DES BRANDY DE FRUITS MADE IN ALSACE

Une trouvaille La Distillerie Metté en Alsace à Ribeauvillé.

Distillerie de Mette, Alsace

Elle existe depuis 1960 et utilse 3 petits alambics Charentais de petite taille de 100 Litres à 150 litres, minuscules!

Pour ainsi creer 87 differents brandy de fruits non-vieillis, et plusieurs liqueurs.

Abricot, ..., Coing, ..., Melon, ..., Truffe, a raisin de Muscat, etc.

On voit une passion et un travail artisanal authentique qui permet de creer des produits exceptionnels.

Adresse:

9, RUE DES TANNEURS 68150 RIBEAUVILLE - FRANCE

Source: http://www.distillerie-mette.info

AQUA MARQUE LE RETOUR DES BRANDY HAUT DE GAMME FRANCAIS

Avez-vous remarqué? Quoi?

La renaissance des Brandy Super Premium, c'est a dire 'tres haut de gamme'.

A voir, a lire et a gouter: Aqua.

AQUA DE VALDRONNE
Unaged

41.7% ALC/VOL

EAU DE VIE DE VIN UNAGED.

AQUA réinvente le style Old Fashioned Cocktail, réminiscence des années 20 et des premiers cocktails américains au brandy.

AQUA est une eau-de-vie de vin blanche dédiée aux cocktails. Née d’un assemblage d’eaux-de-vie jeunes, issues de différents continents et cultures, sa signature aromatique de fleurs blanches et muscat est unique.

Ses cépages : Ugni Blanc, Moscatel, Predo Ximenez AQUA est l’essence du savoir-faire d’élaborateur de spiritueux de qualité transmis depuis 4 générations à Bordeaux dans la société familiale Lucien Bernard.

Signature aromatique : Notes de fleurs blanches et de muscat.

Aqua de Valdronne, Brandy Unaged

AQUA DE VALDRONNE
Aged

44.1% ALC/VOL

EAU DE VIE DE VIN VIEILLIE.

Cocktails & dégustations.
Une version plus intense d’Aqua Unaged qui est vieillie 50 mois en barriques du Domaine de Chevalier, Grand Cru Classé de Graves à Bordeaux pour donner naissance à Aqua Alta.

Les barriques ayant servies à l’élevage sur lies du grand vin blanc apportent non seulement les notes tanniques du chêne, mais densité, fraîcheur et complexité.

Signature aromatique : Cuir, miel et orange confite.

Aqua de Valdronne, Brandy Aged

Source: http://aquadevaldronne.com

THIERRY PICOULET COLLECTING FINE THINGS

Thierry Picoulet shares 2 passions: one for the rare and finest spirits and the other for small scale cars.

In his store, 'Les Charentes en Boutique' in Jazennes next to Gemozac and Pons in (Charente Maritime), Mr. Picoulet has one of the most exciting collection of fine wine & spirits in the region. 

In particular he has a huge amount of rare whiskies from around the world, and some of the lesser known brands of cognac but also many wines which are considered 'cult wines'.

Thierry Picoulet et Charentes en Boutique

This is downstairs, now step upstairs to find a collection of small scale cars which will take you over 1 hour to look through. Norev, Dinky Toys, Majorette, Britains, Matchbox, etc. Some smaller some bigger, there is enough to make any adults want to return being a kid.

Thierry Picoulet, Charentes en Boutique

Read Sud Ouest newspaper earlier article on his small scale car collections.

Bienvenue en Charente Maritime chez Thierry Picoulet au magasin 'Les Charentes en Boutique'. En bas tout pour Papa, des vins et spiritueux haut-de-gamme, et en haut pour les grands enfants une collection de miliers de petites voitures, certaines des repliques d'autres des models d'origine: Norev, Majorette, Britains, Matchbox, etc.

Prevoyer 3 heures si vous etes un mordu!

LES CHARENTES EN BOUTIQUE
Thierry PICOULET
La Petite Foy - 17260 JAZENNES
Tél.: 05.46.94.57.35 - Courriel : thierry.picoulet@wanadoo.fr

Sources: Sud Ouest

DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY SAID THE SONG!!

In France, people are stressed right now, business is stressed and prospects do not sound good, "morosité" they call it, that is not positive mood in the air. How to escape the morosité?

Happy Face

==> Stop following the news,

==> Spend more time with non-French people,

==> Join a yoga course,

==> Visit outside France.

The next Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair will be

NOVEMBER 10-12 2016
HONG KONG CONVENTION
& EXHIBITION CENTRE

This trade show might be a way to look into the Asian markets for more positive outlooks.

HONG KONG MARKET TRENDS

• Zero wine duty
• 83% of wine purchased in Hong Kong is red, 14% white and 3% rosé.
• CHINA is the 5th largest world wine market.
• Whisky is the most popular spirit followed by Cognac. Tequila and rum sales are on the rise.
• With an average of 5 litres of wine per year, Hong Kong’s per capita consumption of wine is the highest in Asia.

Sources: Hong Kong International Wine & Spirits Fair

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SPIRITS IS COGNAC BUSINESS SCHOOL

The Centre international des spiritueux (CIDS) (International Centre for Spirits) in Segonzac, close to the city of Cognac in the heart of the Cognac region is a phenomenon!

Centre International des Spiritueux (Cognac)

Why?

Because its purpose is to prepare future managers of wine & spirits related businesses:

. Wine business: vineyards production & general management...

. Spirit business: distillery and general management, else...

. Others: packaging, technology, coppering, distillation, logistics, lab & analyses, legals, ...

Now that the region is named "The Spirit Valley" in association to the coined "Silicone Valley" in California, one would expect like in California to have a university pole (i.e., Stanford). Lire le concept de Spirit Valley.

Until recently there was not much but now with the CIDS it is all happening.

The region has a huge potential and it has a great know-how which once structured could fuel further growth in the area. Cognac region represents 25% of the spirits production in France and 15% of the employment.

The degree is a license (Bac +3 years) and a Master (Bac +5 years), jointly worked through the University of Poitiers, the Centre Universitaire de la Charente and CIDS.

Specializing in this field is particularly salient mostly when one can see that the degree offers specific subjects such as 'how to promote your sales & brand' or 'wine & spirits start-up', "how to start your micro-distillery' and that these programs are open to current managers for continuous learning and e-education is being put together, see direct link here.

International Centre for Spirits
37, rue Gaston Briand - BP 30037
16130 SEGONZAC - France
Tel : 00 33 (0)5.45.83.63.30
Fax : 00 33 (0)5.45.83.31.72
contact@centre-spirits.org

President : Pierre SZERSNOVICZ
Director : Quitterie FOURQUET
Documentation : Stéphanie Davis
Surveillance Manager : Antoine BOCHEUX
Secretary : Christelle AUGIER

Sources: University of Poitiers, IAE Poitiers,  Centre Universitaire de la Charente, CIDS, Charente Libre