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14 January 2013

Languedoc: Château de Gaure part 2

The second instalment of my profile on Pierre Fabre and his dual location vineyards and wines takes us to Château de Gaure itself in the Languedoc, resting peacefully and slightly loftily between Limoux and Carcassonne, which Pierre snapped up in 2004. As I said in my report on his exciting Roussillon reds (previous post), all their vineyards are now farmed organically with minimal intervention on the winemaking front I'm told.

11 January 2013

Wine tastings in Belfast next month

There are still places left on these two Wine Education Service NI events starting early February in Belfast city centre, tutored by yours truly:
One-day wine workshop £75 for the day including lunch
'Grape to Glass' Saturday February 2
More details about this and other workshops here:
wine-education-service.co.uk/workshop

'Essential Wine Tasting' 5 week course £125 five sessions
Tuesday evenings February 5, 12, 19, 26 and March 5.
More details about this course here:
wine-education-service.co.uk/introductory
Learn about and taste wine in a fun environment: book now!
Full listing of wine tastings and courses running in Belfast Feb to June 2013 are here:
www.wine-education-service.co.uk/wine-tasting-belfast

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