Wine is a passport to the world!
Wine is a passport to the world!
Recently I have been thinking differently about wine regions. Instead of thinking about what makes the region distinctive, I’ve been trying to think more clearly about how to compare and contrast different regions that make wine. One question I asked…
Sake, Japan’s iconic rice wine, is something I have been fascinated by for some time. The complexity of the fermentation process, the labels, the origin all excited me. Once a niche beverage mainly found in Japanese restaurants, sake is…
The Balearic Islands are located in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Spain (on the right hand side, Ibiza being the nearest and Mallorca being the largest having 80% of the region’s population). There are four Balearic islands…
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…
Winery : Momento, Where : Swartland is a large wine-producing area north of Cape Town in the Western Cape of South Africa. Traditionally a wheat-producing region, it now specializes in making rich, fruit-driven wines particularly from the Shiraz, Chenin Blanc…
Eric Taillet is a champagne grower based in Vallée de la Marne. As you might expect from this area his speciality is making Champagne based on the grape Pinot Meunier. Sometimes as single blend (known as a blanc de noir,…
So here is a selection of wines I blind tasted this week to begin revising Burgundy for my WSET Diploma exams. Overall this was very useful for me. I found the two supermarket sourced wines from Macon-Villages to really…
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…