Louis Latour Agencies

Some great news just in from Banfi, their restaurant, Sala dei Grappoli and its chef Domenico Francone and his team at Castello Banfi-Il Borgo, have been awarded a much coveted Michelin Star in this years Michelin Guide. 

Details on Louis Latour Agencies' opening hours over the festive period and delivery information are now available. 

We’re delighted to share a report from Christophe Déola, Director of Domaine Louis Latour on the 2019 Vintage in Burgundy.

"2019 was a volatile year with numerous climatic issues. Small yield but good quality grapes allowed us to have fresh and balanced wines..."

After 12 years farming biodynamically, McHenry Hohnen have received certification for Hazel's Vineyard and their winery.

Our results from this year's Sommelier Wine Awards, judged earlier in 2020 before lockdown began. Read about our gold, silver and bronze medals.

On the 19th May a series of five podcasts to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Louis Latour Agencies launches with Interpreting Wine.

In these strange and difficult times we want to let you know that we are still here and ready to work closely with you.

Gosset Matchmakers is a competition for emerging chefs and sommeliers which focuses on teamwork and the creation of champagne and food pairings. Since 2019 Gosset has sponsored a 2D Design prize for silversmiths who are asked to respond to a brief created by Champagne Gosset. 2019 winner is David Stonehouse was asked to design a new trophy for Gosset’s Trophée Celebris. 

Their trip to Gosset was in February 2020. 

February is awards season and we are thrilled that Champagne is Gosset supports two of the UKs most exciting on-trade awards; Imbibe Personality of the Year and Class Bar Awards.

This February was a busy month for Champagne Gosset, and it continued apace with the 2020 Goldsmith’s Craft & Design Council Awards of which Gosset are a Patron.

Through our partnership with Castello Banfi, who are one of the event’s sponsors, we were lucky to have the opportunity to attend with a group of customers and journalists this February.

Congratulations to Wakefield Wines who received Best of Show Australia White for Jaraman Chardonnay 2018.

We are delighted to announce that Pyramid Valley and Smith & Sheth from Aotearoa NZ Fine Wine Estates (AONZ) will join the portfolio in February 2020.

Details on Louis Latour Agencies' opening hours over the festive period and delivery information are now available. 

Congratulations to Sommelier Oskars Mickens and Chef Piero Italiano from Heritage in London who won Gosset Matchmakers 2019!

In the latest limited release from Frapin’s Trésor du Château collection, cellar master Patrice Piveteau has combined three single vintage eaux de vies which exemplify Frapin’s unique terroir and commitment to the family’s ancient expertise.

Viu Manent has reimagined their Single Vineyard range. The range contains three wines each from their three vineyards and each with the variety most suited to the soil.

Viu Manent has launched a brand-new wine: Viu 8 Cuvée Infinito. Cuvée Infinito symbolizes change and the ongoing search for identity as well as the balance of the varieties in this blend.

Congratulations to everyone at Frapin for their outstanding achievement at Meiningers International Spirits Award 2019 (ISW).

June was a busy month for Champagne Gosset - they launch the new Grand Millésime 2012, the start of Matchmakers 2019 and were at the inaugural Taste Champagne event.

Banfi SummuS 2015 won Gold with 95pts and also won Trophy for both Tuscan Red and Toscana Red Blend - congratulations to the team at Banfi! 

June sees the UK launch of two new products: Gosset Grand Millesime 2012 and Frapin 15 Year Old XO.
 

To celebrate Drink Chenin Day on 15^th June we’ve put together a little information on the delicious Chenin Blanc from Morgenhof Estate. This year, on February 12^th, Morgenhof celebrated their 50^th harvest of Chenin.

There are three new wines in the UK this Spring adding to the selection we currently take from Banfi.

All the latest news from The Cognac Masters 2019 competition and the winners from Cognac Frapin. 

Champagne Gosset are delighted to be part of the inaugural Taste Champagne London on 12th June 2019 in Spitalfields Venue.

We’ll be at the London Wine Fair in a couple of weeks on stand D39 where we will be showcasing the A-Z of Louis Latour Agencies and much more. 

Champagne Gosset were awarded the government honour in 2013 and are a mark of recognition from the French State. This prestigious award is awarded after a rigorous selection procedure as the EPV’s objective is to highlight technical excellence, creativity and cultural scope.

Congratulations to Frapin who have won a double gold medal for Frapin 1270 as well as a gold medal for Château Fontpinot XO at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition.

This year sees the release of two new white wines from Seresin Estate, the first new additions made by new Winemaker Tamra Kelly-Washington. We're delighted to announce a new Dry Riesling as well as a re-imagined Chiaroscuro. 

We are delighted to announce that we had three winners at the People’s Choice Wine Awards Ceremony earlier this week; not only did Simonnet-Febvre win with their Crémant de Bourgogne but Wakefield also won on the night in two categories!

Earlier this week we attended the Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council (GC&DC) Awards along with Bertrand Verduzier from Champagne Gosset and saw David Stonehouse win the Gold and Champagne Gosset Award with his 2D design for the new CELEBRIS trophy.

We’ve heard from Cherry Stowman in Clare Valley, who has given us an update on the start of the 2019 harvest.

Congratulations to Alessandro Palazzi of Dukes Hotel, London, who won the Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Champagne Gosset. 

We took part in the Brunello Crossing on Sunday 10th February with a small group from the UK along with several of Banfi's members of staff.

Huge congratulations to Marcis Dzelzainis and Michael Sager, Sager + Wilde and Fare, London, who won Imbibe's Restaurant Personality of the Year 2019!

Two new wines made from Syrah have arrived in the UK. The first comes from Western Australia and McHenry Hohnen Hazel’s Vineyard with the second coming from Marlborough and Seresin Estate.

We're delighted to share the wonderful scores and reviews from the latest issue of Decanter. 

Details on Louis Latour Agencies' opening hours over the festive period and delivery information are now available. 

The finalists for the People’s Choice Wine Awards have been announced and we’re delighted to see five of our wines in the running for five different categories.

Recently Gosset have released two limited edition wines, one from 100% Pinot Noir and the second from 100% Pinot Meunier.

Lots of our producers have social media profiles and through them document the lives of their vineyards and wines.

Odilon de Varine is the Chef de Cave at Champagne Gosset and has been at Gosset since 2006. Winemaking at Gosset is as simple as possible to protect the individual characteristics of each vineyard and cru.

Seresin Estate have introduced a new varietal into their family and released their first vintage of Syrah.

Congratulations to Cognac Frapin who were awarded a trophy by International Spirits Challenge last week, 12th July.

Champagne Gosset’s CELEBRIS is the pinical of their wine range and a celebration of their best wines; handcrafted in their own distinctive winemaking style.

Julian Grounds, Winemaker at McHenry Hohnen has released some new wines, Laterite Hills Chardonnay 2017 and BDX 2016.

We’re delighted McHenry Hohnen have shared with us some of their latest scores. Well done to Julian and the whole team in Margaret River.

The natural avoidance of malolactic fermentation is one of the key characteristics of Gosset’s champagnes and sets them apart from the majority of their peers in Champagne.

The 2018 vintage from Wakefield looks set to be one of the best with Head Winemaker Adam Eggins heard to whisper “vintage of a century” with regards to Shiraz.