Thank you Thierry !

It snowed this morning in Saint Emilion giving us an almost Quebecois feeling !

Thierry Daraize wrote a comment on our cuvee Constance 2007 on the Quebecois site canoë.ca (in French) :

Thunevin-Calvet Cuv. Constance vin de pays Côtes Catalanes 2007 21 $


I hesitated a lot before recommending it to you… After careful consideration (sometimes we tend to a bit selfish and keep little secrets to ourselves) I bought some at the SAQ and now that I have enough for myself, I invite you to do the same. This wine was conceived and developed by Jean-Luc Thunevin (The Bad Boy of Saint Emilion) and Jean-Roger Calvet from the beautiful region of Maury, the result is impressive! A wine with real personality, produced in a spirit of perfection and respect for nature, bravo!

Stock in customs

London, Geneva or Hong Kong are not the only cities with zones under customs control.

Bordeaux has, today, 2 possible storage areas in customs zones, one put together by the Chamber of Commerce and some large wholesalers, the other by a private company specialized in storage, Mitsui, who some of my colleagues and I already work with:

“The new legislation concerning storage, and particularly for Grands Crus, is not the prerogative alone of Bordeaux Chamber of commerce. Grand Cru Storage was born 2 years ago by the shareholders of the Mitsiu Group to deal with the problems and products of our Bordeaux showcase. A 3000m² dedicated cellar is half buried under the ground, air-conditioned, in the middle of the vines. You will be able to find there all services expected by the wine industry.”

No need to make our life complicated, the wines can remain on the spot.