David Cobbold : "Cahors is fresher than Argentinian Malbec" - Listen

David Cobbold is a British wine consultant, writer and educator, living in France. He started working in the wine trade in 1983 and created his firm, Connaître et apprécier, in 1996. He currently co-hosts a radio show, In Vino BFM, contributes regular articles to magazines and is the author of several books on wine.
David Cobbold tells us why Cahors gives malbec a special accent and why it is good to see a French appellation being creative and innovative.

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Gary Vaynerchuck: "Malbec vs. Malbec" - Listen

Gary Vaynerchuck is a one-of-a-kind presenter, but make no mistake, behind that hilarious improvisatory style is solid content. In this podcast Malbec vs Malbec Episode , Gary compares two bottles, one French and one from Argentina, both selling for $7.99. His conclusions are interesting. He says that a walk in customer who asked for a bottle of wine at that price level would be more likely to be sold on the Argentina because it's more fruit forward and that is what this kind of customer would expect. However, (to liberally paraphrase Gary, not an easy task) he found the Cahors more "authentic", with a little challenging funkiness that is perfect for the wine lover who is not looking for a jammy, new world taste.
 

Philippe Lejeune : "Malbec, an International Player" - Listen

Philippe Lejeune is the owner of Château CHAMBERT, a vineyard of 60 hectares with a long history of nearly 1,000 years. Very ambitious for this gorgeous vineyard located on the very top plateau of the Cahors area, Philippe Lejeune aims at becoming a leader of the appellation leveraging the Malbec grape from mature vines and a great terroir. Wine consultant Stéphane Derenoncourt is instrumental in this quest to excellence.