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my journey into the world of wine!
my journey into the world of wine!
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…
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…
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…
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…