Roussillon white wines: panel tasting results
The results from a 84-wine panel tasting...
Rosemary George MW was one of the first ever female Masters of Wine, gaining her MW status in 1979. She has worked as a freelance wine journalist since 1981, and is a vice-president of the Circle of Wine Writers, becoming its president in April 2015. She has written 11 wine books, including The Wines of the South of France, from Banyuls to Bellet. Her most recent book is a new edition of her first very book on Chablis, The Wines of Chablis and the Grand Auxerrois, and she is currently working on an eBook on Faugères. George has a second home in the Languedoc, and writes a blog on the region, tastelanguedoc.blogspot.com. She was joint Regional Chair for Languedoc-Roussillon at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA) 2015, she first judged the competition in 2004.
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