Imagine the feeling when you serve a wine that is 56 years old... A wine that was made 16 years BEFORE you were even born... Now, imagine that you serve 2 different wines from the same year.... Surely, you feel trepidation, dread, & a little agitation...
I am sure this is how Roland felt this evening as he poured the wine in our glass...
Read MoreOften in class, I will compare an outstanding wine to a work of art so much it generates intense emotions that, all too often, words can not properly describe...
As I poured a glass of the Nussbaumer last night, this was driven to me by Maria who told me that each time I open a bottle of this wine, she thinks of Lucio Fontana series of works "Concetto Spaziale", also known as "Tagli", or "cuts"...
An eye-opening tasting & masterclass by Giorgio De Maria @ 121BC Hong Kong...
It is always a big hit each time we open a bottle of Moscato D'Asti at a tasting.
No wonder! The wine is so full of energy! So perfumed, so vivacious, so seductive! Impossible to resist it.
Read MoreHighlight: Oddero Barolo DOCG Vigna Rionda 2000
It is no secret that I love to teach about wine in part because I love to talk about it... However, it happens quite often that a wine makes me completely speechless... This was one such moment...
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