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My hopes for 2013: Chris Powell, Local Wine School on the importance of wine education

My hopes for 2013: Chris Powell, Local Wine School on the importance of wine education | Autour du vin | Scoop.it
In the first of a series of opinion pieces from leading industry figures looking ahead to the challenges and opportunities we face in 2013, Chris Powell, founder and director of the Local Wine School, says the trade needs to understand what...
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Parker releases scores for “mythical” 09

Parker releases scores for “mythical” 09 | Autour du vin | Scoop.it

In total, 19 wines garnered a perfect 100 points, including a white, and 11 received 99 or 99+.

The 19 100-pointers are: Latour, Léoville Poyferré, La Mission Haut-Brion, La Mondotte, Montrose, Pavie, Pétrus, Le Pin, Pontet-Canet, Haut-Brion, Pape Clement Blanc, Smith-Haut-Lafitte, Beauséjour (Duffau Lagarrosse), Bellevue Mondotte, Clinet, Clos Fourtet, Cos d’Estournel, Ducru Beaucaillou and l’Evangile.

Other high-scorers were Margaux (99), Lafite (99+), Cheval Blanc (99) and Mouton (99).

Parker’s scores differ slightly than those of James Suckling, who gave a total of nine wines a perfect score, including Ausone, Vieux Château Certan, Margaux and Lafite.

Ausone and VCC got 98+ and 99 points respectively from Parker.

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