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my journey into the world of wine!
my journey into the world of wine!
English Sparkling Wine Meets Port: Exploring Hambledon with Cockburn’s & Graham’s Port houses As I am seeing the sunshine, I realise English Sparkling Wine Week will come around very quickly. This year, in collaboration with @winesbychix, we’re hosting a home…
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…
On Monday I was lucky enough to go to the Furmint Wine Tasting in London, sponsored by Wines of Hungary. As well as meeting some great wine makers who are seriously passionate about their homeland, I learnt a few things…
I’m considering the merit of natural wines as both a style and marketing theme or approach to developing a wine business. This wine is an interesting example of natural wine to consider….. Baby Bandito: Keep On Punching Chenin Blanc by Testalonga…
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,…
When my then girl friend and now wife gave me a book about wine to take on holiday! Though I had always grown up around good wine, I had never really investigated why that was, or what made good wine.…
So today we have joined The Wine Society. This is really exciting and marks a new chapter in my exploration in wine. Every month I want to find one or two gems through this web-site and expand our collection…
Great day out yesterday. Found some very interesting wines, but of particular interest was a wine from The Douro. Douro is a Portuguese wine region centered on the Douro River in the Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro region. It…
Really like this visual showing how Orange Wine is made I found on-line! Orange Wine or Vino Naranja is produced in Huelva and Málaga in…
. 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…