Review

Ioana Bidian • 15.12.2023

Ioana Bidian • 01.02.2023

Tarla Loft Edition

Tarla Loft Edition Rosé reflects the high qualities of a rosé made in Côtes de Provence.

Ioana Bidian • 11.11.2022

Hundred Acre, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2013, Napa Valley

Hundred Acre with 100 points!

Ioana Bidian • 04.10.2022

A mini vertical tasting of Chateau Latour

This tasting can be called a mini vertical because it is about two different harvests, and two different years of the same producer.   When in a tasting there are two or more wines from the same range, from the same winery, it is interesting to

Ioana Bidian • 21.09.2022

Discovering: Louis Roederer Cristal

Louis Roederer is one of the last great independent and family-run Champagne houses.   

Ioana Bidian • 13.05.2022

Perfect Simplu, Cabernet Franc 2018, Catleya

When I taste a Cabernet Franc, usually I think about the Basque Country. The first reason is that Cabernet Franc’s origins likely lie in the Basque region of France, but the main reason is because passing the Basque region by foot you will discover

Ioana Bidian • 28.04.2022

Pinot Noir - 2018, Lechburg

Pinot Noir is one of my favorite grape varieties, even though it is the most sensitive and very difficult to grow. This thin-skinned grape is a notoriously temperamental variety but I like it for its versatility and for the ability to produce from extraor

Ioana Bidian • 11.03.2022

Elégance, Cabernet Sauvignon, 2017, Moșia Galicea Mare

If you taste this wine, you will never forget its flavours. It’s an elegant combination of very nice ripe blackcurrant and blackberries with a smooth touch of cedar wood and tobacco leaves.

Ioana Bidian • 13.12.2021

Piper-Heidsieck Rare Rosé Millésime 2007

Surprisingly, Piper-Heidsieck chose 2007 to make the first rose champagne in the prestigious Rare range, given that 2007 was described by Champagne producers as a troubled and atypical year

Ioana Bidian • 23.11.2021

" 1 " Le Vin de Nos Amis, Feteasca Neagră 2019, limited edition

It is a dark red purple wine, with a complex nose of black cherries and plum jam, spicy notes of black pepper and fine notes of smoke and tobacco, that do not cover the fruit flavours.

Ioana Bidian • 02.11.2021

Crama Mircești - Rară Neagră - 2019

The evaluation of the wines obtained from Rară Neagră was a challenge for me when I met them in the first tastings, because I did not know the profile of the variety and what wines can be obtained from it.