Portuguese company Amorim is the world’s largest producer of natural cork for sealing wine bottles. The company works since many years with advanced technology to
Fantastic wine. Delicious, very elegant but still quite full-bodied. Age has given it a silky texture and some aromas of leather and dried fruit. It
How does the sap from a birch tree taste? Maybe not something you have thought about. Even less considered drinking. But you can drink it
Vingården i Klagshamn, a winery in southern Sweden has done it again. It has won medals in an international wine competition. This time it was
Streamlined or personal? What is it that makes a wine feel personal, as if it has a special character? It really has nothing to do
Streamlined or personal? What is it that makes a wine feel personal, as if it has a special character? It really has nothing to do
Clàssic Penedès is a sparkling wine from Catalonia in northern Spain. Sparkling wine has been made under the appellation DO Penedès for quite some time.
Last autumn we had two new books published in the series Guide to the World of Wine: Piedmont Burgundy With the two previous books, on
If you want French atmosphere in Stockholm, go to Brasserie Makalös, a stone’s throw from Kungsträdgården in the city centre. Here the waiters speaks Swedish
A video explanation on how sparkling wine is made Many better sparkling wines have a second fermentation in the bottle. It is this second fermentation
Few wines can truly be called legendary. But if the history goes back to 1191 with King Richard Lionheart on crusade then it must be
When combining food and wine the starting point is most of the times the food. In this case, a cooking competition arranged around Rhône wines,
Spain joined the EU in 1986. Large investments followed, also in the wine industry. New vineyards were planted, new wines were created, and producers began
For those of you who really want to know how a biodynamic wine producer work in the vineyard, and also in the cellar, this book
Comte Georges de Vogüé is a very renowned Burgundy producer in the village of Chambolle-Musigny with 12.5 ha of vineyards, of which 9.9 ha is
Should you feel ashamed if you prefer some sweetness in your wines? No, says American Tim Hanni, Master of Wine. He has written a book
One of Etna’s top producers, Pietradolce, had its first ever vertical tasting of the estate’s flagship wine, the Archineri, at the food and wine fair
The largest grand cru vineyard in Burgundy’s is the Corton hill. One of the largest vineyard owner on the Corton hill, Domaine Bonneau du Martray,
For most wine producers in France, it is important to be able to sell their wines with a so well defined geographical origin as possible.
The last 10 years have been tough on the Australian wine industry. Lack of water has put many wine growers out of business. Almost 30
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