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Wine suggestions for spring and early summer occasions!
Now we're ready for proper spring and a string of holidays ahead. Rosé season has begun. The Domaine du Loou Cuvée Rosé Tradition 2024 has finally arrived in stock and tastes like spring and summer in a glass. The Premier Cru Champagne from Gaidoz-Forget is a perfect match for all kinds of celebrations.
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Domaine du Loou Rosé Tradition 2024
An intense aroma of white peach and small red berries like redcurrant and strawberry. Fruity flavors of fresh fruit and citrus. Balanced acidity and a pleasant citrusy aftertaste. Made from 60% Grenache, 25% Cinsault, and 15% Syrah.
Organic and under 1 gram of sugar.
Perfect as an aperitif, or with salads, chicken, seafood, and grilled fish.
Premier Cru Champagne Carte D’Or fra Gaidoz-Forget
We are finally able to offer you a beautiful Premier Cru Champagne made from a grape blend consisting mainly of red grapes.
Beautiful and complex fruit character of apples and pears. Reminiscent of an aged Champagne. Round and fruity on the palate, with a hint of grapefruit in the finish. All components are well balanced. The color is yellow with pink hues, and it is aged 18 to 24 months in the cellar.
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Cuvée Carte D’Or is fruity and round, with an elegant buttery aroma. It offers a beautiful and complex fruitiness of apples and pears, slightly reminiscent of a more mature Champagne. The taste is round and fruity, with a touch of grapefruit in the finish. All components are harmoniously balanced. The color is golden with pink undertones, and the wine is cellared for 18 to 24 months.
Get to know the female winemaker Bertille Gaidoz:
We could begin by telling the Gaidoz-Forget family history, which dates back to 1930 when her great-grandfather Henri began selling Champagne, followed by his daughter, and later his grandson in the late 1980s. But instead, we prefer to tell you the story of a little girl named Bertille.
Throughout her childhood, she followed in her parents’ footsteps—running through the vineyards and hiding in the cellar behind the Champagne bottles. If you ask her at what age she decided to become a winemaker, she wouldn’t be able to answer—because it was simply a given from birth. Over the years, it was Bertille’s father who developed her sense of smell, awakened her palate, and passed on his knowledge and passion for Champagne-making. Together, they have created the house’s Champagne with patience, precision, and love. Since the age of 23, Bertille has taken over the family business, carrying on the tradition with great enthusiasm and a head full of ideas.
Have a great Christmas and New Year's celebration!
There has been a lot of good Christmas food and red wine in recent weeks, and many of us are longing for lighter food and wines.
Maybe you're daydreaming and have started planning this year's summer vacation. Solmimosa has kicked off the summer a bit by offering a super offer on rose wine from Provence. Rose wine can be drunk all year round, and we've reduced the price of these two lovely rose wines.
Domaine du Loou's Rosée Printemps
86 points from wine reviewer in Aperitiff.
Intense aroma of fresh red berries. Fruity taste of fresh red fruits such as strawberries, raspberries and currants. Balanced acidity with a delicate and full-bodied aftertaste.
Made from 70% Syrah and 30% Grenache grapes.
Organic and below 3 g/l sugar
Recommended for aperitifs, salads, chicken, fish and seafood.
Order it online here! Before price 299,- Now 198,-
Domaine du Loou's Cuvée Rosè Tradition
Dice roll 6 by Ingvild Tenfjord in Aftenposten.
Intense aroma of white peaches and small red berries such as currants and strawberries. Fruity taste of fresh fruit and citrus fruits. Balanced acidity and a good aftertaste of citrus. Made from the grapes 60% Grenache, 25% Cinsault and 15% Syrah.
Organic and below 3 g/l sugar
Recommended for aperitifs, salads, chicken, seafood and grilled fish.
Order it online here! Before price 231,- Now 178,-
Brand new season with: "I know nothing about wine" with Merete Bø and Thomas Gjertsen
The podcast for Merete Bø and Thomas Gjertsen recently took up questions from listeners, and here the white bordeaux wine from Domaine de Saint Amand is included and was recommended there. Merete talks about how she does not judge according to her taste according to her understanding of quality and has an education where it is taught that the ability to describe and understand quality is what is important. Merete thinks this wine is a good buy.
Listen to the entire episode in the podcast here
(after about 17 minutes they talk about this wine)
Impresses with "Norwegian" wine from French Ventoux
There are starting to be quite a few Norwegians making wine around the world. A new "star" among Norwegian winemakers is Even Andreas Bakke, who is based in France, at the Clos de Trias vineyard in Ventoux in Southern Rhône. He has a slightly different background to many of the other Norwegians who have traveled out to follow the "wind dream". Bakke, who was born in Boulder, Colorado in the USA and grew up with Norwegian parents partly in the US, partly in Norway, worked for 14 years with wine at, among others, Matanazas Creek and Landmark in Sonoma before establishing himself in the Rhône Valley with his own vineyard. Now he is current with his first Norwegian listing, Clos de Trias Red Label Ventoux 2015.
Clos de Trias is a vineyard the Bakke family bought in 2007, after two years of searching in several French regions. Bakke and his wife had then moved to her native France from the USA in 2005. The vines on the farm they found are from 45-90 years old, and as it should be in the southern Rhône, there is a main emphasis on the grapes Grenache, Syrah , carignan and cinsault.
Even Andreas Bakke is the winemaker at Clos de Trias. When he moved from the United States to France to invest in wine production there, it was with his French wife and their two children. The wife comes from the Paillard champagne family, so there is a wine kinship to take care of. Parents Even and Ragnhild Bakke also helped finance the purchase in Ventoux. The latter ran the Oslo restaurant in New York while they lived in the USA. Now she is in charge of cooking at the vineyard.
Read the whole case in VinPuls here
New producer and red wine
Clos De Trias, Norwegian-owned vineyard in Ventoux,
Syd-Rhône, France.
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Even Andreas Bakke was born in Boulder, Colorado and grew up in the USA and Norway with his Norwegian parents. From an early age he became interested in food and wine through his mother's restaurant and catering business. Even worked as a sommelier at several restaurants and 14 years at vineyards in Sanoma and Napa Valley before starting his career as a winemaker.
On March 6, the red wine Clos de Trias Ventoux Rouge 2015 came for sale.
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Read more about the producer here
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Read more about the wine here
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Domaine de Saint Amand offers value for money in Bordeaux
Meretes Bø's selected
Brilliant white burgundy: Domaine de Saint Amand 2020. Perfect wine for freshwater crayfish!
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Spring is finally here, along with the new vintage of rosé wine from Provence.
We must be able to say that this winter has been exceptionally long, so we are looking forward to a proper spring and summer.
When the temperature rises, winter is packed away and we get out on the terrace and in the garden. Yes, then it is also time to start the rosé wine season.
A really good rose wine from Provence brings out the summer and holiday feeling. Now is the time to start the rosé wine season.
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So what's up with rosé wine?
It suits all occasions, it makes you smile and it makes you dream of sun and warmth. You can drink it whenever you want and for whatever you want. Rosé wine simply makes you happy.
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Solmimosa is launching three wines from Bordeaux on the wine monopoly's order selection September 2022
This autumn we are launching three wines from Bordeaux, specifically from Domaine de Saint Amand. The winery is located on the east side of Bordeaux, overlooking the Garonne River in the village of Cambes.
The wine of Domaine de Saint Amand is produced under the two designations Cadillac Côtes-de-Bordeaux and Bordeaux. The grape varieties used are Merlot, Malbec, Semillon and Sauvignon.
Domaine de Saint Amand is owned by Sarah Simon and her passion for viticulture has resulted in great respect in the Bordeaux wine community and she achieved HEV (High Environmental Value) certification in April 2020.
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New launch on the liquor store's order selection July 2022
Today is one year since Solmimosa first launched wines from Provence on the order selection at Vinmonopolet. We now have 12 wines of the best quality that you can order. Some of the wines can also be found on certain store shelves at Vinmonopolet.
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Today we are celebrating one year at Vinmonopolet by launching a new sparkling wine from Chateau des Chaberts. All of you who enjoyed the sparkling rose wine can now look forward to the Brut des Blancs.
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Now this year's vintages of rosé wine are here, and they are just a click away.
"La vie en rosé" - a pun on one of Èdith Piaf's most famous songs. In the south of France, life is rosy, but it can also be in Norway. Spring is finally here, and summer is just around the corner. It's time for rosé wine.
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In the green part of Provence, the vineyards are beautifully situated, surrounded by charming brick houses, lavender bushes and row upon row of vines. Did you know that the birthplace of Rosé wine is in Provence?
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Congratulations to our producers who have won gold in Paris for some of their wines!
Solmimosa is lucky enough to represent two great wine producers in Norway. Chateau des Chaberts and Domaine du Loou.
This winter they have won gold for two of their rosé wines in the Concours Général Agricole in Paris. In addition, both producers have received stars and hearts in France's wine bible "Le Guide Hachette des vin 2022" for some of their wines. We are so lucky that the wine can be bought in Norway.
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News launch on the wine monopoly's order selection January 2022
Solmimosa starts the new year with the launch of three new wines on the order selection for Vinmonopolet.
We have had an exciting year behind us where we have had the pleasure of introducing wines from Provence to you. The wines have been very well received, and we continue to introduce good wines for you.
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Chabert's wine in Aftenposten A-magazine
Tenfjord recommends
Contentful autumn with wine fairs and good reviews!
This autumn, Solmimosa has participated in several wine fairs for employees of Vinmonopolet, and the wines have received good reviews from wine reviewers.
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Exciting news at Vinmonopolet's order selection September 2021
This autumn, Solmimosa has participated in several wine fairs for employees of Vinmonopolet, and the wines have received good reviews from wine reviewers.
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News launch on the wine monopoly's order selection July 2021
Finally, the day is here when Solmimosa can present three wines from Provence on Vinmonopolet's order selection. The dream of Provence has come true, and when one has not been able to travel to Provence, we can now get a taste of Provence in Norway.
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