The following article appeared in this week's edition of Harpers Wine and Spirit Trades Review and is reproduced here by kind permission of the author, Richard Foster:
Yesterday the Farr Vintners team were at the UGC tasting in London to re-taste the much hailed 2010 vintage, to see if the wines held up to their rave reviews across the board during the En Primeur trip in spring 2011. The event was as busy as usual, the wine trade descending en masse, keen to see how the wines are holding up after some time to settle and homogenise.
This time last year I reported on a blind tasting of the 2001 First Growths. Last week we repeated the exercise with the same 8 wines in the 2002 vintage.
Those customers who have seen the stunning pictures from our recent Bordeaux en primeur trips may recognise the name of our "official cameraman", Colin Hampden-White. We are now delighted to report on his recent success in the Champagne Louis Roederer International Wine Writers competition...
