Wine is a passport to the world!
Wine is a passport to the world!
Beaujolais Nouveau Day Beaujolais Nouveau Day, celebrated on the third Thursday of November each year, is a tradition that marks the release of the first wine from the Beaujolais region in France from that years harvest. This young, vibrant red…
Really enjoyed finding this Gewurztraminer in Waitrose this week. Studying Alsace wines is fascinating. The area has such winemaking and grape growing history all of which contributes to the diverse styles and selection of grape varieties available from the area…
Inspired by some intensive wine study this week, we enjoyed two Italian reds on Sunday! A Chianti Classico Riserva 2016 from the Querciabella winery and a Primitivo 2018 from The Cantele winery in Salento. Some background We have visited Querciabella…
If you fancy trying something a little unusual, I can thoroughly recommend this Parellada we are serving @thewineparlour from Mas De La Pansa winery in Vila Rodona , 2016 Vintage. Parellada is perhaps more recognised for its use in a…
This is one of a range of Riesling wines from Mac Forbes that have been developed to showcase the value of terroir, aspect, and altitude. They illustrate how with Riesling the balance between sugar and acidity are essential in developing…
This week I have been homing in on these two grape varieties. At first smell and taste they can appear very similar, but for those extra WSET marks in a tasting exam, you need to be able to pull them…
These two Italian wines come from the Punset Winery in Neive, a beautiful village in the Cuneo area of Piedmont. Punset is a family owned vineyard, which was founded in 1964 by Renzo Marcarino. In the early days the family…
This is an exceptional example of a Pinot Noir. A 2015 vintage still tasting fresh with the acidity holding up well and complexity coming through from bottle aging. On the eye: pale ruby On the nose: pronounced, we find red…
My wine of the week this week is Cava Marta, Reserva Vintage 2015 Brut Winery : Ramon Canels Where : Penedès. Located southwest of the Spanish city of Barcelona, the Penedès DOC wine appellation straddles two coastal provinces—both that of…
Winery : R. Lopez de Heredia Where : Rioja Alta sub region of Rioja Viña Tondonia is a beautiful vineyard of over 100 hectares, situated on the right bank of the river Ebro, where the most typical Rioja wines are…