In Piedmont, there are always new things to discover. It could be new grape varieties, new gastronomic specialities or, not least, new winemakers. In late
Now in winter time, maybe the wine produce can slow down a little and recuperate? Hardly. Now begins the season for la taille, the winter
There are lots of good Bordeaux wines in the medium price range. All too often one tends to focus on either the very exclusive, and
Often we hear wine producers in France saying, not without a certain pride in their voice that their wine is certainly not sold in supermarkets
Côte and Coteaux, we see these words everywhere: Côtes du Rhône, Coteaux du Languedoc, Côte des Blancs, Côte de Beaune, etc. It is an old
Maison Louis Chèze is a young wine producer in the northern Rhône Valley who makes excellent wines with a lot of varietal character. Drinking his
South Africa makes very good sparkling wine. Since a few years back they call their sparkling wines made from the traditional method that is with
“The wine condom” will protect your wine once the bottle has been opened, it claims. Proper protection for your wine is indeed a good tag
A few weeks ago I was in Portugal, mainly to taste wine and port. Port wine is something I to connect with Christmas (and all
France is the world’s most popular travel destination. More than 80 million visitors (!) come to France each year. When you travel around France it
Young port vs. old port? What about the tawnies? And why are most port wine houses named after ancient Englishmen? Jorge Ramos straightens it all
It has been awhile since I drank a Rioja. This wine I was served blind and I did not guess that it was a Rioja
A bit of a mouth-full, wine / travel blogging competition… Great Wine Capitals is an association of some of the world’s great wine regions. Their
Michel Laroche is a legendary wine producer in Chablis. He built up his wine business from scratch to a major wine producer with vineyards and
Vinisud is the second biggest wine show in France (after Vinexpo), and in many ways the most interesting. At the next edition of Vinisud, in
Some people find a vintage chart with year ratings invaluable. Others think it is unnecessary. If you want a small, convenient and reliable vintage chart
If you are interested in wine, grapes and statistics, then you are in for a treat. The University of Adelaide has published a book by
Internet videos on wine tend to be shaky footage of vineyards, someone drinking wine in front of the camera blabbering on about fruit and body,
It seems that the wine harvest in Austria was a difficult one but that in the end it can give some good wines, albeit with
I don’t know why the Belgians should be most prone to this, but according to this campaign that is how it is. Undoubtedly alluding more
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