Recent content by Odd Rydland

Gonon 2015, drunk on Nov 2024 The balance suggests a wine in its drinking window, but it has not yet developed the complexity I expect in a fully mature Syrah. Benefits from a couple of hours of aeration and 17-18 C. Blue-red colour, deep aromas of blackberries and sweet-sour cherries. Light...

I have had around 30 bottles of various Raveneau crus over the years. The one I enjoyed the most and were most easily recognizableas Chablis were a 2013 village Chablis. Not the most impressive of those, but go figure.....

The importer register the data and some are very negligent on updating. Seems like you got the 2021 data.

David Greenslade in Colosseum live.

Re ex domaine for Coche-Dury. I had their Volnay PC 2014 for 100 USD at a restaurant in Chablis in 2018.

When I'm in Alsace every few years, I use to pick up a few bottles of Emile Beyers Gewurztraminers. Their Pechstein 2022 has been delicious recently.

Norway. We are not a full EU member and EU accepted that we required control over distribution in return for open access for imports. Before the EØS deal we also strictly regulated imports though there were loopholes to private imports. There are monopolies in Sweden and Finland which are full...

Yes. Bundling a sales monopoly with importing would be in breach of EU rules regarding competition and open markets.

I know what you mean. And you got to understand the system such as it is. The most desirable wines are allocated BTW. Theres no such thing as a relation to a store. The list of available wines and allocations pr person is published a week in advance and if there are 20 wines available and an...

I am on the same page as you here. I have never queued up, life is to short. I still managed to get some Dønnhoff Hermanshøhle showing up at opening hour on the previous German wine release in Bergen, and multiple Keller bottles were still available in the shop (at too rich a price for me). As...

Yes, that's true and I am on some lists (having bought some Balthazar Cornas recently on direct order). But still the sales will have to go through Vinmonopolet, so that is an exception as for ordering, the sales system is as described. I am still sitting on 4 bottles of Roumier Bonnes Mares...

Here is how it works. Vinmonopolet is a sales organization, they don’t import. Anything any approved importer wants to sell in Norway, will be sold. Anything else is a no-no in EU (which we have a special relation to). And anyway what we want to control is the sales (opening hours, age limits...

Their (the monopolys) margins are strictly regulated.

Monopolies on the buting/sale side can be used to get good deals for consumers instead of gouging. Not only for wine, but for medicine etc....

I recently was to Korngolds Die Tote Stadt in Bergen. John Williams took a chip of that block.