After World War II, Tuscan wines underwent a radical change. In fact, the Tuscan vineyards had just emerged from the phylloxera crisis, totally destroyed economically.
However, a number of changes would prove to herald a complete renaissance of this prestigious wine region and give birth to exceptional wines that the wine world would soon nickname the ‘Super Tuscans’…
Some of Florence’s most notable noble families have a lengthy history of producing wine.
The Ricasoli began manufacturing and selling wine…
In 1716, the Grand Duke of Toscana, Cosimo III de’ Medici, issued a historical edict to protect Tuscan wines.
The ‘Bando’ (edict) legally established the geographical limits of four prominent winegrowing regions: Chianti, Pomino, Carmignano, and Val d’Arno di Sopra…
There was a group of young producers in the early 1980s that strongly believed in the need to modernize the wines of Barolo, the iconic wine from Piedmont made from the indigenous Nebbiolo grape variety.
They began experimenting with a more approachable style…
Wine is sold at auctions by lots, with the auctioneer serving as either the seller’s agent or, in certain cases, the seller themselves…
Argentina is the most substantial wine-producing country in South America, and has been one of the world’s most dynamic wine producers since the late 1990s. Significant investments in new vineyard regions have lately been undertaken to continue increasing the quality of Argentine wines. Furthermore, significant efforts are being made to assist in the export of Argentine wines. But how did this lovely tale of Argentinian wine begin?
In the late 1950s, France depended heavily on Algerian wine to provide its blended reds with strength, colour, and concentration. Algerian wines were also an ideal blending partner to the Aramon (lacking colour and concentration, but providing high yields) grape variety grown abundantly in the Languedoc region…
The term ‘Rhône Rangers’ is a quite loose term used to designate the affiliation of California Wine producers led by Bob Lindquist from the Qupé Winery and Randall Grahm from the Bonny Doon winery. In the 1980s, both of them, decided to produce wines in the style of red wines (mainly from Syrah, Grenache and Mourvedre grape varieties) and white wines (from the Viognier grape variety) made in the Rhône Valley, France…
The town of ‘Byblos’ is located in Lebanon, 40 kilometers North of Beirut. ‘Byblos’ is the name given by the Greeks to the city called ‘Goubla’ in cuneiform texts and ‘Gebal’ in biblical texts. It is located today on the site of the modern city of Jbeil…
“Oenotria” was the name given to southern Italy when Greek colonists first arrived there around 8th century BC. This name is derived from the ancient Greek οἶνος (oinos) literally meaning “wine”, ‘oenotria’ meaning the ‘land of wine’…