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Our Written Press
January 2011: Decanter Magazine publishes a regional profile of Limoux in its February issue and includes two Rives-Blanques wines in its top selection
January 2011: Vivre! a new book devoted to the Dutch winegrowers of France, was published this month.
December 2010: Belgium's Guide to the 300 best affordable wines Wijnkoop Gids 2011 includes two from Rives-Blanques -
November 2010 The US wine magazine Wine Enthusiast, cites the Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux as one of the best in its December issue.
November 2010: Harper's, the UK wine trade magazine, selects the six best wines of the Outsider's Tasting in London, including Vintage Rose from Chateau Rives-Blanques -
October 2010: Gault Millau's Guide to the Meilleurs Vins de France endorses the entire Rives-Blanques range in its 2011 edition. -
September 2010: Guide Hachette 2011 praises Rives-Blanques wines across the entire range
September 2010: The Grand Guide des Vins de France 2011 by Bettane & Desseauve awards a smiley face to Rives-Blanques
August 2010: The wine guide Les Meilleurs Vins de France 2011 published by La Revue du Vin de France cites Rives-Blanques wines across the board ...
July 23, 2010: Daily newspapers L'Indépendant and Midi Libre both carry articles about the approaching 10th harvest at Rives-Blanques -
June 2010: The leading German-language wine magazine Vinum says Limoux is a treasure trove for anyone on a discovery tour ...
May 2010 Rives-Blanques features for the 9th consecutive year amongst the best wines of the millésime, according to La Revue du Vin de France -
May 2010: Rhinegold's Festivals publication salutes the Bath Music & Literature Festivals wine from Rives-Blanques. -
April 2010: The leading Italian wine publication, Gambero Rosso focuses on the world's biggest wine region, and highlights two Rives-Blanques wines ... both made from mauzac -
March 2010: The Spectator makes a special offer of our Pays d' Oc in time for Easter ... -
March/April 2010: The award-winning French wine magazine Terre de Vins throws the spotlight on white wines, and includes our Dédicace ... -
February 2010: The Dutch wine magazine Wijnpers features the two Dutch members of Languedoc's association of female winegrowers
January 2010: France's No. 1 Sommelier comments on the 50 top wine-producers of the Languedoc, and finds favour with Xaxa
December 13, 2009: Blanquette de Limoux sparkles in Jancis Robinson's selection of the best bubbles in The Weekend Financial Times -
Jancis Robinson visits Rives-Blanques and gives full kudos to Limoux on her website and in the Financial Times -
November 2009: The doyen of Dutch wine writers, Hubrecht Duijker, focuses on the wines of Rives-Blanques ... -
November 2009: the Italian journalist Alessandro Torcoli visits Chateau Rives-Blanques for the magazine Civiltà del Bere
October 2009: Rives-Blanques revisited: the internet's Wine Doctor comes to this 'must-taste' domaine -
October 2009: The Guide des Vins written by Patrick Dussert-Gerber praises the Chardonnay and Chenin blanc in the Rives-Blanques range ... - 2009/10/18
October 2009: The American Wine Enthusiast is enthusiastic about "France's most compelling value region" and choses the Rives-Blanques Blanquette as one of its 'best value buys' ... - 2009/10/14
September 2009: The German wine magazine Weinwirtschaft finds the AOC Limoux wines from Rives-Blanques to be - 2009/10/02
September 19, 2009: Hubrecht Duijker, the famous Dutch wine critic devotes his column in the Dutch Financial Times FD Persoonlijk to Rives-Blanques
September 21: The Dutch Limburger daily newspaper highlights the 'Feminine Elegance' of our Limoux wines ...
September 2009: Guide Hachette 2010 awards the Rives-Blanques chardonnay with a star
August 2009: The famous 'Green Guide' to the Meilleurs Vins de France 2010 includes a number of wines from Rives-Blanques ...
August 2009: The Grand Guide des Vins de France 2010 published by the renowned French wine writing duo, Bettane and Desseauve, included several wines from Rives-Blanques ...
August 8 2009: The Daily Mirror recommends the Rives-Blanques Chardonnay du Domaine as a 'recession-proof bargain' in Ireland ...
August 2009: France's much-loved 'Guide Rouge' to the best wines at the best prices, came out with its 2010 edition this month, and included the Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux .
July 18, 2009: Belgium's leading financial newspaper, de Tijd devotes a full page to Limoux and features the Rives-Blanques mauzac, Cuvée Occitania, as wine critic Frank van der Auwera's Bottle of the Week
July 2009: Jancis Robinson's Purple Pages gives top marks to the Rives-Blanques chenin blanc .
June 2009: The Best Sommelier in the World choses a Vin de Pays d'Oc from Rives-Blanques
June 2009: France's first and foremost wine magazine, La Revue du Vin de France includes the Rives-Blanques mauzac, Cuvée Occitania amongst the best wines of the 2008 vintage
May 2009: Should there be a single representative body of the French vineyard? The Rives-Blanques winemaker joins the discussion in this month's Réussir Vigne
April 2009: The Belgian wine writer, Frank van der Auwera, includes a Rives-Blanques wine in his 2009 Guide to the 300 best quality/price wines in that country, for the 4th year in a row
March 2009: Perswijn in The Netherlands praises ' the beautiful white wines of Limoux' in an extensive article about Rives-Blanques on its website.
March 2009: Wine Enthusiast picks the Rives-Blanques chardonnay, Cuvée de l'Odyssée as its Best Buy this month.
March 2009: The SAS in-flight magazine Scanorama calls the Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux "a real cracker" ...
January 2009: Drinks International looks at the appellations of the Languedoc and Catalunya, and singles out the Chateau Rives-Blanques chenin blanc, Dédicace ...
January 2009: The Rives-Blanques chardonnay Cuvée de l'Odyssée features amongst the top 44 French white wines chosen by the 2009 Dutch wine guide, Proefschrift
December 2008: Languedoc a new book written about the wines of the Languedoc by Swedish wine expert Britt Karlsson explores Rives-Blanques ...
November 2008: The special "Wines of France" supplement of Le Figaro newspaper recommends the Cuvée de l'Odyssée from Rives-Blanques in its edition on the Languedoc-Roussillon
Oct/Nov 2008: The biggest daily newspaper in The Netherlands, de Telegraaf, features the five top red and white wines from the country's five top importers ...
Octobre 2008: Discovering the 'rare' Rives-Blanques mauzac, Cuvée Occitania, is an 'extraordinary pleasure' writes the world's most published wine writer, Dutchman Hubrecht Duijker
October 2008: La Revue du Vin de France rediscovers the Languedoc ...
September 2008: The new Guide Hachette 2009 cites Rives-Blanques wines for the 6th consecutive vintage ... -
August 2008: Le Grand Guide des Vins de France 2009 written by the famous French duo Bettane & Desseauve finids that Rives-Blanques wines are in the ascent
August 2008: The 2009 edition of Patrick Dussert-Gerber's wine guide likes La Trilogie and Dédicace best ...
August 2008: The Guide des Meilleurs Vins à Petits Prix 2009 , published by La Revue du Vin de France, places Rives-Blanques at the top of the Limoux appellation ...
August 2008: The famous 'Guide Vert' to the best wines of France includes the Rives-Blanques range in its 2009 edition ....
July 2008: The leading wine magazine in the Netherlands, Perswijn dedicates 4 pages to Limoux in this month's issue ...
June 28, 2008: The Spectator calls the Rives-Blanques chardonnay 'gorgeous' in its latest issue ...
June 2008: Rives-Blanques selected for the 7th year in a row in La Revue du Vin de France's tasting of the best wines of the millésime ... -
May 2008: The Guide Hubert 2008, an authoritative food and wine guide published by Pierre Casamayor recommends two wines from Rives-Blanques .
March 28 2008: The leading Dutch daily national newspaper de Telegraaf waxed 'lyrical' about the "modern elegant white wines" from Rives-Blanques in today's edition.
16 February 2008: The Saturday magazine of Le Monde calls the Rives-Blanques La Trilogie " an honour to the Languedoc, a magnificent, superb wine ...."
January 2008: The eminent Bordeaux-based wine writer Didier Ters zooms in on Rives-Blanques in his French wine website, http://www.lejournalduvin.com .... -
January 5, 2008: One of Ireland's major national daily newspapers, The Irish Independent , choses the Cuvée Occitania from Rives-Blanques as one of the wines 'making its mark' in the Languedoc ...
December 2007: Frank van de Auwera's renowned Wine Guide 2008 introduces Belgians to a 'wonderful and above all original wine' from Rives-Blanques - the mauzac, Cuvée Occitania.
December 15, 2007: The Irish Times sets the scene for Christmas Day with the Chateau Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux -
December 2007: Terre de Vins highlights Limoux's carnival, culture, and hidden treasures ... also at Rives-Blanques, where everything is Tout en Blanques
November 29, 2007: Two wines from Rives-Blanques were featured in the Midi Libre's special supplement on the best wines of Languedoc-Roussillon .... -
October 2007: Hachette Pratique 's Guide to the 1000 Vins du Monde published by the Oenologists of France rates the Rives-Blanques chardonnay, Cuvée de l'Odyssée at the top of the Limoux appellation ....
October 2007: The French gastronomic magazine, Thuries says Limoux whites rival the very best white wines of France .... -
September 2007: Lyon's daily newspaper Le Progres praises two wines from Rives-Blanques in a special supplement ....
September 2007: A France Update in this month's edition of the UK's trade magazine The Drinks Business cites Limoux as a 'prime example' of new developments ...
September 2007: The Belgian culinary magazine, Ambiance salutes the Rives-Blanques la Trilogie in its blind tasting of Languedoc wines ... -
September 5, 2007: The respected French current affairs magazine, L'Express, gave Limoux a coup de coeur and selected the Rives-Blanques La Trilogie as one of its best bottles ... -
September 6, 2007: The leading French current affairs magazine, Le Point published a special 108-page Wine supplement, featuring Limoux as a top appellation and Rives-Blanques as a top producer .... -
September 2007: The Guide Hachette des Vins 2008 awards a star to the Rives-Blanques chardonnay .... -
August 2007: The Petit Futé's 2008 guide to the 1001 Meilleurs Vins à moins de € 8.00 includes the Rives-Blanques country wine ... -
August 2007: The famous French wine-tasting duo Bettane & Desseauve include Rives-Blanques in their selection for Le Grand Guide des Vins de France 2008 -
August 2008: Patrick Dussert-Gerber's highly respected Wine Guide 2008 includes three wines from Rives-Blanques ...
July 7/8 2007: Jancis Robinson recommends the chenin blanc from Rives-Blanques, Dédicace , in an article entitled 'Where Blood is Thicker than Wine' in the Financial Times
July 25, 2007: Pure Pleasure! is how the newspaper Midi Libre describes the 2005 Cuvée Occitania from Chateau Rives-Blanques in its feature on the great gold medal winners of the Concours des Grands Vins du Languedoc-Roussillon
June 2007: Rives-Blanques embarks on an adventure of sexual confusion, reports Reussir Vigne
March 2007: The Irish Times falls for the Chateau Rives-Blanques mauzac, Cuvée Occitania
February-March 2007: Gault Millau picks the Chateau Rives-Blanques Cuvée de l'Odyssée 2004 as the "expression of sunshine" in its global tasting of chardonnays ...
February 2007: Ireland's Business and Finance choses the Rives-Blanques chardonnay Cuvée de l'Odyssée as it's 'Best Buy' bottle ...
November 18, 2006: Jane MacQuitty, wine writer of the London Times calls the Rives-Blanques Chenin Blanc, Dédicace the 'Star Wine' in her annual selection of the 100 best Winter Wines . - 2006/11/24
November 2006: The Belgian Wine Guide, Wijnkoopgids 2007 included the Rives-Blanques Chardonnay du Domaine 2005 in its 300 best price/quality wines selection.... - 2006/11/24
November 2006: Two Blanquettes de Limoux from Rives-Blanques were placed in the top ten French sparklers by Holland's leading wine publication, Perswijn this month .... - 2006/11/10
September 2006: Chris Kissack, the internet's respected Wine Doctor,
features Rives-Blanques on his popular website - 2006/09/30
September 2006: Vino magazine in the Benelux selected
the Rives-Blanques second-label chardonnays in its tasting of the
best of the region's Vins de Pays d'Oc ... - 2006/09/29
September 2006: The respected Guide des Vins Dussert-Gerber
mentions the mauzac, Cuvée Occitania, for the first
time in its newly published 2007 edition ... - 2006/09/04
August 2006: The Guide Rouge puts two Rives-Blanques wines
at the top of the appellation - 2006/08/31
August 2006: French Wine Guide Gilbert & Gaillard selects the
Cuvée d l'Odyssée from Rives-Blanques -
2006/08/24
August 5, 2006. Christine Austin of The Yorkshire Post
talks to three winegrowers in the South of France -
2006/08/16
July 15, 2006: The Irish Times Magazine recommends a visit to Rives-Blanques.
- 2006/08/15
July
2006: La Revue du Vin de France features Cuvée Occitania on its
front cover and includes Rives-Blanques in the 60 vineyards worth
visiting
this summer in France. - 2006/07/01
May
13 2006 The Irish Times selects Cuvée de l'Odyssée as its Bottle
of the Week - 2006/06/27
May
2006: La Revue du Vin de France publishes its list of the best wines
of the 2005 millésime nationwide, and includes two from Rives-Blanques.
- 2006/05/20
May
2006: From Russia with love - Russia's gourmet food & wine magazine
'Chef' features Rives-Blanques in its latest issue -
2006/05/07
February
2006: Two Rives-Blanques wines selected for the ProWein special
edition of WeinMarkt in Germany - 2006/05/07
April
2006 The latest edition of the Dutch magazine for Francophiles,
En France reminds its readers there's more to bubbles ...
- 2006/04/16
March
2006: Tom Stevenson's Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia, the classic reference
to the wines of the world, hails Cuvée Occitania from Chateau Rives-Blanques
... - 2006/03/03
March
2006: Expansion discovers the sparkle in Limoux ... -
2006/03/02
February
2006: La Revue du Vin de France discovers that there is more
to Limoux - and Rives-Blanques - than Blanquette -
2006/01/27
December
2005: !SICA gives the Chateau Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux
a 'coup de coeur' in its Christmas edition -
2005/11/29
November
2005 The 2006 Guide to the Best Wines for the Best Prices came
down heavily in favour of Chateau Rives-Blanques ... -
2005/11/09
October
2005 1000 Vins du Monde 2006 published by the Oenologues
de France was came out this month with its selection of the best
1000 wines in the world. - 2005/10/02
October
2005 South of France: How to find Great Wines off the Beaten
Track by Jonathan Healey (Mitchell Beazley) is the adventurous
wine-buyer's 'must-have'. - 2005/10/02
September
2005 Guide Dussert-Gerber Vins de France 2006 comes out this
month favouring our chardonnay, Cuvée de l'Odyssée and our Blanquette
de Limoux .... - 2005/10/02
September
2005 Our Trilogie de Limoux makes it into Guide Hachette
2006 - 2005/10/02
July
2005 Decanter Magazine's Steven Spurrier choses Chateau
Rives-Blanques Blanquette de Limoux ... -
2005/06/25
May
2005 La Revue de Vin de France's annual roundup of the
best wines of the millésime include two from Rives-Blanques ...
- 2005/05/28
05
March 2005 L'Indépendant du Midi: Dédicace gets food/wine
writer Daniel Bailbé out of a pickle ... -
2005/03/06
Feb
11, 2005 L'Echo makes a magic mix of Blanquette and Carnival
... - 2005/02/19
16
January 2005 - The Dépêche du Midi covers the late late
winter harvest at Rives-Blanques ... -
2005/01/15
December
2004 "Pure pleasure from the South of France" is how the Dutch
celebrity food and wine writer, Nicolaas Klei, describes our Blanquette
... - 2004/12/20
November
2004Oz Clarke, the 'world's most entertaining wine writer' had
some serious things to say about Cuvée de l'Odyssée in his new Wine
Buying Guide. - 2004/11/30
November
27 The UK's Daily Telegraph choses our Blanquette de Limoux as
a cure for Christmas Affected Doom Depression and Despondency...
- 2004/11/29
November
25, 2004: Our Blanquette gets a "coup de coeur" from the Midi
Libre ... - 2004/11/26
Oct
31, 2004: La Depeche du Midi recommends the Chateau Rives-Blanques
Blanqette ... - 2004/11/03
13
October 2004 An "Open Door" at Rives-Blanques puts us back in
the news in the region's daily La Dépeche du Midi
- 2004/10/25
September
2004 Simon Hoggart, the well-known British columnist and wine
writer had a few sage words about our Blanquette in The Spectator
late this month ... - 2004/10/25
September
2004: The Queen of Irish wine writers, Mary Dowey, chose a Domaine
Rives-Blanques chardonnay as her bottle of the week ...
- 2004/10/25
September
2004: Guide Hachette 2005 comes out with some nice things about
Chateau Rives-Blanques - 2004/09/16
September
2004: Dussert-Gerber's award-winning Les Guides des Vins de France
2005 has something nice to say about Rives-Blanques ...
- 2004/09/05
l'Indépendant,
August 21, 2004 This newspaper's special supplement Guide
des Vins Blancs puts Rives-Blanques on the map -
2004/09/05
Bath
Life July 2004 Edward Mercer takes a look at the wines of
Limoux and Chateau Rives-Blanques -
2004/07/16
1000
Vins du Monde, La sélection 2004 des Oenologues de France
includes two wines from Chateau Rives-Blanques ... -
2004/07/12
La
Revue du Vin de France,June 2004 Nous avons beaucoup aimé
... Occitania - 2004/06/01
La
Revue du Vin de France May 2004: Journalists from France's leading
wine magazine come to Rives-Blanques in search of Limoux's identity.
- 2004/05/01
De
Spits February 2004: Dutch wine writer Janna Rijpma visits Rives-Blanques
and is seduced by its wines - 2004/02/01
Wine
International, February 2004: Dedicace (AC Limoux) is the only
French non-Loire chenin banc to make the cut in this respected publication's
global tasting. - 2004/02/01
Gusto,
January 2004: Hungarian journalists pay a surprise visit to
Rives-Blanques and discover Blanquette de Limoux -
2004/01/01
Reussir
Vigne, December 2003 : The respected French trade magazine affirms
that Jan & Caryl are hands-on workers, 'not investors' -
2003/12/01
L'Indépendant,
November 2003: - 2003/11/09
La
Depeche du Midi, October 2003: This daily newspaper is interested
in the newest wines in the appellation : Cuvee Occitania, (mauzac)
and Dedicace (chenin blanc). - 2003/10/22
L'Independant,
October 2003: The daily newspaper does an in-depth report on
the renovated facilities at Rives-Blanques. -
2003/10/21
Meilleurs
Vins a Petits Prix, September 2003 : The annual guide to the
best wines at the best prices includes Cuvee Occitania.
- 2003/09/01
La
Revue du Vin de France, August 2003 : The respected French monthly
wine magazine includes Cuvee Occitania (mauzac) in its annual roundup
of the best wines of the 2002 millesime. -
2003/08/01
Roundabout,
July 2003 : Holland's only English-language monthly cultural
guide interviews us at Rives-Blanques and devotes several pages
to the story of Blanquette de Limoux. -
2003/07/01
La
Revue du Vin de France, June 2002 : The doyen of French wine
publications includes our Cuvee de l'Odyssee 2001 in its roundup
of the best wines of the millesime. - 2002/06/01
Le
Paysan du Midi, May 2002 : This agricultural daily is excited
about the clover being planted at Rives-Blanques between rows of
vines as a weed deterrent. - 2002/05/01
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