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Wine and food matching with a winemaker and a chef
What happens when a talented chef and an adventurous winemaker bring their heads together? In most of the cases they come up with innovative ways how to pair food with ...
Chablis: The ultimate soil expression
Without doubt, the people of Chablis, a region in Northern Burgundy, are proud of their unique wine made from multifaceted Chardonnay grapes. The inimitable characteristics of the crisp, fresh and ...
Loire wine: bike through the French valley of castles and vineyards
Swirling through the French Loire Valley on a bicycle can dilute the guilt one feels on most wine tasting trips. You are not just pouring litres of the Loire wine ...
Wines of Brazil
The southbound ancestors of Europeans are finally exploring the bonding effects of Brazilian wine. Italian immigrants brought winemaking with them to Brazil as far as in 1875, but the wines ...
Russian 'champagne' and Russian 'madeira'
It may seem quite unusual, but nowadays you can really find a russian champagne or russian madeira on the shelves of wine shops. During my visit of the London International ...
Marketing wine: Bordeaux and Champagne rule the world
As the 2010 En Primeur frenzy escalates in Bordeaux one has to think what is all that craze all about? These are just some wine makers selling their wine before ...
Right Bank Bordeaux 1998 with Jasper Morris, MW
A flight through 1998 Bordeaux with a Master of Wine Jasper Morris at Berry Bros.& Rudd in London revealed the strengths of this vintage in the Right Bank of the ...
Italian ‘la dolce vita’ in wine
That Italians erupt with passion, mastered style and are proud of their traditional food is a well-worn truth, but that they infuse their wines with the enviable attitude of ‘la ...
KIPFERL: Austrian wines at a gourmet bakery in London
Retailers in most big cities all over the world remind us about Christmas already in October which some of us might find confusing and even stressful. Seeing the lights, trees and ...