One of the best experiences I had while in Rioja last October was tasting several white Rioja’s. Yes, next to red Rioja, there is also white Rioja, and it can be a truly delicious wine. Unfortunately, there isn’t much of the white version around; only 5 percent of the total wine production in Rioja is white (another 5% is rosé, the rest is red). Strangely enough, 130 years ago … [Lees meer...] overWhite Rioja: something to be explored
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China becomes world’s leading red wine consumer
According to a market survey commissioned by Vinexpo, the international wine and spirits exhibition, China has become the world’s largest red wine consuming nation ahead of France and Italy. Which countries are the biggest consumers of red wine? France, Italy and the US, right? Wrong. Having downed more than 155 million 9-litre cases or 1.865 billion bottles of red wine in … [Lees meer...] overChina becomes world’s leading red wine consumer
Best of Wine Tourism Awards 2014
[Press release] The Great Wine Capitals Global Network recently announced the winners of the 2014 International Best Of Wine Tourism awards at a ceremony held at the Culinary Institute of America’s Greystone campus in St. Helena, California. The nine international winners were chosen from 53 local ‘Best Of‘ winners from nine Great Wine Capitals. In all, 350 applications … [Lees meer...] overBest of Wine Tourism Awards 2014
Brief Encounters in Bizkaia: a Visit to Bodegas Itsasmendi
The moment my navigation system announced that we had reached our destination, I knew that we were in the wrong place. We would not find a winery in this residential street on the outskirts of Gernika! It took us half an hour, three local informants and a lot of driving up and down road BI 365 to find the actual location, and to be honest, that turned out to be even more … [Lees meer...] overBrief Encounters in Bizkaia: a Visit to Bodegas Itsasmendi
Exploring Flavour: a Wine Mosaic Full of Native Varieties
The theme of the sixth Digital Wine Communications Conference (DWCC), held in Logroño last October, was ‘Exploring Flavour’. Flavour in wines, of course, and the ways in which flavour is imparted. But also of how we perceive flavour, and the subjectivity of that. One of the speakers on this topic was Tim Hanni MW; unfortunately I missed his talk. But I was told all of his … [Lees meer...] overExploring Flavour: a Wine Mosaic Full of Native Varieties
