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Week in pictures
A vertical tasting of Les Forts de Latour with Jean Garandeau, commercial director of Château Latour, took attendees of the Fine and Rare Specialist course back to 1990, before finishing with a taste of Château Latour 2009.
David Peppercorn MW inspects the sediment in a bottle of 1962 Haut-Brion after a First Growth tasting at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, where he and Serena Sutcliffe MW presented a range of wines, including 1990 Château Lafite-Rothschild and 1986 Château Latour, as part of the Fine and Rare Specialist course.
Berry Bros. & Rudd held a tasting in Oxford in very grand surroundings during this week.
Veuve Clicquot has released its first prestige cuvée La Grande Dame since the 1998 vintage as the Champagne house unveiled its 2004 this week in the dramatic setting of the English National Opera stage in London,
Watch a video of the the perfect accompaniment to La Grande Dame Rose 2004:
Thousands of people turned up in Piazza San Marco in Venice for a Guinness World Record for the “largest Aperol Spritz toast”.
Chester Osborn celebrated his birthday this week in multicoloured fashion. His friend gave him a bright white suit – then let the kids go crazy on him with the spray paint. Happy birthday Chester!
This image is also part of our caption competition over on our Facebook page. Think of a witty caption and win a bottle of wine.
Anthony Hanson MW, head of Christie¹s wine department and Burgundy expert, presents the past and present-day happenings at the Hospices de Beaune charity auction, which Christie¹s has handled since 2005 following fears the local wine trade were forcing barrel prices too low. His lecture was also part of the Fine and Rare Specialist course at the Palais Coburg.
Willi Klinger from the Austrian Wine Marketing Board and Lynne Sherriff MW,chairman of the Institute of Maters of Wine, celebrate signing a further three-year partnership between the two organisations at the Palais Coburg in Vienna.
Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has been awarded Outstanding Corporate Supporter at the Wiltshire children’s hospice, Naomi Houses’ Corporate Charity Awards 2012.
Here the Hall & Woodhouse team get ready to take part in a skydive.