Châteauneuf du Pape: village dedicated to its wines
In the 14th century, the Pope Jean XXII chose French Châteauneuf as his summer residence and became one of the first wine producers in Châteauneuf du Pape.
In the 14th century, the Pope Jean XXII chose French Châteauneuf as his summer residence and became one of the first wine producers in Châteauneuf du Pape.
As surprising as the immense acreage of vines in Turkey may sound, the history of this country and the region sheds a light to the origins of winemaking and its later decline in the former Ottoman Empire…
JAN is one of the most exciting restaurants on the Riviera right now. Partly it might be so because it is not entirely French but has an alluring South African […]
It is a shame there are not more gourmet pleasures in Rome like Il Pagliaccio, whose chef Anthony Genovese, holds two Michelin stars…
Lenka Sedlackova MW, has been in the wine business for over a decade. Based in London, she works with one of the best UK importers Fields, Morris & Verdin. She is the […]
Sassicaia has sparked a revolution Italy with its Cabernet-based Vino de Tavola (table wine) made in up-to-that-time-yet-unexplored Maremma region of coastal Tuscany. Today, this is perhaps the country’s most wanted wine […]
Iggy’s is named after a restaurateur, sommelier and its owner Ignatius Chan, called by his friends “Iggy”. For many years considered by the local epicures the best restaurant in Singapore, […]
Blissful Mediterranean lifestyle in the South Pacific Ocean? New Zealand is more known for its sheep, dramatic verdant landscapes, and rugby, rather than olive groves, umbrella shadow casting pines, and la […]
Tasmania is a much older wine producing region than you may suspect. In fact, South Australia, where today the biggest names in the Aussie wine scene nest (think of Penfolds […]
A brief boat ride from Cannes or Juan Les Pins into the azure Mediterranean 16-centuries of monastic life on l’île Saint-Honorat meets the tech-age. The industrious Benedictine monks of Abbaye de […]