A growing number of Christians from around Europe were coming to New Wine England summer conferences where Barbara and Francis began to serve as International village hosts. Out of this in 2008 they formed an English speaking European New Wine Leaders network with the support of New Wine International.  This developed into New Wine Europe with Training days and leaders’ networking events happening in both Versailles, France and in the Netherlands/Belgium area and people from churches in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland coming to these and meeting in the ‘International’ village at the English New Wine summer conferences. In the summer of 2009 Barbara received the vision for a New Wine Europe (English speaking) summer conference. For 5 years from 2011 we held summer festivals as New Wine in Europe In 2015 after the summer festival we became LifeStream Europe with a clearer focus on the International English speaking Christian presence in Europe and its purpose in witnessing to Jesus in the power of the Spirit in Europe.

During 2015-2016 LifeStream Europe vision and organisation was developed to serve that call to minister to and through internationals.We are people who not only are at home in the country in which we now live but as much (or even more) we are at home among people who have come from other countries around the world. Director:  Mr. Aron Kovatsbest wine bars new york magazine until 12 May 2017fort house restaurant Additional offers that can be booked:wine for 60 guests Any group willing to participate must submit an Application form.red wine with best health benefits Approved groups pay in advance a 10% guarantee fee, which is to be deducted at the final payment.new age white wine buy

Fireworks spread like giant golden fans across the night sky above Château Smith Haut Lafitte at the party kickoff for last week’s VinExpo 2015, the world’s largest wine and spirits trade fair.The biannual gathering is a big deal. French President François Hollande gave a speech the next day at one of the vast exhibition spaces on a man-made lake just north of the city. best white wine bcVinExpo is the drink industry’s biannual five-day schmoozefest, a place to do deals, trade gossip, party hard, and, of course, launch new products. I spent my days hiking from one end of the half-mile-long hall to the other, hunting the highlights among the 2,350 exhibitors from 42 countries. One fast fact: It takes 50 people to keep the 120,000 glasses clean for sniffing and swirling by 48,000 buyers, who flew in from 151 countries. After France, China topped the list for number of visitors. Trendy rosés were ubiquitous, but “taste the unexpected” was this year’s theme, and I found plenty of that, from Latvian bitters to Riedel glasses that show off espresso’s different flavors, to wines from war-torn Syria. 

Here are my picks for some of the most exciting launches:  2012 Delaille Cheverny Le Vieux Clos ($46)Aging wine under water? It’s a thing now, at least in the case of a zingy, lemony, and salty Loire valley sauvignon blanc and chardonnay blend. The winemakers attribute its surprising flavor intensity to their practice of bottle-aging it 15 meters below the surface of the Atlantic.  In a taste test against the same wine aged in a cellar, the ocean-aged example had deeper texture and more saltiness. Or was that the power of suggestion? The bottle, encrusted with barnacles, comes in a wooden box. Only 1,000 cases were made. You won’t find it in the U.S., as government killjoys worry that the aging process may pose a health hazard. At a popup cocktail bar called Spiritual (get it?), a rotating group of American bartenders were mixing drinks to show off various new spirits, such as this new carrot liqueur from family-owned Wenneker distillery in the Netherlands. (Wenneker is one of the oldest Dutch distilleries and makes a wide range of flavored liqueurs—think blueberry and butterscotch—and premium spirits such as Elderflower Gin.) 

I was highly dubious at the idea of a vegetable liqueur, but its vibrant orange color, earthy aroma of fresh-picked carrots, and tangy, spicy taste won me over. Ditto the insouciant packaging in a jar. Mixed in a cocktail with curaçao orange liqueur, lime and lemon juice, and 7-up, it brought me “back to mother earth,” just as the brochure promised. 2013 Kaiken Obertura cabernet franc“Argentina is more than malbec,” insisted Kaiken winemaker Aurelio Montes Junior as he splashed his brand-new soft, fragrant, herbaceous cabernet franc from Argentina’s Uco Valley into my glass. A photo showed his high-altitude vineyard filled with enormous rocks. He had to remove 2,500 truckfuls of them to plant vines. The other big problems he has are wild donkeys and huge ants.I guess they’re lucky to have made four hundred cases.  This is a real find.2012 Santa Carolina Luis Pereira cabernet sauvignon (about $130)Chilean winery Santa Carolina was celebrating its 140th anniversary by launching several wines, including this earthy, complex, silky-textured red made from grapes from the company’s oldest vineyards. 

It’s especially exciting because it’s an attempt to recreate wines such as Santa Carolina's still-fabulous 1959 cabernet by reviving 50-year-old winemaking techniques. The result is a Chilean red with the elegance and balance that has sadly been missing from the country’s flood of high-alcohol, overextracted “icon” wines. JCCB from the Boisset Collection ($500) Burgundy purists dote on subtle taste differences among the region’s vineyards, and they’ll be aghast at this tradition-busting experiment from playful Jean-Charles Boisset, whose wine businesses span California and France. The heavy, square, clear bottle looks as if it should hold some ancient cognac. The red wine inside is a rich, lush blend from three famous grand cru Burgundy vineyards—Clos de Vougeot, Clos de la Roche, and Échezeaux—from three different vintages. It’s all highly refined cherry fruit and smooth, rich texture. There’s no terroir taste with this mélange, but it’s gorgeous in the glass and ready to drink now.