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At the salon de la Revue du Vin de France
Two weekends ago we had the pleasure of presenting a selection of our wines: our Réserve 2009 and 2008, and Sélection 2010 and 2009, plus our Rosé, at the Salon de la Revue du Vin de France in Brussels.
We’ve been sold in Belgium before, in small quantities, but after being invited by the Revue du Vin de France this year, we decided it would be interesting to come back to Brussels in search of new partners. Plus we had heard amazing things about the Belgian wine-drinking public and professionals who come to the Salon from our friend, Christian Holthausen, at the Maison Piper-Heidsieck.
We had the chance to see many old friends, including Jacques Giers from Le Guide d’Achat des Vins who introduced us to the charming Xavier Faber, a top Belgian sommelier, who took a liking to our wines and sent many of his contacts our way. Among them, we had interesting tastings with Stéphane Penxten from the Brussels’ restaurant La Femme du Sommelier and people from Terre et Vin, who were presenting at the salon with Jacky Blot and his Domaine La Taille aux Loups.
From Twitter, we also had the chance to meet Marc Roisin from Vinogusto.com and Kathleen from Château de Minière in Bourgueil.
We left the salon excited by two wonderful days with the Belgian wine community, which included our first order the very next day, from Philippe Sochnikoff at Le Bar à Gilles in Brussels. As we write, our Sélection 2010 is on it’s way to Brussels, so pay a visit to Le Bar à Gilles as soon as you can, to taste!
Le Bar à Gilles, Parvis Saint-Gilles 28, B-1060 Bruxelles.
T. + 32 2614 57 82 — gilleswine@gmx.com
Château du Petit Thouars at the salon
Sébastien du Petit Thouars and sommelier Xavier Faber
We look forward to hopefully coming back next year!
Images © Château du Petit Thouars 2011
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