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Argentina: Torrontés 19 Aug 2013 | 09:01 pm
A swift blast of Google-ing resulted in the discovery that "... three Torrontés varieties exist in Argentina," says Wikipedia (goes there, for the more curious among you); and these aren't genetically...
Sicily: Bosco Falconeria 15 Aug 2013 | 09:39 pm
This Sicilian estate winery's full title is Bosco Falconeria Azienda biologica Simeti Taylor (goes to their Facebook page, where I pinched the photo from), hence the "Simeti Taylor organic farm." Foun...
Pink Port and Amarone: a couple of "headbangers of the moment" 13 Aug 2013 | 09:05 pm
I don't usually recommend wines based purely on alcohol content - and I'm not really going to this time either - yet the alcohol is an intrinsic part of these two totally different wines (but 'still o...
Spain: Loxarel - Catalunya 8 Aug 2013 | 08:18 pm
Based at their Can Mayol estate near Vilobí del Penedès in the hills just to the north of Vilafranca (about 40-50 km west of Barcelona), the Mitjans family produces, following organic and biodynamic t...
France: Alsace - Domaine Martin Schaetzel 2 Aug 2013 | 05:56 pm
The Martin Schaetzel wine estate spreads over 20 hectares (50 acres) of vineyards in the Ammerschwihr area, including several highly rated Grand Cru sites, and has been certified organic since 1998 as...
Italy: whites and reds "of the moment", south & north 23 Jul 2013 | 09:04 pm
Three Sicilian whites, a red from Puglia and one from Trentino to be precise, all hot off the shelf from Marks, Lidl and Asda. I've mentioned a certain fondness for white wines from Sicily before (oka...
Spain: Quaderna Vía, Navarra 19 Jul 2013 | 08:44 pm
From organicwines.ie Bodegas y Vinedos Quaderna Vía organically run estate winery, whose name seems to have something to do with Mediaeval poetry (guessing a bit from my limited grasp of Spanish: the...
Wine Education Service NI autumn/winter program 17 Jul 2013 | 07:15 pm
The next wave of wine tastings and courses scheduled from late September to April next year in Belfast city centre (and run by RMJ) are as follows: Essential Wine Tasting course - £125 for 5 sessions...
France: Alsace - Eblin-Fuchs 16 Jul 2013 | 10:19 pm
Domaine Eblin-Fuchs lies on seductively rolling slopes around the village of Zellenberg (where the cellar is), between Ribeauvillé and Riquewihr and not far from Colmar, which is one of the region's d...
Wine tour: Verona & Veneto weekend 2 Jul 2013 | 05:25 pm
Piazza Bra and Arena, Verona amphitheatre The latest 'wine weekend', this time going to northern Italy in the autumn, has just been slotted into wine travel company Wine Voyages' increasingly busy sc...
