More wine prizes : women journalists' trophy

Coup de Coeur des Femmes Journalistes is the name of another competition where we recently were part of the judging panel. The competition is run by the wine cooperatives in four of the départements in southern France: l’Hérault, Aude, Pyrénées-Orientales and Gard. In other words, it covers Roussillon, Languedoc and parts of the southern Rhône valley. We were a group of 20 female journalists from all over France and we tasted the wines that had been awarded gold medals in the annual ”Concours Régional des vins de la coopération”. Our task was to select and agree on a “coup de coeur”, our favourite, for each colour. Discussions were animated (you can imagine) but an agreement was finally reached. The selected wines will be the representatives and “standard bearers” for the cooperatives for the coming year.

Our Coup de Coeurs:

• White wine: Muscat Sec Cuvée Vermeil du Crès 2008, Vin de Pays d’Oc, from Les Vignerons de Sérignan
  
• Red wine : Cuvée Latude 2006, Coteaux du Languedoc Pézenas from La Fontesole à
  
• Fontès Rosé: Cabernet Sauvignon 2008, Vin de Pays d’Oc from Cellier du Val des Pins Montaud
  
• Vin Doux Naturel (sweet): Banyuls Grand Cru 1998 Cuvée du President Henry Vidal, from Cellier des Templiers