Blog articles to discover Wines, Wine regions, Wine appelations, Wine traditions, Food and Wine pairing
Every year, thousands of tourists from all over the world visit the historic village of San Gimignano. Indeed, San Gimignano is one of the most unique and best preserved medieval hilltop villages in Tuscany. Amazingly, this city looks a lot like it did in the 12th and 13th centuries.
San Gimignano’s “skyline” is defined by several distinctive towers, earning it a place on the UNESCO World Heritage List…
Lebanese wine, full of history, prestige and hope, hides some very beautiful gems. Mostly located in the Bekka valley on the border between Syria and Israel, in a territory at the heart of international tensions and warlike desires, Lebanon nevertheless has a unique terroir for the production of great wines. Its potential is immense and this article invites you to discover my 3 favorite wine producers among the many quality Lebanese wineries…
Despite only having 2.7% of the world’s vineyard surface area, Chile is a wine powerhouse and the largest wine-producing country in South America. Chile ranks sixth after Italy, France, Spain, Australia and the USA.
With nearly twenty million inhabitants, the narrow country between the Andes Mountain Range and the Pacific Ocean is an avid wine consumer. However…
Carema is an almost alpine region, producing red wines, which is located in Piedmont (Italy), bordering the Valle d’Aosta. It is the northernmost zone of Piemonte, where the renowned Nebbiolo grape variety is grown using the Picutener and Pugnet clones. These clones are quite similar to the Lampia and Michet found in the Langhe…
Ghemme DOCG is located on the opposite bank of the Sesia River compared to Gattinara. Although Ghemme’s wines were historically overshadowed by their neighbor’s prominence, they too maintained a good reputation until the end of the nineteenth century, when the northern Nebbiolos were overwhelmed by their southern counterparts…
Gattinara is the best and longest standing example of Nebbiolo from northern Piedmont. For a long time, Gattinara was considered the most prestigious wine in Piedmont. The appellation suffered from a lengthy period of decline, but the best examples now merit the high reputation they once had…
There are more grapevines in Argentina than in any other South American country. Its vast plains and rugged hillsides are a source of remarkable wines at all price points. In fact, Argentina is the seventh-largest wine-producing country and the eighth-largest wine consumer worldwide. Argentina’s success can be widely attributed to its talented grape growers, winemakers, and for sure to the Malbec grape variety…
Oregon is now the fifth-largest wine-producing state in the USA after California, Washington, New York and Pennsylvania. However, Oregon has never been about quantity, but quality. Oregon has the unique climatic conditions to grow one of the finickiest grapes on earth: Pinot Noir and winemakers in the area have mastered the art of turning such a delicate varietal…
Barbaresco, like Barolo DOCG, is a highly prestigious Nebbiolo appellation. If Barolo is the king of wines, then Barbaresco is unquestionably the queen.
Local producers have been producing Nebbiolo wines in the Barbaresco area since at least the 18th century, but the wines are not tied with the village’s name. Prior to the 1890s, Barbaresco grapes were frequently employed in the making of Barolo…
Barolo is regarded one of Italy’s greatest wines, with the best expression of the Nebbiolo grape varietal (see Valtellina for other expressions of this grape variety). Although its origins are shrouded in obscurity, its rise to prominence is not.
Supposedly, the red wines of this region were…
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