DR HEGER – WORLD CLASS PINOT NOIR - My Report in Spirito Di Vino Asia...
Reproduced from Spirito
Few wine lovers would deny that Germany is the source of some of the best (if not the best) Rieslings in the world. Could it be possible that is also
Grape Profile Tables - Italian Grape Varieties (Red & White)
Here are new Grape Profile Tables this time for Italian Grape Varieties in white & red color - you can find it here from my Dropbox folder.
The tables were compiled using the excellent book on Italian Grapes by Ian D'Agata - "Native Grapes of Italy" (http://amzn.to/1JYRo3C).
Synergy Between Wine & Design - My Latest Article In Spirito di Vino Asia...
Reproduced from Year 3, Issue #13 of Spirito
For Philippe Starck, “the beauty of Champagne is that, before being a wine, it is firstly an idea, an intention… it is a project”. And so the tone was set for the collaboration between this iconic French designer and the famed Champagne House Louis Roederer to create Brut Nature 2006, their first new cuvée since Crystal Rosé more than 30 years ago...
Read MoreMassaya, Seriously Heroic Winemaking...
I hear the expression "heroic winemaking" more & more these days & each time I think of Lebanon's #Massaya located in the Bekaa Valley, smack in the middle of a zone where travel is advised against by most western governments due to high risk of attacks by Islamist extremist groups (http://bit.ly/1wTIqPT).
Read MoreThe Beauty Of Tradition VS The Tragedy Of Modernism...
It is somewhat a tragedy when modernism & progress threaten the hard work for 4 generations of winemakers in a region that produces absolutely beautiful, if a little secret, gems of Italy...