DiscoverVin in the Pavilions des Vins at Brisbane French Festival July 2014

Yummy French Treats.

 DiscoverVin spent the weekend before Bastille Day at the Brisbane French Festival.  A wonderful celebration of all things French organised by a great time of Brisbane Francophiles.

The team behind the Brisbane French Festival

Chateau Rollan de By Cru Bourgeois Rouge from the Médoc was one of the most popular wines on the day.  The customers enjoyed the lifted nose with  gorgeous mouth feel, soft, round and long with great balance. 
We think this is wine with a WOWfactor for taste and value for money. 
Currently being served on Air France A380 Business Class, so BBR visitors were happy to sip, taste and imagine the flight to Paris.





People were interested to taste wines made from indigenous varieties such as Tannat from Madiran in the Domaine Du Crampilh rouge.

Women in Berets on a Sunny Saturday in Brisbane

DiscoverVin at Soirée Bleue de la Bastille

Zette Rouge featured at the Bastille Ball

Can Can dancers, Tahitian dancers, and Plastic Bertrand with a gourmet French menu and French wines from DiscoverVin made for a fabulous event in Brisbane to celebrate Bastille Day.

DiscoverVin supplied wine for Soirée Bleue de la Bastille at Sofitel Brisbane on Saturday 13 August 2013. The sit down gala dinner featured a gourmet four course menu showcasing French gastronomy at its best.

Can Can Dancers bring the Moulin Rouge to Brisbane

 Domaine Ancienne Cure Bergerac Sec was a popular as the white wine and was a perfect accompaniment with the Smoked Pork and Duck breast terrine or the poached rainbow trout.

Elegant island dancers

For red wine drinkers complimentary Zette Rouge, a light Malbec from Domaine Lagrezette, Cahors also matched with the terrine and the coq au vin.  Many guests also appreciated the supple, delicious and fruit driven Merlot from Chateau Lagarde.

View from the Sofitel Brisbane

 

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Almost a perfect wine- La Rayre Rosé

One of the stars of this summer's Rose Revolution is Chateau La Rayre Bergerc Rose 2010. 

For the second year running this wine has been selected by French consumers for a guide called "almost a perfect wine" (A vin presque parfait). 

A consumer-led panel (some wine experts are also on the panel) selects about 200 wines from the thousands available to have this title, "almost a perfect wine". Wines are choosen on the basis of taste (funny that!) and price/value for money. Given this wine tastes delicious and sells for under $20, its not a surprise really that it has been chosen 2 years in a row!

To date this has been one of our best selling wines- it seems to appeal to wine lovers who would not normally look at rosé. It is darker in colour and has more body than other styles of rosé (this is acheived by a pressing of the skins with the juice which otherwise would be clear). We poured this wine at The Paris to Provence Festival in Melbourne Nov 23-25 and it had a great response.

"Enjoying the La Rayre rosé tonight. Alison says her favorite rosé ever. Big call for her!" James, Melbourne 1/5/2012

Here are some of the technical details:

Region/Terroir: from the appellation Bergerac.

Grapes: Made from merlot, cabernet sauvignon and cabernet franc.

Wine making: Made by the saignée method at low temperature.

Our Tasting notes: Blackcurrant nose with an ample unctuous palate. Beautiful balance and freshness.

Alcohol:13%

Drink young and chilled. Drink on its own or with food. A great wine to take to a bbq or to the beach-goes with just about anything! A great lunch wine or for a sunset tipple or in the heat when you don’t feel like a red. Almost perfect!