Monday, October 2, 2023

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Louis Jadot in Beaune with Thibaud Marquis, US Representative of Louis Jadot - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours












From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours took place from Sunday, July 02 - Thursday, July 13, 2023. The tour started in Lyon and ended in Paris

Following a visit in the morning at Domaine Faiveley:

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Faiveley in Nuits-Saint-George, Côte de Nuits - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

and lunch and tasting at Restaurant Le Vintage, Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret, Vosne-Romanée:

Menu du Jour Lunch and Wine Tasting with Sommelier Emmanuel Thibout at Restaurant Le Vintage, Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

we went back to Beaune for a visit of Louis Jadot.

The visit of Louis Jadot was very special, because Thibaut Marquis, the US representative for Louis Jadot, based in New York City, was out host.

In the US, we had a number of tastings with him recently in the Washington DC area, including:

A Journey through Bourgogne with Louis Jadot - Tasting at the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar with Annette Schiller and Thibaut Marquis.

In September 2023, Thibaut Marquis joined us for the monthly tasting of the American Wine Society/ John Marshall Chapter. 

At the forthcoming 56th American Wine Society National Conference, November 9-11, 2023 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Thibaut Marquis will conduct a Louis Jadot taasting, jointly with Annette Schiller.

Maison Louis Jadot in Beaune, Côte de Beaune

The Maison Louis Jadot has always been situated in the heart of the vineyards, in the center of Beaune. Today Louis Jadot possesses 670 acres of vineyards in Burgundy - of which half lie in the Côte d'Or: Domaine des Héritiers Louis Jadot, Domaine Louis Jadot, Domaine Gagey and Domaine du Duc de Magenta and vineyards in Beaujolais Cru areas. 

It all started in 1826 with the purchase of the Clos des Ursules vineyard in Beaune. The Maison Louis Jadot was founded 1859 by Louis Henry Denis Jadot who focused on the wine trade. He developed the wine trade with the markets in the northern European countries and spread the reputation of Burgundy wines. Subsequently the company was managed by three generations of the Jadot family and more vineyards were acquired. 

A decisive moment in the history of the Maison Louis Jadot is the year 1945 when Louis August Jadot met Rudy Knopf, founder of the Kobrand wine import firm in the US. Then Louis Jadot wines were the first Burgundy wines available in the United States markets. Around the 1950s the Gagey family came on board as managing partners. In 1985 Madame Jadot sold the estate to Rudy Knopf. 

Today Maison Louis Jadot is owned by Kobrand and managed by Thibault Gagey, third generation of the Gagey family. The Jadot winemaking facility is one of the largest and most advanced in Burgundy and was built to maximize the expression of "terroir" in the wines. They vinify all the grapes coming from their own vineyards as well as the purchased ones under contracts with other growers. True signature of Maison Louis Jadot and immediately recognizable is their label: the head of Bacchus.

Louis Jadot (wine-searcher)

Louis Jadot is one of Burgundy's most important wine producers and négociants, both qualitatively and quantitatively, with a portfolio that covers everything from inexpensive Bourgogne and Beaujolais wines to several grand cru wines, from the Côte de Beaune to Chablis. Unsurprisingly, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay feature heavily in the portfolio. 

The house was founded in Beaune in 1859 by Louis Jadot, although the first vineyard – Clos de Ursules – was purchased in the 1820s. The headquarters remains in Beaune, although vineyard holdings have increased exponentially.

Louis Jadot owns land in some of Burgundy's most famous vineyards, including Le Musigny, Échezeaux, Chapelle-Chambertin and in the famously fragmented Clos de Vougeot vineyard. Louis Jadot wines are also made in Chambertin, Montrachet, Corton and Romanée-Saint-Vivant.

As well as the sizeable portfolio of wines made under the Louis Jadot label itself, the house also makes wines for Domaine du Duc de Magenta, and for Domaine Gagey. Andre Gagey took over as general manager for Louis Jadot in 1968 and, along with winemaker Jacques Lardière, was often held responsible for building Jadot's high reputation in the 70s and 80s.

The firm was acquired in 1985 by the owners of US wine importer Kobrand, which still owns the company and imports Jadot's wines into the US.

Gagey, whose son Pierre-Henry Gagey took over as president in 1991, died in 1999 and Lardière retired in 2012. Frédéric Barnier, who joined the company in 2010, has since taken over as head winemaker. Thibault Gagey has since joined his father Pierre-Henry at the helm of the firm.

Jadot is also strongly associated with its in-house cooperage and barrel brand, Cadus, which was established in 1996 in the village Ladoix-Serrigny (just outside Beaune) in cooperation with barrel firm Tonnellerie Vicard. In 2013, Vicard sold its stake in the operation to independent French stave mill Canadell.

A Journey through Bourgogne with Louis Jadot - Tasting at the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar Presented by Annette Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, and Thibaud Marquis, Louis Jadot 
 
Earlier this year, Annette Schiller and Thibaud Marquis presented 5 wines of Louis Jadot at the weekly tasting of the Washington Wine and Cheese Seminar (WWCS), ranging from regional wines to ultra-premium single vineyard wines, white and red. The wines were well received and the presentation highly appreciated by about 75 interested participants.







Tasting the Wines of Louis Jadot with Thibaut Marquis, the US Representative for Louis Jadot, at the John Marshall Chapter of the American Wine Society, September 2023






56th American Wine Society National Conference, November 9-11, 2023 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, with Thibaut Marquis
 
At the forthcoming 56th American Wine Society National Conference, November 9-11, 2023 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, Thibaut Marquis will conduct a Louis Jadot taasting, jointly with Annette Schiller.

D-5: Room: Parkview - Class Maximum 120

Title: Dive Deep Into Burgundy With Louis Jadot

Presenters: Thibaut Marquis, North America Export Manager, Louis Jadot and Annette Schiller, Owner, ombiasy PR&WineTours

Abstract: From the tip of Chablis to the toe of Beaujolais, from regional, villages, 1er Cru and Grand Cru appellations, Louis Jadot produces wines that celebrate Burgundy’s diversity, reflecting the natural
differences of soil, aspect and climate. The familiar Bacchus-head label has become the reliable stamp of quality and consistency from what can often be a confusing region. We will take you on a journey that defines Louis Jadot’s 165 years of know-how and expertise in the Burgundy region. 

Visit in 2023 on the ombiasy Wine Tour

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Bye-bye

From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours (Released and Forthcoming Postings)

ombiasy WineTours: Wine Tour Schedule 2023 - Austria, Germany/East, Burgundy/ Champagne, Germany/ North

Announcement: Burgundy and Champagne 2023: 12-day Total Immersion - From Lyon to Paris by ombiasy WineTours 

Burgundy (and Champagne) Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours: From Lyon to Paris - Wine, Food, Culture and History, France 

David Miller: From Lyon to Paris, Burgundy and Champagne Tour by ombiasy WineTours, July 02 - Thursday, July 13, 2023

Summary: From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours 

Dinner at Restaurant Le Grand Café des Négociants and Walking Tour in Lyon - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Chermette in Saint-Vérand, Beaujolais, with Martine and Jean-Etienne Chermette - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Menu du Jour Lunch in Beaujolais at L’Atelier du Cuisinier in Villié-Morgon - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Château de Jacques, in Romanèche-Thorins, Beaujolais, with Genevieve Bonifacio, Responsable Commerciale - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Dinner at Restaurant Château de Pizay in Belleville-en-Beaujolais - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

In the Most Prestigious AOC in the Mâconnais: Pouilly-Fuissé, France

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Ferret in Fuissé, Poully-Fuissé, Mâconnais, with the Outgoing DG/ Winemaker Audrey Braccini and Incoming DG/ Winemaker Clément Robinet - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant Le Millésime in Davayé, Mâconnais - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Tasting at Domaine Céline & Laurent Tripoz, Mâconnais, with Céline & Laurent Tripoz - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Vineyard Tour, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Menand in Mercurey, Côte Chalonnaise, with Fabienne Menand - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Schiller’s Favorite Wine Bars in Beaune, Bourgogne

Dinner at Restaurant La Table du Square in Beaune - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Walk in the Vineyard, Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Jessiaume in Santenay, Côte de Beaune, with DG/ Winemaker William Waterkeyn - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Guided Vineyards Walk around Meursault with Karoline Knoth, Author of "Castles and Châteaux in Meursault" - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant L’Agastache in Volnay, with Caroline (Service) and Nunzio Iacono (Kitchen), Michelin and Gault Millau Listed - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Guided Tour of Château de Rully by Owner Count Raoul de Ternay, with Tasting of Domaine Rully Wines - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Dinner at Restaurant Le Relais de Saulx in Beaune, with the Couple Charles Danet, Chef, and Agnès Peyre, Service, 12/ 20 Points Gault Millau - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

At Maison Olivier Leflaive in Puligny Montrachet: Vineyard Walk and a Talk with Olivier Leflaive - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Wine-pairing Lunch at La Table d’Olivier with Icon Olivier Leflaive in Puligny-Montrachet, Côte de Beaune - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Tasting at Château de Pommard in Pommard, Côte de Beaune - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Faiveley in Nuits-Saint-George, Côte de Nuits - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Menu du Jour Lunch and Wine Tasting with Sommelier Emmanuel Thibout at Restaurant Le Vintage, Domaine Mongeard-Mugneret, Vosne-Romanée - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Louis Jadot in Beaune with Thibaud Marquis, US Reprsentative of Louis Jadot - From Lyon to Paris: Total Immersion in Burgundy and Champagne 2023 by ombiasy WineTours

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Armelle et Bernhard Rion in Vosne ­Romanée, Côte de Nuits - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Bus Tour Through the Vineyards of Vosne-Romanée, Côte de Nuits, with Melissa Rion and Cellar Tour and Tasting at Domaine Rion, Vosne-Romanée

Wine-pairing lunch at Domaine Trapet, Gevrey-Chambertin, Côte de Nuits

Visit and Tasting: Maison Joseph Drouhin in Beaune – Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France

Tour of the Ancient Cellars and Tasting at Maison Joseph Drouhin in Beaune

Wine and Music at "From Bach to Bacchus in Meursault", with Karoline Knoth

Visit: Hospices de Beaune – Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour by ombiasy WineTours 2016, France

Hospices de Beaune and its Wines -  Guided Tour

Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant Au Creux de Vougeot

Visit of Château du Clos de Vougeot - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours

Tour of Château du Clos de Vougeot  

Schiller’s Favorite Wine Bars and other Wine Venues in Chablis, France

Dinner at Restaurant Hostellerie des Clos in Chablis

Tasting from Tank, Barrel and Bottle at Domaine Servin in Chablis, with Marc Cameron and François Servin 

Wine Pairing Lunch, Cellar Visit, Vineyard Tour and Tasting at Domaine Jean­ Marc Brocard in Préhy, Chablis – Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France 

Tour, Tasting and Lunch at Domaine Jean-Marc Brocard in Préhy, Chablis

Dinner at Restaurant Le Maufoux, Domaine William Fevre, Chablis

Guided Tour at Fontenay Abbey (Bernard de Clairveau), Montbard 

Champagne – An Introduction, France

French Champagne Houses and German Roots

Champagne Menu du Jour Lunch at Restaurant Chez Bellou in Gyé-sur-Seine, Champagne

Visit and Tasting at Champagne Jean Josselin, a Grower Champagne House in Gyé­ sur­ Seine – Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2016 by ombiasy WineTours, France

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Champagne Jean Josselin in Gyé-sur-Seine, Côte des Bar, Champagne, with Jean Pierre Josselin and Export Manager Sharona Tsubota

Tour of l'Avenue de Champagne in Epernay - Bourgogne (and Champagne) Tour 2018 by ombiasy WineTours 

Hanging out at the Avenue de Champagne in Epernay, Champagne

Tasting Current (in the Tasting Room) and Older Vintages (in the Cellar) at Champagne Legras & Haas in Chouilly, Côte des Blancs, with Jérôme Legras

Tasting at Champagne Maison Gamet in Mardeuil, Vallée de la Marne, with Philippe, Fabienne and Marianne Gamet

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Champagne Alfred Gratien in Èpernay

French/ Thai Fusion Dinner at Restaurant Cook’In in Épernay (Bib Gourmant Michelin), with Chef Guillaume and Uma (Service).

Cellar Tour and Tasting at Champagne Ruinart, Reims, with Frédéric Panaïotis, Chef de Caves 
 
 
Lunch at La Coupole, Montparnasse, Paris 


Sunday, October 1, 2023

First Ever Tasting in the USA: German Wines of Veritable Wines & Estates at wineLAIR DC, with Julia Wolf, Export Manager, and Jesse Becker, US Representative, Washington DC, USA (2023)




 
Annette Schiller, ombiasy WineTours, and I attended a portfolio tasting of Veritable Wines & Estates (USA) at wineLAIR DC yesterday, with Julia Wolf, Hattenheim, Export Manager, and Jesse Becker, Chicago, US Representative. 
 
The 10 producers that Julia and Jesse presented were a most interesting mix of well-established VDP producer and lesser known and upcoming "new kid on the block" producers of red and white, still and sparkling, dry and fruity-sweet wines. 
 
Veritable Wines & Estates (USA) is a brand-new importer of German wines. In fact, this was the very first wine event of Veritable Wines & Estates in the US.
 
 
Julia Wolf: Veritable Wines & Estates is a specialized export agency for German wines. Among our partners you will find a selection of top, family-operated wines estates from all major German wine regions.
 
Jesse Becker: Veritable Wines & Estates provides importers and merchants abroad the opportunity to access a multitude of outstanding German Wines & Estates from a single source. Our mission is to create the optimal link between producers and international distribution, providing our customers innovative solutions tailored to their specific needs and world markets. We operate with passion and flexibility in America, Asia, Europe and Oceania representing our favorite wines and brands from the most charming German wine-growing regions.
 
Veritable Wines and Estates is owned by Christian Ress (and partners), the fifth-generation owner of Weingut Balthasar Ress, Hattenheim, a German elite estate. Julia Wolf, Veritable Wines & Estates, Export Manager, based in Hattenheim, is the "CEO" of Veritable Wines & Estates (USA). Jesse Becker, based in Chicago, is the US representative of Veritable Wines & Estates. Jesse Becker is a certified Master Sommelier. He is also one of the about 20 new (class of 2023) "German Wine Professional" (a 2-year course organized by the German Wine Institute in Mainz/ Germany).
 









 
The Wines
 
The following wines were poured.



Ress Family, Rheinhessen

RESS Riesling trocken 2022 
RESS Pinot Noir Rose 2022 
RESS Weissburgunder trocken 2022 
WHITE RABBIT RIesling 2021 

Weingut Balthasar Ress, VDP, Rheingau
 
Balthasar Ress Riesling PetNat 2022
Balthasar Ress Riesling Von Unserm 2022
Balthasar Ress Riesling Oestricher Dooseberg Kabinett 2022
Balthasar Ress Pinot Noir Rheingau 2022

Picture: Intimite Wine Dinner at Winelair Washington, D.C., with WineLAIR Owner Fred Ellemann and his Family, Christian Ress of Weingut Balthasar Ress in the Rheingau and "Father" of the International WineBANK/ WineLAIR Network and WineLAIR General Manager and Chef Jonathan Krinn, formerly Clarity Restaurant and 2941 Restaurant, Washington D.C./ USA/ Germany

Pictures: 2015 Harvest at Weingut Balthasar Ress. See: At Weingut Balthasar Ress in Hattenheim, Rheingau, during the 2015 Harvest with Winemaker Dirk Würtz, Germany 
 Picture: Christian Schiller with Christian Ress in Berlin in 2010. See: Germany's Grosses Gewaechs Wines - Premiere 2010 in Berlin 
 
Weingut Burg Ravensberg, VDP, Baden
 
Burg Ravensburg Lerchenberg Blaufrankisch 2020 
Burg Ravensburg Riesling Sulzfeld 2022 
 
Weingut Heitlinger, VDP, Baden
 
Heitlinger Pinot Gris 2022 
Heitlinger Eichelberg GG Pinot Blanc 2019 
Heitlinger Pinot Meunier Reserve 2017

 





 
 
Pictures: Winemaker Dinner at Hotel Erbprinz in Ettlingen, with Claus Burmeister, Weingut Heitlinger and Weingut Burg Ravensburg, Baden, Germany
 
Weingut Gröhl, Rheinhessen
 
Grohl Riesling Roter Hang 2022 
Grohl Spatburgunder 2021
 
Weingut Korrell, Nahe
 
Korrell Riesling trocken Nahe 2022 
Korrell Riesling Von den Ersten Lagen Nahe 2022
 
Weingut Schwedhelm, Pfalz
 
Schwedhelm Scheurebe 2022 
Schwedhelm Riesling Schwarzer Herrgott 2021 
 
Weingut Von Othegraven, VDP, Mosel
 
Von Othegraven Riesling Kabinett Feinherb 2022 
Von Othegraven Riesling Kupp Kabinett 2021

Pictures: Annette Schiller, Christian Ress and Gunther Jauch. See: A Riesling Feast in an Historic Setting: Riesling Gala 2016 at Kloster Eberbach in the Rheingau, Germany
 
Strauch Sekt, Rheinhessen
 
Strauch Brut Rose NV
Strauch Vieilles Vignes Riesling Brut
 

Pictures:  Ultra-premium Sekt: "Rohkost 2023" with 28 German Elite Producers of Sparkling Wine, Bensheim, Germany 
 
Weingut Thoerle, Rheinhessen
 
Thoerle Silvaner Saulheim 2022
Thoerle Riesling Schlossberg Kabunett 2022
Thoerle Spätburgunder 2020






Pictures: Visiting #worldclass Producers Christoph and Johannes Thoerle of Weingut Thoerle in Rheinhessen/ Germany (2023) 
 
Pouring German Wines of Veritable Wines & Estates at the Forthcoming American Wine Society National Convention 2023 in St. Louis, Missouri

Annette and I will pour 6 wines of the Veritable Wines & Estates (USA) portfolio at the "Showcase of Wine" event of the American Wines Society National Convention 2023 in St. Louis, Missouri. 


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The American Wine Society National Conference 2022 in Bellevue/ Seattle, Washington State - Seen through Christian Schiller`s Camera Lens

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All Sorts of Sparklers: How do the Bubbles get into that Bottle? - Tasting at the American Wine Society (NoVa Chapter) led by Annette Schiller 

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