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PAGES 121 TO 130<br />
TOP WINES<br />
OUR AUTUMN SELECTION<br />
AN INTENSE THIRD ROUND OF TASTINGS IN 2023<br />
Despite the summer holiday season and short break in August, the pace of our tastings<br />
has remained brisk. Wines from Eastern Europe continue to grow and South America is<br />
increasingly gaining traction, particularly Argentina - where we opened an office in Mendoza<br />
in the spring – along with Chile and Uruguay, the continent’s three long-standing producer<br />
countries. Of course Europe remains in the majority with its robust trio France-Italy-Spain,<br />
but variety is the name of the game with strong growth from Portugal, as well as Lebanon and<br />
Greece for example. You could say this is globalisation in a good way!<br />
PICKING GRAPES BY HAND IN THE RHONE VALLEY WITH VIEWS OVER THE DENTELLES DE MONTMIRAIL<br />
THE BEST OF AUTUMN 2023<br />
Our selection, tasted and rated by our panel, is presented on pages 121 to 130. As always, we have chosen to<br />
present the wines by country (SOUTH AFRICA, <strong>PORT</strong>UGAL…) then by appellation in each region with<br />
each company or winery listed in alphabetical order and in descending order of their scores. You will also<br />
find in this issue our selection of Cabernet Sauvignon wines from South Africa, Portuguese wines, bottlings<br />
from South-West France, six gems from the southern Rhone Valley and also low alcohol or alcohol-free<br />
Italian wines, a trend that is increasingly gaining currency internationally.<br />
THE TASTING PANEL:<br />
PHILIPPE GAILLARD - FRANÇOIS GILBERT - SYLVAIN PATARD<br />
FRANÇOIS BEZUIDENHOUT - OLIVIER DELORME – GONZALO FERNANDEZ - MATTHIEU GAILLARD - BRUNO MICHAL – GERALDINE SPENCER - JAMES TURNBULL<br />
120 AUTUMN 2023 • GILBERT & GAILLARD - THE FRENCH EXPERTS ON WINE
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