabernet d'Anjou SGN 2008 (甜)
 起標價: $1,000, 願意出價者每次加價$100

第18標 -
 Chateau La Tomaze, Coteaux du Layon Faye 2006 (甜)
 起標價: $1,000, 願意出價者每次加價$100

第19標 -  
 château calon ségur 1994, RP 86
 酒展現場得標:$6000 -  0936-336XXX擁有保留權, 願意出價者每次加價$100

第20標 - 套組
 1.Domaine Bernard Delagrange, Volnay 1er Cru 1990
 2.Domaine Bernard Delagrange, Volnay Clos du Village 1990
 起標價: $3,000/(1組2瓶), 願意出價者每次加價$100

第21標 -
 Champagne Colin, Champagne Cuvee Roger Adnot 1973
 起標價: $2,800, 願意出價者每次加價$100

第22標 -
 Domaine de Cezin, Jasnieres 1990
 起標價: $2,000, 願意出價者每次加價$100

第23標 -
 Champagne Billecart-Salmon , Cuvee Nicolas Francois Billecart Brut 1998
 起標價: 92 Euros (請以歐元計價) , 願意出價者每次加價:2 Euros, 匯率約41元

第24標 -
 Domaine Rene-Noel Legrand, Saumur Champigny 1989
 起標價: 40 Euros (請以歐元計價) , 願意出價者每次加價:2 Euros, 匯率約41元

第25標 -
 Domaine Champalou, Vouvray La Vallee Chartier 1986
 起標價: 47 Euros (請以歐元計價) , 願意出價者每次加價:2 Euros, 匯率約41元

2010年11月26日

城市有好心-葡萄酒拍賣-第24標






















1986 Vouvray , Domaine Champalou , La Vallee Chartier

起標價: 47 Euros (請以歐元計價) , 增值:2 Euros

Champalou: A History

This is not an ancient domaine, at least not under the name of Champalou. Didier and Catherine acquired the estate in 1983, having just graduated from the agricultural college at Montreuil-Bellay, to the south of Saumur. They both came from families of vignerons, so it is perhaps no surprise that they both followed the same path into viticulture and winemaking although neither, it seems, were content to follow in the footsteps laid down by their parents on this path. Determined to gain independence they started out by planting half a hectare of Chenin Blanc close to Vouvray, and from this embryonic beginning their estate began to grow. Today it covers an area more than forty times larger than this initial plot.
Champalou
It did not take long for the Champalou's to make their presence felt within the appellation. Just a few years later, helped by some great vintages at the end of the 1980s, they were producing some of Vouvray's most stunning wines. Writing in A Wine and Food Guide to the Loire (Mitchell Beazley, 1996), Jacqueline Friedrich ranked the estate on the very top tier of her appellation hierarchy alongside Huet, Foreau and Fouquet, just thirteen years after they planted their first vines. Today Didier and Catherine, now joined by their daughter Céline following the completion of her oenology degree and the now common-place acquisition of experience in foreign lands, including New Zealand, South Africa and Canada, they remain one of the most reliable sources of Vouvray. Didier's main concern remains the vineyards, whereas Catherine - once principally concerned with activities in the cellar - now spends more time at that kitchen-table-desk of hers, dealing with administrative matters, as well as travelling to foreign markets to show their wines. Today it is Céline that oversees processes in the cellar. Occasionally Catherine and Didier's other daughter Virgine may be around to help out, but she is mostly occupied running her own business, a wine and spirits shop in South London.

Champalou - The Vines and Wines

Although not formally organic or biodynamic, the Catherine and Didier Champalou profess to tend their 21 hectares of vines along sustainable lines, minimising the use of chemicals, reducing carbon emissions where possible. It is reasoned viticulture rather than organic, perhaps more akin to lutte raisonnée than anything else, with a little added astrology for good measure, with many of the common vineyard tasks timed to coincide with the phases of the moon. Perhaps lutte lunaire would be a more appropriate description? Their approach has been certified as 'sustainable' by Terra Vitis, an association of vignerons which promulgates the virtues of environmentally sensitive viticulture throughout France. The vines are naturally 100% Chenin Blanc, this being Vouvray, pruned in a gobelet fashion; the ripening is encouraged by leaf-thinning in the summer, and the harvest is manual, the decision to pick made on the basis of tasting the fruit in the vineyard.
Unlike a number of their peers in Vouvray the portfolio of wines is brief; whereas a tasting of the latest releases from any one of François Chidaine, Jacky Blot or Noël Pinguet at Domaine Huet might take half the morning, the range of wines here in each vintage runs at most to half a dozen, and that is only if the year is sufficiently blessed for the sweetest, most exalted cuvées to make an appearance. Hence these meetings and tastings are usually brief affairs, flying vinous visits if you will. But they are usually worth it; the quantity may be small, but the quality can be very high. The range of wines opens with a non-vintage sparkling Brut Vouvray, made from morning-harvested fruit fermented in stainless steel and allowed to rest on its lees in tank before bottling for the second fermentation. The wine then typically rests for 20 months sur lattes before disgorgement.
Champalou
As for the vins tranquilles, these start with the entry level Vouvray Sec, which like the sparkling Brut comes from clay-limestone terroirs. Again morning-harvested fruit is pressed and then fermented in stainless steel followed by 11 months en cuve before bottling. A step up from this generic cuvée is Le Portail which originates from the vines directly adjacent to the Champalou cellars, planted on clay-rich soils. The fruit is pressed and then fermented in 500-litre oak barrels where it rests for perhaps 15 months (it can certainly be longer) before going into bottle. It is a cuvée which can be heavily marked by oak in youth, particularly the 2008 tasted recently which was raised in 100% new oak; as such it won't be to everybody's taste, at least not in its youth.
With a rise in residual sugar we move up to Champalou's demi-sec cuvée La Cuvée des Fondraux. This is also fermented in oak, in barrels originally used for Le Portail, and this older wood has much less impact on the style of the wine. As such this cuvée has a pure and elegantly mineral character which not only appeals greatly to me but which also showcases the style of the domaine most effectively. At the top of the tree there are two sweeter cuvées, both from sandy, flinty, clay-rich terroirs. The first is La Moelleuse (previously called Cuvée Moelleuse) made from grapes concentrated either by passerillage or botrytis, and then the even more concentrated Trie de Vendange (or Les Tries, previously also known as Cuvée Catherine or Cuvée CC), made from the richest hand-selected botrytised grapes picked on sequential passes (tries) through the vineyards, only in the most favourable vintages. These last two wines can be easily confused, as the Trie de Vendange label and the old-style Cuvée Moelleuse label (on the right, above) are very similar, and both have a dramatic calligraphed CC at their centre; I have seen a number of merchants list a wine as Cuvée CC only for it to turn out to be the Cuvée Moelleuse and not the Trie de Vendange. If shopping for these older vintages, look for the Trie de Vendange and Cuvée Moelleuse designations at the top of the label to tell them apart.

















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Note:

Very good Vintage for sweet wine in Loire , Chenin

城市有好心-葡萄酒拍賣-第24標























1989 Saumur Champigny , Domaine Rene-Noel Legrand

起標價: 40 Euros (請以歐元計價) , 增值:2 Euros

Lots of people I know have a "house wine" -- some bottle that they buy in much larger quantities than any other wine and also consume in much larger quantities. A house wine is the inexpensive, drink-with-anything, because-I'd-just-like-a-glass, it-doesn't-matter-if-I-don't-finish-the-bottle, what-goes-with-day-old-pizza wine. In my opinion, every wine loving household should have one.
For a lot of people this is clearly the place that Two Buck Chuck holds in their kitchen. I personally prefer to spend la_chaintree05.jpgbetween ten and fifteen dollars on my house wine, and I'm constantly picking up random bottles at that price point just to see when I'm going to discover the next greatest version.
That I might have stumbled on it in the form of a bottle from the Loire Valley comes as no surprise. That it is a bottle of red wine from the Loire might surprise some readers though.
The Loire Valley is one of France's most diverse wine regions, especially in terms of the types of wine that it produces. The area surrounding the Loire River, which is the longest in the country and one of the least dammed in all of Europe, is, in fact, many distinct growing regions with extremely different climates. As the river flows from its eastern reaches in Sancerre to its mouth in Muscadet it crosses several dozen others appellations, the best known of which are Vouvray, Touraine, Chinon, Bourgueil, Savennieres, Saumur, and Anjou, which along with their fellows make the Loire the third largest region for AOC wines, and the second largest region for Sparkling wines.
The Loire is best known for its white varietals, of which Sauvignon Blanc and Chenin Blanc are the most famous, followed by the Melon varietal, which is responsible for the sometimes sparkling wine, Muscadet. Much lower profile (and generally less imported as well) are the regions red varietals, which include Cabernet Franc (sometimes mixed with a little Cabernet Sauvignon), Gamay, Pinot Noir, and here and there, a dash of Malbec.
Because the Loire is such a chilly region in general, an awful lot of these red wines are very difficult to get ripe, which means that there are a lot of Loire reds that taste green and bitter. For some, this flavor profile is part of the charm of the region, but for me, it has always been a turn-off. The existence of vegetal-tasting wines hasn't stopped me from drinking Loire reds every chance I get, however, because there aren't that many of them, and when they're good, they're really good. Like everywhere, there are some Loire producers that manage to make excellent wines no matter what the conditions.
This is the first wine I've had by Domaine Rene Noel Legrand, so I can't possibly know whether they fall into this category, but they certainly have the reputation and the pedigree to do so. The Legrand family has been making wine from the same vineyards in the area for five generations. Since 1976, the estate has been under the guidance of René Noël Legrand, who took over from his father.
Legrand owns about 36 acres of vines that span the communes of Saumur, Dampierre, Chacé, Varrains and Champigny, which the family farms carefully by hand. The vineyards are a mix of red and white varieties, and the vines are on average 35 years old, with some of the oldest approaching 80 years.
Like many growers in the region, Legrand drops fruit during the summer (also known as a green harvest) to reduce the yield of the plants and allow the vine to ripen all its fruit to maturity. The vines themselves are already low yielding due to their age, and to the cover crops that Legrand plants between the rows in order to compete with the vines for nutrients.
The estate produces two reds, a wine made from a mix of vineyard sources, and this wine, which is from only their oldest vines. Made from 100% Cabernet Franc, this wine is aged for 14 months in neutral oak barrels before bottling.

Tasting Notes:
Medium ruby in the glass, this wine has a nice, homey nose of hazelnuts, redcurrant, and plum aromas. In the mouth it is smooth, and dry on the tongue, with a suede-like softness that matches cool fruit flavors of cherry and redcurrant with slightly deeper flavors of leather and a stony minerality. Great acid, a clarity of flavor, and the lack of any bitter tannins make this wine super easy to drink and a real pleasure from the first glass to the fourth.
Food Pairing:
This is such a food friendly wine it's hard to imagine what it wouldn't pair well with. Me? I'd love to drink a properly chilled bottle of this with a friend over a couple of Kobe beef burgers.













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