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my journey into the world of wine!
my journey into the world of wine!
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
So, my wine of the week this week is Terroir Sense Fronteres – Brisat 2017 Winery : Terroir Sense Fronteres Where : Monsant To understand DO Montsant one needs to be intimately familiar with its geography, as confusion comes easy…
So, my wine of the week this week is Pietradolce – Etna Rosato Winery : Pietradolce Where : High altitude vineyards on Mount Etna in Sicily. Mount Etna, or Etna, is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily,…
On Sunday Evening my wife and I decided to go to a restaurant and enjoy a family favourite – steak and red wine! After we looked at the menu, we decided to go with this bottle of Vacqueyras. A southern…
Highlights would be a 2014 Viognier by Alpha Domus based in Hakes Bay, North Island, and two very contrasting Pinot’s. The two pinot’s I loved were Tinker’s Field, by Rippon Vineyard, mature vines in Central Otago in contrast to Te…
. Wow, what an amazing afternoon doing this vertical tasting! These wines are an amazing expression of Rioja and I hope we can visit the vineyard next year. The insight of tasting…