Irurtia: hundred years of winemaking in Uruguay
Irurtia was one of the first wineries in Uruguay. Now under the wings of the fourth generation of the Irurtia family the winery celebrated its centenary in 2013. During a […]
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Art in Napa Valley
Art in Napa Valley thrives. In their excellent book The Art & Science of Wine James Halliday & Hugh Johnson, renowned Masters of Wine, propagate winemaking as an art form. […]
The spirit of Napa
Last week I was filming in the Napa Valley, California, and interviewed owners of four outstanding family vineyards: Gargiulo, Martin Estate, Quixote and Palmaz (check videos). As wonderful as their wines […]
Wachau: wine terraces, apricots, Danube and exquisite villages in Austria
In the Wachau valley – embroidering the grandiose Danube river in the North-West of Austria – the grapes share their carpet of land with lush apricot trees in a perfect […]
Gaja: producing some of the most expensive wines in Italy
Angelo Gaja was revolutionary in his winemaking approach that put the Italian Barbaresco on the premium world wine map. First, he convinced his father not to buy grapes from other […]
Val d'Iris: wines as the mirror of the female winemaker
Anne Dor, the owner and winemaker at Val d’Iris is a woman of a strong character. As with her wines, her intense personality penetrates deep under your skin, filling your […]
Michel Rolland and the patrons of Clos de los Siete in Argentina
Clos de Los Siete is about 20 minutes drive from Tunuyan, a town South of Mendoza in Argentina. Reaching to the foothills of the Andes the extensive property is spread through […]
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 […]
Giacomo Conterno: delayed gratification in purely traditional Barolo
Giacomo Conterno was at his time ahead of the other producers of Barolo. Inspired by his father Giovanni, who was one of the first Barolo producers to bottle his wine […]
Ribera del Duero: the rediscovered gem of Spanish wines
A state-of–the-art architecture, modern winemaking techniques and giant underground cellars – If I forgot to mention the name of the region in the title of this piece of writing I […]