Here is a wee write up I did for Campbell over at Winefront on a tasting of Casa Lapostelle’s Clos Apalta wines with Michel Rolland, I attended at Vinexpo in Hong Kong a few months back. I’m sitting in the sun-drenched front lecture theatre of the Hong Kong convention centre ...

Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape varietal used to produce white wine. Historically believed to have been named after the village of Chardonnay in France, it is also known by the names Aubaine, Beaunois, Melon Blanc, and, historically Pinot Chardonnay. Famous for it’s minerally whites from Burgundy and in the great ...

Pronounciation: Pick-a-pole Other known names: Picpoul, Folle Blanche, Piquepoul, Gros Meslier, Picpoul, Folle Blanche, Avello and Picpoule Blanc. Historically dating back to the 17th century, Picapoll is a grape varietal native to the Languedoc area of France that has currently found its way to the northeast portion of Spain in ...

Quinta do Zambujeiro D.O. / Region: Alentejo, Portugal Address: Monte do Zambujeiro, Rio de Moinhos, 7150 Borba, Portugal Telephone: +351 268 801 431 Fax: +351 268 801 233 Email: quintadozambujeiro@sapo.pt Web: www.zambujeiro.com Founded: 1998 Hectares of Vines: 30 hectares vines between 2 and 32 years of age Wine maker Nuno ...

How often do you go googling for something rare and unheard of only to find several references with the exact same description cut and pasted from one site to the other? In the end, you have no clue as to who first posted on the subject as opposed to who ...

My parents were in town this past week. Hence the slow posting schedule. We had a great time and one day I was able to include a visit to the Cava wine producer CodornÃu . A morning stroll across the grounds of this historic estate and an early afternoon wine tasting made for a great time and an educational one for my parents. All in all we tasted 3 wines, and covered most of the estates...

Pla de Bages is a small and old winemaking region that gained its DO status in 1995 and by 1998, international recognition for their exceptional wines. Located 43 miles northwest of in the southeast Catalunya, the name of Pla de Bagés is rumored to have come from the Roman town ...

The Codorníu family’s wine business goes back to the middle of the 16th century. A document of that period states that the family had several machines and implements relating to the wine industry. In 1659 Anna Codorníu married Miguel Raventós and the families, each with a long wine tradition, were ...

It has been 275 years since Don Diego de Alvear y Escalera, began in 1729 the production in the town of Montilla, region of Andalusia, Spain, the very first wines of Alvear. Since then, Alvear has continued to progress and develop in a harmonious manner. Eight generations of the family ...