Who does not know Gary Vaynerchuck and his Winelibrary TV shows? Gary is this young and outgoing wine guru who changed the way most people drink and enjoy wine who already presented Cahors wines on his show. In a long interview to the New Jersey Journal, Gary V (as everybody knows him by now) explains his wine philosophy:

"I have two rules. One, trust your own palate. Don’t listen to Robert Parker, Wine Spectator, or me, or anybody. If you like it, drink it, if you don’t like it, don’t. Number 2, try new things. So many people stick to the same three or four varieties: chardonnay, merlot, shiraz. What’s even worse than that is sticking with the same producers, Kendall Jackson, Yellow Tail, and then they just stay there. There’s a billion trillion different things to try.  So that is really where I’m at."

Follow Gary's advice and enjoy the gems you'll discover by yourself!

The wines of Cahors are more and more appreciated on international markets. The exportations of our wines went up 6,3% during the first semester of 2008. It is a striking result when you consider that most other appellations are loosing market shares. Our strongest markets are Canada (44%), followed by Japan, UK, Denmark and China.

Here are our winners:

Gold : Domaine de Cause (Cuvée Malbec), Château Fantou 2007 (Cuvée Tradition), Château Lamartine 2006 (Cuvée expression), Clos Troteligotte 2007 (La Perdrix), Château des Roches 2007 (Vendémiaire),

Silver : Château Laur 2007 (Vieilles Vignes), Château Trompette, Château de Gaudou 2006 (Cuvée Grande Lignée), Domaine de La Garde 2006 (élévé en fût de chêne), Mas del Périé 2007 (Tradition)

Bronze : Château la Pineraie (cuvée Malbec), Château Le Brézeguet 2006 (vieilles vignes), Domaine d’Homs 2007 (Cuvée tradition), Domaine Ichard 2007, Camp del Saltre 2007, Mont Laur 2007 (Tradition).

Congratulations to all of them!