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Bibendum Bordeaux Tasting

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Bibendum Bordeaux Tasting

 

London Film Museum, Covent Garden – 12 November, 6PM – 8.30PM

 

 

Bibendum, 2012’s European Wine Merchant of the Year, is hosting its Bordeaux 2010 Tasting at the London Film Museum on Monday 12 November. The annual event, which has become the biggest date in the calendar for Britain’s wine enthusiasts, offers an exclusive opportunity to taste the finest wines from the world’s most celebrated vineyards – for just £40.

 

Guests at the event, jointly staged by Bibendum and Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux, will be given the chance to sample more than 150 wines of the 2010 Bordeaux vintage, which is currently dominating the fine wine and investment markets. The event is the UK’s biggest celebration of Bordeaux and is an unmissable opportunity for anyone with an interest in wine – not just the experts – to experience a masterclass in “the king of reds”.

 

The Union des Grand Crus de Bordeaux is the association that represents the majority of top Bordeaux chateaux. Participants at the Bibendum Bordeaux Tasting will include famousnames such as Leoville Barton, Pichon-Baron, Lynch-Bages, Haut-Bailly, Grand Puy Lacoste, and La Conseillante.

 

The chateaux owners and their winemakers will be available at the event to discuss the wines with guests and explain exactly what makes Bordeaux the most famous wine region in the world. Many of the wines will be available to purchase on the night.

 

Tickets cost £40 and are available from Bibendum Wine Ltd: www.bibendumfinewine.com / 0207 449 4120 / sales@bibendum-wine.co.uk.

Did you know wine is mentioned 521 times in the Bible?

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To boost your wine knowledge this May in celebration of National Wine Month here are 15 ‘Did you know?’ facts about wine to impress your friends –

· Wine is mentioned 521 times in the Bible.

* Noah was the first documented planter of vineyards.

* There are over 10,000 different grape varieties.

· Wine grapes are the most widely planted crop in the world.

* The average age of a French oak tree cut down to make a wine barrel is 170 years.

* Early Roman women were forbidden to drink wine, and a husband who found his wife drinking was at liberty to divorce, or even kill her.

* If you pay under £4 for a bottle of wine in a UK shop, nearly two-thirds of this is tax (excise duty and VAT).

* The worst place to store wine is the kitchen because the temperature is too warm and variable.

* Don’t store wine in a refrigerator – even at its warmest setting it will be too cold!

· A wine is “corked” if the bottle has a contaminated cork, which makes the wine smell musty, similar to wet cardboard.

* On average, one bottle of wine contains about 2.8 pounds of grapes.

· It takes the grapes from an entire grapevine to produce a single glass of Chateau d’Yquem – arguably the best sweet wine in the world.

* Plato argued that when a man reached 40, he could drink as much wine as he wanted to cure the “crabbedness of old age”

* The earliest known wine production occurred in Georgia around 8,000 BC

* The most expensive drinkable wine ever sold is reputed to be a Romanee-Conti 1978 which sold for $24,000

Visit www.maketimeforwine.org to find out more.