Champagne Heucq Cuvée Antique 2005 | Britt’s Wine of the Month
2015-09-06
As soon as you put your nose in the glass you realize that this is not just any Champagne. The nose is delightfully complex. There
As soon as you put your nose in the glass you realize that this is not just any Champagne. The nose is delightfully complex. There
We travel to Champagne quite often for our wine tours. Usually we spend most of the time out in the vineyards and at the wineries
The vast majority of wines in the world, probably around 90%, ferment with added cultivated yeast. Most wine producers believe this provides a safer fermentation
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It is sometimes strange to see how different trends and how media seem to affect our taste in wine. When they aired a popular TV
It is sometimes strange to see how different trends and how media seem to affect our taste in wine. When they aired a popular TV
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Portugal is the world’s largest cork producer but now competition is coming from Provence. Well, France will never have the volumes they have in Portugal.
Priorat has been named Wine Region of the Year 2016. And after a few years’ absence on our travel schedule it is now back on
Product development is slow in the wine business. The most recent new product launch by Louis Roederer was in 1974. Now comes the next: Roederer
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There are many more exciting high-quality wine districts than the handfull of world famous names. One wine to discover is certainly Sagrantino di Montefalco. Montefalco
The differences in price for one hectare of vineyard in various French wine regions have never been as big as they are today. If you
One of our favourite grapes among the whites is Chenin blanc and not least the one coming from South Africa. Of South Africa’s nearly 100
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